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

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 redesignating 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 in lieu thereof “(a), (b), and (c)”; and 106 STAT. 4329 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): “(c) (1) The amount of basic educational allowance payable under this chapter to an individual referred to in paragraph (2) of this subsection is the amount determined under subsection (a) of this section. “(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection applies to an individual entitled to an educational assistance allowance under section 3011 of this title— “(A) whose initial obligated period of active duty is less than three years; “(B) who, beginning on the date of the commencement of the person’s initial obligated period of such duty, serves a continuous period of active duty of not less than three years; and “(C) who, after the completion of that continuous period of active duty, meets one of the conditions set forth in subsection (a)(3) of such section 3011.”. (b) Conforming Amendments.— Such section 3015 (as so amended) is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking out “and (f)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(f), and (g)”; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking out “and (f)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(f), and (g)”. (c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 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 September 1, 1993.