House
Study
Bill
534
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
PUBLIC
DEFENSE
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
national
guard
educational
assistance
1
program
by
removing
residency
requirements
and
providing
for
2
the
nonreversion
of
certain
funds,
and
including
effective
3
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261.86,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Is
a
resident
of
the
state
and
a
member
of
an
Iowa
3
army
or
air
national
guard
unit
while
receiving
educational
4
assistance
pursuant
to
this
section
.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
261.86,
subsection
6,
Code
2014,
is
amended
6
to
read
as
follows:
7
6.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33
,
until
one
year
after
the
8
date
the
president
of
the
United
States
or
the
Congress
of
9
the
United
States
declares
a
cessation
of
hostilities
ending
10
operation
Iraqi
freedom,
operation
new
dawn,
and
operation
11
enduring
freedom,
of
those
funds
appropriated
for
purposes
of
12
this
section
which
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
13
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
for
which
the
funds
were
14
appropriated
,
an
amount
not
to
exceed
five
percent
of
the
15
amount
appropriated
shall
not
revert
but
shall
be
available
for
16
expenditure
for
the
following
fiscal
year
for
purposes
of
this
17
section
.
18
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
19
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
relates
to
the
national
guard
educational
24
assistance
program
by
removing
residency
restrictions
and
25
providing
for
the
nonreversion
of
certain
funds.
26
Current
law
requires,
in
part,
that
for
an
individual
to
be
27
eligible
for
the
national
guard
educational
assistance
program
28
that
the
individual
be
a
member
of
an
Iowa
army
or
air
national
29
guard
unit
and
be
a
resident
of
the
state
while
receiving
30
assistance
through
the
program.
The
bill
removes
the
Iowa
31
residency
requirement.
32
Current
law
also
provides
that
up
until
one
year
after
33
the
president
of
the
United
States
declares
the
cessation
of
34
hostilities
in
certain
conflicts,
funds
appropriated
for
the
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program
that
are
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
close
1
of
a
fiscal
year
shall
be
available
for
expenditure
for
the
2
following
fiscal
year
for
the
purposes
of
the
program.
The
3
bill
limits
this
nonreversion
provision
to
a
maximum
of
5
4
percent
of
the
funds
appropriated
and
removes
the
presidential
5
declaration
limitation
on
the
nonreversion
of
funds.
6
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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