A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, and title 38, United States Code, to improve educational assistance benefits for members of the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces who served on active duty during the Persian Gulf War, and for other purposes.
Veterans' Educational Assistance Amendments of 1991 - Amends the Federal veterans' and armed forces educational assistance programs to provide that, in the case of an active-duty or non-active duty member student who fails to complete a course of study under such programs due to being called to active duty or given increased work in connection with the Persian Gulf War, both the amount of educational assistance received and the time spent pursuing that course of study will not be counted against such student for purposes of his or her general entitlement to educational benefits under the appropriate educational assistance program. Restores the full amount available to such student veteran as if the interrupted course had not been taken. States that such exclusion shall also apply to members of the Selected Reserve pursuing courses of study (and similarly interrupted) under the armed forces' educational assistance program.
Amends Federal armed forces provisions to provide that, in the case of a member of the reserves called to active duty in connection with the Persian Gulf War: (1) the period of such active duty plus four months may not be considered in determining the expiration date for eligibility for educational assistance benefits provided under the Montgomery GI Bill; and (2) the member may not be considered to have been separated from the reserves, for purposes of commencement of the delimiting period for the use of such educational benefits.
Makes eligible for veterans' employment and training assistance any Vietnam veteran entitled to veterans' disability compensation or whose discharge or release from active duty was for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty. (Currently, such assistance is provided for Vietnam veterans with service-connected disabilities only.)
Includes as an "eligible veteran" for purposes of employment and training assistance for disabled and Vietnam veterans a member of the reserves ordered to active duty who served on such duty during a period of war or in a campaign for which a campaign badge is authorized and who was discharged or released from such duty under conditions other than dishonorable.
Allows an eligible veteran or reservist to withdraw from a course or courses for which veterans' educational assistance allowances are being provided without a required early withdrawal payment if such withdrawal is due to such veteran or reservist being called or ordered to active duty. Exempts such withdrawal from the six-semester-hour maximum withdrawal permitted when mitigating circumstances allow for such a withdrawal without repayment.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Cranston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 102-124.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 188.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Voice Vote.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Mr. Montgomery asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
On passage Passed without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Enacted as Public Law 102-127
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Pursuant to the provisions of S. Con. Res. 63, enrollment corrections have been made.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 102-127.
Became Public Law No: 102-127.