,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ai1 #bjad
 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to ensure that members of
 a reserve component who are pursuing a 
course of education using educational   
assistance administered by the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs are    
accommodated by the institution of      
higher learning for an absence caused by
 performing certain training4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,guard and ,reserve ,academic       
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,accommodation of
 members of reserve components pursuing 
course of education during performance  
of certain training  7a7 ,in general    
,chapter #cf of title #ch1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new section3      
#cfii4 ,accommodation of members of     

reserve components during performance of
 certain training  7a7 ,in general ,the 
,secretary shall ensure that an         
institution of higher learning provides 
an individual described in subsection   
7b7 with a reasonable opportunity to    
complete assignments1 tests1 and other  
requirements of a course of education   
that occur during any period in which   
the individual is absent from the course
 of education by reason of performing-- 
7#a7 inactive duty training2 or  7#b7   
active duty training for a period of    
less than #cj days4  7b7 ,individual    
described ,an individual described in   
this subsection is an individual who    
is--  7#a7 a member of a reserve        
component2 and  7#b7 pursuing a course  
of education with educational assistance
 under chapter #cj or #cc of this title 
or chapter #afjf or #afjg of title #aj4 
4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of
 sections at the beginning of such      
chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item3  #cfii4         

,accommodation of members of reserve    
components during performance of certain
 training4  4