106 STAT. 4328

PUBLIC LAW 102-568—OCT. 29,1992

38 USC 3011
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38 USC 3011
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38 USC 3011
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W(B) after such discharge or release, reenlists or re-enters

on aperiod of active duty.".

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection
(a) shall take effect as if enacted on June 30, 1985, and apply
to the payment of educational assistance for education or training
pursued on or after October 1,1993.

SEC. 305. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN ASSIGNMENTS OF INDIVIDUALS
FOR PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER MONTGOMERY GI
BELL PROGRAM.

(a) TREATMENT.—Section 3011 (as amended by sections 303
and 304) is further amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:

"(g) Notwithstanding section 3002(6XA) of this title, a period
during which an individual is assigned full time by the Armed
Forces to a civilian institution for a course of education as described
in such section 3002(6)(A) shall not be considered a break in service
or a break in a continuous period of active duty of the individual
for the purposes of this chapter.".

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect as if enacted on October 19,1984.

SEC. 306. TREATMENT OF PURSUIT OF EDUCATION AT SERVICE ACAD-
EMIES AND CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR
PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER MONTGOMERY GI BILL
PROGRAM.

(a) ACTIVE DUTY.—Section 3011 (as amended by sections 303,
304, and 305) is further amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:

"(hXD Notwithstanding section 3002(6XB) of this title, a mem-
ber referred to in paragraph (2) of this subsection who serves
the periods of active duty referred to in subparagraphs (A) and
(C) of that paragraph shall be deemed to have served a continuous
period of active duty whose length is the aggregate length of the
periods of active duty referred to in such subparagraphs.
"(2) This subsection applies to a member who—

"(A) during an initial period of active duty, commences
pursuit of a course of education—

"(i) at a service academy; or

"(ii) at a post-secondary school for the purpose of
preparation for enrollment at a service academy;
(B) fails to complete the course of education; and
"(C) re-enters on a period of active duty.".

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect as if enacted on June 30, 1985, and apply to
the payment of educational assistance for education or training
pursued on or after October 1,1993.

SEC. 307. EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN PERSONS WHOSE
INITIAL PERIOD OF OBLIGATED SERVICE WAS LESS THAN
THREE YEARS.

(a) EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 3015 (as amended by
section 301) is amended—

(1) by redesignatuig subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) as
subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively;

(2) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), by striking out
"(a) and (b)" and inserting hi lieu thereof "(a), (b), and (c)";
and