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[H.R. 983 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.983

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five


                                 An Act


 
   To Amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses of education offered by a public 
institution of higher learning that does not charge the in-State tuition 
rate to a veteran using certain educational assistance under title 10 of 
                   such Code, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves 
Tuition Fairness Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DISAPPROVAL OF COURSES OFFERED 
BY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING THAT DO NOT CHARGE VETERANS 
IN-STATE TUITION RATE FOR PURPOSES OF SELECTED RESERVE EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
    (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 3679 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, or chapter 1606 of title 
    10,'' after ``chapter 30, 31, 33, or 35 of this title'';
        (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new 
    subparagraph:
        ``(E) An individual who is entitled to assistance under section 
    16131 of title 10.''; and
        (3) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``, or chapter 1606 of title 
    10'' before the period at the end.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Subsection (e) of such section is 
amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, or chapter 1606 
        of title 10,'' after ``chapter 31, 33, or 35 of this title''; 
        and
            (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``chapter 31 33, or 35 
        of this title'' and inserting ``chapter 31, 33, or 35 of this 
        title, or chapter 1606 of title 10''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``chapter 31 33, or 35 of 
    this title'' and inserting ``chapter 31, 33, or 35 of this title, 
    or chapter 1606 of title 10''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with 
respect to an academic period that begins on or after August 1, 2026.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.