Summary

Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a permanent tuition-assistance program, under existing statutory authority, to pay all or part of an educational institution’s charges for tuition or related expenses for members of the Air National Guard who meet and comply with required training rules. One provision in the Act is purely a short-title provision; the operative provision creates the permanent program and assigns responsibility to the Air Force Secretary but does not specify funding or an effective date.

Key Points

• Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a permanent tuition-assistance program for Air National Guard members.
• Program must operate under 10 U.S.C. § 2007 and may cover all or part of tuition and educational expenses.
• Eligibility is limited to Air National Guard members who meet and comply with training requirements under 32 U.S.C. § 502(a).
• The Act assigns administrative responsibility to the Secretary of the Air Force but does not specify implementation details.
• No explicit appropriation, funding mechanism, or effective date is included in the text provided.
• One section only provides a short title and contains no substantive program changes.
• The statute makes the tuition-assistance program permanent rather than temporary or discretionary.
• Does not change the underlying training requirements; it ties assistance to compliance with existing law.

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