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Congresswoman Heather Wilson, First Congressional District of New Mexico


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Wilson Works to Expand GI Bill Benefit to More Reservists February 14, 2005
 
Wilson Is Original Cosponsor of READS Act


Washington, DC – Congresswoman Heather Wilson today announced the introduction of a bill to expand the GI Bill education benefits to more reservists who serve on active duty.

Reps. Jim Matheson (D-UT) and Wilson (R-NM) are original cosponsors of a bill to allow access to full active-duty educational benefits through the Montgomery GI Bill for thousands of Reservists and National Guardsmen who have accumulated or will accumulate two years of active duty. The legislation, called the Resume Education After Defense Service (READS) Act, would change an inequity in the current rule that limits that educational benefit to those with two years continuous service.

“The American military is the best equipped, best trained, and most capable in the world. Retaining those we’ve already trained is an important element of that strength,” Wilson said. “Providing an educational opportunity is a commitment we should make to troops after they accumulate two years of active duty.”

The bill would change the rule so that Reservists who accumulate a total of 24 months anytime within a five-year period can access the educational opportunities of the GI Bill.

The change would apply to 77,000 Reservists so far, who served in Iraq or Afghanistan, while others are on pace to accumulate 24 months. Many currently do not qualify because their service is spread over two or more deployments.

The bill is retroactive to September 11, 2001.

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