The bill expands the Post-9/11 educational assistance program to cover National Guard members performing full-time and active duty under title 32 of the United States Code. It makes these changes effective one year after enactment and retroactive to September 11, 2001.
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.)
