10 U.S.C. § 16167 — Sunset

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This chapter's authority to provide education benefits ends four years after the 2016 defense law was enacted. During that time, only members already receiving benefits could keep getting them. Members who lose eligibility can switch to the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

(a) Sunset — This chapter's authority to provide educational assistance ends four years after the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 was enacted. (b) Limitation on Provision of Assistance Pending Sunset — Despite anything else in this chapter, during those four years, only a member who was already receiving assistance for the enrollment period right before that 2016 law was enacted — and who's otherwise eligible — can keep getting assistance. (c) Eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance — A member who loses this chapter's benefits under (b) can choose, in whatever form the VA requires, to have their previously credited service instead count toward eligibility for chapter 33 (title 38) benefits — the Post-9/11 GI Bill — despite what section 16163(e) of this title or section 3322(h)(1) of title 38 would otherwise say.

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(a)Sunset.—

The authority to provide educational assistance under this chapter shall terminate on the date that is four years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.

(b)Limitation on Provision of Assistance Pending Sunset.—

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 and ending on the date that is four years after the date of the enactment of that Act, educational assistance may be provided under this chapter only to a member otherwise eligible for educational assistance under this chapter who received educational assistance under this chapter for a course of study at an educational institution for the enrollment period at the educational institution that immediately preceded the date of the enactment of that Act.

(c)Eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance.—

A member who loses eligibility for benefits under this chapter pursuant to subsection (b) shall be allowed to elect (in such form and manner as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may prescribe) to have such service previously credited toward this chapter credited towards establishing eligibility for educational assistance under chapter 33 of title 38, notwithstanding the provisions of section 16163(e) of this title or section 3322(h)(1) of title 38.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title V, § 555(a), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 824; amended Pub. L. 115–48, title I, § 106(a), Aug. 16, 2017, 131 Stat. 977.)

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2015Enacted · Pub. L. 114-92 · 129 Stat. 824
2017Amended · Pub. L. 115-48 · 131 Stat. 977

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 114-92 on 2015-11-25.

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