# 10 U.S.C. § 2006: Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund

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## Section

- **Citation:** 10 U.S.C. § 2006
- **Heading:** Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** April 17, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART III—TRAINING AND EDUCATION > CHAPTER 101—TRAINING GENERALLY

## Text

There is established on the books of the Treasury a fund to be known as the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Fund”), which shall be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Fund shall be used for the accumulation of funds in order to finance armed forces education liabilities on an actuarially sound basis.

(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title VII, § 706(a)(1) , Oct. 19, 1984 , 98 Stat. 2568 ; amended Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(2) , Apr. 21, 1987 , 101 Stat. 284 ; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(a)(2) , (6), Nov. 29, 1989 , 103 Stat. 1603 ; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIII, § 1322(a)(2) , title XIV, § 1484(j)(2), Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1671 , 1718; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, § 1070(e)(6) , Oct. 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 2859 ; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV , §§ 1501(c)(21), 1503(a)(17), Feb. 10, 1996 , 110 Stat. 499 , 512; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 550 , Oct. 5, 1999 , 113 Stat. 611 ; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VI, § 654(b) , Dec. 28, 2001 , 115 Stat. 1157 ; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, § 535(b) , Nov. 24, 2003 , 117 Stat. 1474 ; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 527(b)(1) , Oct. 28, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1894 ; Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(a)(9) , Oct. 17, 2006 , 120 Stat. 2398 ; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 906(b)(2) , Jan. 28, 2008 , 122 Stat. 277 ; Pub. L. 111–377, title I, § 109(b)(2) , Jan. 4, 2011 , 124 Stat. 4120 ; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(f)(23) , Jan. 2, 2013 , 126 Stat. 1953 .)

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