H.R. 1423 — Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025

This section provides that the Act may be cited as the “Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025.”

This section expands eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. § 3301(1) to include National Guard members performing full-time National Guard duty under 32 U.S.C. § 101 and active duty under 32 U.S.C. § 101, in addition to existing qualifying reserve-component service on active duty, inactive-duty training, annual training duty, and specified calls or orders to active duty under title 10 and 14. As background, Post-9/11 educational assistance provides tuition and related benefits to eligible veterans and service members based on qualifying military service. The section takes effect 1 year after enactment, applies retroactively to service performed on or after September 11, 2001, and applies the existing time limit for using entitlement under 38 U.S.C. § 3321(a) to benefits earned under this expansion as if the amendments had been enacted immediately after the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-252).