,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bieb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bc1 #bjai,mr4  
,ryan 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,palazzo1 ,mr4 
,armstrong1 and ,mr4 ,welch7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to authorize concurrent  
use of ,department of ,defense ,tuition 
,assistance and ,montgomery ,,gi        
,bill-,selected ,reserve benefits1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,montgomery ,,gi ,bill ,parity ,act of  
#bjai4  #b4 ,concurrent use of          
,department of ,defense ,tuition        
,assistance and ,montgomery ,,gi        
,bill-,selected ,reserve benefits  7a7  
,in general ,section #afaca of title    
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7k7  7#a7 ,in the case of  
an individual entitled to educational   
assistance under this chapter who is    

pursuing education or training described
 in subsection 7a7 or 7c7 of section    
#bjjg of this title1 the ,secretary     
shall1 at the election of the           
individual1 pay the individual an       
educational assistance allowance to meet
 all or a portion of the charges of the 
educational institution for the         
education or training that are not paid 
by the ,secretary of the military       
department concerned under such         
subsection4  7#b7  7,a7 ,the amount of  
the educational assistance allowance    
payable to an individual under this     
subsection for a month shall be the     
amount of the educational assistance    
allowance to which the individual would 
be entitled for the month under         
subsection 7b71 7d71 7e71 or 7f74  7,b7 
,the number of months of entitlement    
charged under this chapter in the case  
of an individual who has been paid an   
educational assistance allowance under  
this subsection shall be equal to the   
number 7including any fraction7         

determined by dividing the total amount 
of such educational assistance allowance
 paid the individual by the full-time   
monthly institutional rate of           
educational assistance which such       
individual would otherwise be paid under
 subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71 7,c71 or 7,d7 
of subsection 7b77#a71 subsection 7d71  
subsection 7e71 or subsection 7f71 as   
the case may be4  4  7b7 ,conforming    
amendments ,section #bjjg7;d7 of such   
title is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph    
7#a71 by inserting or chapter #afjf of  
this title after of title #ch2 and  7#b7
 in paragraph 7#b71 by inserting 1 in   
the case of educational assistance under
 chapter #cj of such title1 and section 
#afaca7k71 in the case of educational   
assistance under chapter #afjf of this  
title before the period at the end4