LAWS RELATING TO RESERVE COMPONENT TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

SEC. 1663. LAWS RELATING TO RESERVE COMPONENT TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. (a) Training Generally.— Subtitle E, as added by section 1611, is amended by adding after part III of such subtitle (as added by that section) the following: “PART IV— TRAINING FOR RESERVE COMPONENTS AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS “Chap. Sec. “1601. Training Generally [No present sections] “1606. Educational Assistance for Members of the Selected Reserve 16131 “1608. Health Professions Stipend Program 16201 “1609. Education Loan Repayments 16301 “CHAPTER 1601— TRAINING GENERALLY “[No present sections]”. (b) Montgomery GI Bill for Selected Reserve.— (1) Part IV of subtitle E (as added by subsection (a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “CHAPTER 1606— EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE “Sec. “16131. Educational assistance program: establishment; amount. “16132. Eligibility for educational assistance. “16133. Time limitations for use of entitlement. “16134. Termination of assistance. “16135. Failure to participate satisfactorily; penalties. “16136. Administration of program. “16137. Reports to Congress.”. (2) Sections 2131 through 2137 are transferred to chapter 1606, as added by paragraph (1), inserted after the table of sections, and redesignated as follows: Section Redesignated section 2131 16131 2132 16132 2133 16133 2134 16134 108 STAT. 3007 Section Redesignated section 2135 16135 2136 16136 2137 16137 (3) Section 16131 (as so redesignated) is amended— (A) in subsection (c)(3)(B)(i), by striking out “section 672 (a), (d), or (g), 673, or 673b” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 12302, or 12304”; and (B) in subsection (g)(1), by striking out “section 2136(c)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 16136(c)”. (4) Section 16132 (as so redesignated) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking out “section 2131” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 16131”; and (B) in subsection (c), by striking out “sections 2134 and 2135” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 16134 and 16135”. (5) Section 16133 (as so redesignated) is amended— (A) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking out “section 268(b)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 10143(a)”; and (B) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking out “section 672 (a), (d), or (g), 673, or 673b” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 12302, or 12304”. (6) Section 16135 (as so redesignated) is amended— (A) by striking out “section 2132” in subsection (a)(1)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof “section 16132”; and (B) by striking out “section 2132(a)” in subsection (b)(1)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof “section 16132(a)”. (7) Chapter 106 is amended by striking out the table of sections at the beginning and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “Sec. “2131. Reference to chapter 1606. “2138. Savings provision. “§ 2131. Reference to chapter 1606 “Provisions of law relating to educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve under the Montgomery GI Bill program are set forth in chapter 1606 of this title (beginning with section 16131).”. (c) Health Professions Stipend Program.— (1) Part IV of subtitle E (as added by subsection (a)) is amended by adding after chapter 1606 (as added by subsection (b)) the following: “CHAPTER 1608— HEALTH PROFESSIONS STIPEND PROGRAM “Sec. “16201. Financial assistance: healthcare professionals in reserve components. “16202. Reserve service: required active duty for training. “16203. Penalties and limitations. “16204. Regulations. “§ 16204. Regulations “This chapter shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.”. (2) Section 2128 is transferred to chapter 1608, as added by paragraph (1), inserted after the table of sections, redesignated as section 16201, and amended by striking out subsection (f). (3) Section 2129 is transferred to chapter 1608, as added by paragraph (1), inserted after section 16201 (as transferred and redesignated by paragraph (2)), and redesignated as section 16202. 108 STAT. 3008 (4) (A) Section 2130 is transferred to chapter 1608, as added by paragraph (1), inserted after section 16202 (as transferred and redesignated by paragraph (3)), redesignated as section 16203, and amended by striking out subsection (c). (B) The heading of that section is amended to read as follows: “§ 16203. Penalties and limitations”. (5) Section 16201, as so redesignated, is amended by striking out “subchapter” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “chapter”. (6) Section 16202, as so redesignated, is amended by striking out “section 2128” both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “section 16201”. (7) Chapter 105 is amended— (A) in the table of subchapters before subchapter I— (i) by striking out the item relating to subchapter II; and (ii) by redesignating the item relating to subchapter III so as to refer to subchapter II; (B) by striking out the heading for subchapter II and the table of sections following that heading; and (C) by redesignating subchapter III as subchapter II. (d) Education Loan Repayment Programs.— (1) Part IV of subtitle E (as added by subsection (a)) is amended by adding after chapter 1608 (as added by subsection (c)) the following: “CHAPTER 1609— EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS “Sec. “16301. Education loan repayment program: enlisted members of Selected Reserve with critical specialties. “16302. Education loan repayment program: health professions officers serving in Selected Reserve with wartime critical medical skill shortages. “§16301. Education loan repayment program: enlisted members of Selected Reserve with critical specialties “(a) (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of Defense may repay— “(A) any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.); or “(B) any loan made under part E of such title (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). Repayment of any such loan shall be made on the basis of each complete year of service performed by the borrower. “(2) The Secretary may repay loans described in paragraph (1) in the case of any person for service performed as an enlisted member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force in a reserve component and military specialty specified by the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary may repay such a loan only if the person to whom the loan was made performed such service after the loan was made. “(b) The portion or amount of a loan that may be repaid under subsection (a) is 15 percent or $500, whichever is greater, for each year of service. 108 STAT. 3009 “(c) If a portion of a loan is repaid under this section for any year, interest on the remainder of the loan shall accrue and be paid in the same manner as is otherwise required. “(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize refunding any repayment of a loan. “(e) A person who transfers from service making the person eligible for repayment of loans under this section (as described in subsection (a)(2)) to service making the person eligible for repayment of loans under section 2171 of this title (as described in subsection (a)(2) of that section) during a year shall be eligible to have repaid a portion of such loan determined by giving appropriate fractional credit for each portion of the year so served, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary concerned. “(f) The Secretary of Defense shall, by regulation, prescribe a schedule for the allocation of funds made available to carry out the provisions of this section and section 2171 of this title during any year for which funds are not sufficient to pay the sum of the amounts eligible for repayment under subsection (a) and section 2171(a) of this title.”. (2) (A) Section 2172 is transferred to the end of chapter 1609, as added by paragraph (1), and redesignated as section 16302. (B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “§ 16302. Education loan repayment program: health professions officers serving in Selected Reserve with wartime critical medical skill shortages”. (e) Conforming Amendments.— Section 2171 is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a)(1)(B) is amended by striking out “or” after “(B)”. (2) Subsection (a)(2) is amended— (A) in the first sentence, by striking out “person for— ” and all that follows through “(B) service performed” and inserting in lieu thereof “person for service performed”; and (B) by striking out the second sentence. (3) Subsection (b) is amended to read as follows: “(b) The portion or amount of a loan that may be repaid under subsection (a) is 33⅓ percent or $1,500, whichever is greater, for each year of service.”. (4) Subsection (e) is amended by striking out “Any individual who transfers from service described in clause (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(2) to service described in the other clause of such subsection” and inserting in lieu thereof “A person who transfers from service making the person eligible for repayment of loans under this section (as described in subsection (a)(2)) to service making the person eligible for repayment of loans under section 16301 of this title (as described in subsection (a)(2) of that section)”. (5) Subsection (f) is amended— (A) by inserting “and section 16301 of this title” after “this section”; and (B) by inserting “and section 16301(a) of this title” after “subsection (a)”. (6) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 108 STAT. 3010 “§2171. Education loan repayment program: enlisted members on active duty in specified military specialties”.