Official Summaries

Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025

This bill requires that the Department of Veterans Affairs disapprove courses of education provided by educational institutions that charge higher than in-state tuition for individuals utilizing the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve education benefits while living in the state where the education is located, regardless of the individual’s state of residence.

Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025

This act requires that the Department of Veterans Affairs disapprove courses of education provided by educational institutions that charge higher than in-state tuition for individuals utilizing the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve education benefits while living in the state where the education is located, regardless of the individual’s state of residence.

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[119th Congress Public Law 55]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



[[Page 139 STAT. 707]]

Public Law 119-55
119th Congress

                                 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. <<NOTE: Dec. 12, 2025 -  [H.R. 
                                 983]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Montgomery GI 
Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025. 38 USC 101 note.>> 
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) <<NOTE: Applicability. 38 USC 3679 note.>> Effective Date.--The 
amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and

[[Page 139 STAT. 708]]

 shall apply with respect to an academic period that begins on or after 
August 1, 2026.

    Approved December 12, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 983:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
            Apr. 7, considered and passed House.
            Nov. 20, considered and passed Senate.

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