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S 649
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Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025

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Armed Forces and National SecurityVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationNational Guard and reservesStudent aid and college costs
Why This Matters

This bill expands the Post-9/11 educational assistance program to include certain full-time and active duty performed by National Guard members. It updates the types of reserve service that count toward GI Bill benefits.

Who this affects
National Guard members · reserve service members · Department of Veterans Affairs
What changes is this bill making?
  1. 1Broadens Title 38 to add new qualifying service for reserve components.
  2. 2For reserve members, counts active duty under specific call-ups but excludes inactive-duty training and annual training.
  3. 3Allows full-time National Guard duty under Title 32 to qualify for Post-9/11 benefits.
  4. 4Also counts National Guard active duty under Title 32 toward eligibility.
  5. 5Sets the eligibility changes to take effect one year after enactment.
  6. 6Makes the changes retroactive to service on or after September 11, 2001.
  7. 7Applies the usual time limits on use of benefits as if these changes followed the 2008 law.
Read the detailed summary

Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 educational assistance for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard. Specifically, the bill expands the types of activities that count towards Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility to include active duty, inactive-duty training, annual training duty, and full-time National Guard duty or active duty. (Generally, under current law, only federal active duty counts towards educational assistance eligibility.)

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IntroducedCurrentJan 23, 2025

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