Basic educational assistance entitlement for service on active duty

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Title 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS > PART III—READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS > CHAPTER 30—ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER II—BASIC EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE

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who (I) in the case of an individual whose obligated period of active duty is three years or more, serves at least three years of continuous active duty in the Armed Forces, or (II) in the case of an individual whose obligated period of active duty is less than three years, serves at least two years of continuous active duty in the Armed Forces; or

(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title VII, § 702(a)(1) , Oct. 19, 1984 , 98 Stat. 2554 , § 1411; amended Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, § 674(1) , Nov. 8, 1985 , 99 Stat. 665 ; Pub. L. 99–576, title III , §§ 303(a)(1), 307(a)(1), 321(1), title VII, § 702(8), Oct. 28, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3268 , 3269, 3277, 3302; Pub. L. 100–48, § 3(a) , June 1, 1987 , 101 Stat. 331 ; Pub. L. 100–689, title I , §§ 102(a), 103(b)(1), 104(a), 111(a)(2)(A), (3), Nov. 18, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4162 , 4165, 4166, 4170, 4171; Pub. L. 101–237, title IV , §§ 409, 423(b)(1)(A), Dec. 18, 1989 , 103 Stat. 2084 , 2092; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, § 562(a)(1) , (2), (b), Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1573 , 1574; Pub. L. 102–16, § 10(a)(1) , Mar. 22, 1991 , 105 Stat. 55 ; renumbered § 3011, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a) , Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 102–568, title III , §§ 302(a)(1), 303(a)(1), 304(a), 305(a), 306(a), Oct. 29, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4326–4328 ; Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(e)(10) , (f)(2), Nov. 2, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4685 , 4687; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1501(e)(2)(A) , Feb. 10, 1996 , 110 Stat. 501 ; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, § 556(a) , Sept. 23, 1996 , 110 Stat. 2528 ; Pub. L. 105–368, title II , §§ 203(a), 207(a), Nov. 11, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3326 , 3328; Pub. L. 106–117, title VII , §§ 702(a), 704, Nov. 30, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1583 , 1584; Pub. L. 106–419, title I , §§ 102(a)(1), 103(a), 105(a)(1), Nov. 1, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1824 , 1825, 1828; Pub. L. 107–14, § 7(a)(1) , (c)(1), June 5, 2001 , 115 Stat. 31 , 32; Pub. L. 107–103, title I , §§ 105(a), 106(a), Dec. 27, 2001 , 115 Stat. 982 , 983; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(d) , Nov. 25, 2002 , 116 Stat. 2315 ; Pub. L. 107–330, title III, § 308(a) , Dec. 6, 2002 , 116 Stat. 2827 ; Pub. L. 108–454, title I, § 109(a) , Dec. 10, 2004 , 118 Stat. 3604 ; Pub. L. 109–444, § 8(b)(2) , Dec. 21, 2006 , 120 Stat. 3313 ; Pub. L. 109–461, title X , §§ 1004(b)(2), 1006(b), Dec. 22, 2006 , 120 Stat. 3466 , 3468; Pub. L. 110–317, § 6(c)(1) , Aug. 29, 2008 , 122 Stat. 3529 ; Pub. L. 116–315, title I , §§ 1003(a), 1004, Jan. 5, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4939 ; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1723(c)(1) , Dec. 22, 2023 , 137 Stat. 675 .)

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