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12 2 STA T . 2 375PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 252 —J U NE 30 , 200 8‘ ‘ (2)UNIFORM I TY.—Anyregulatio n sp res c ri b e d byt h e S ec - retary o fD efense for purposes of this chapter shall apply uni- for m ly across the Armed F orces. ‘ ‘ §3 3 24.Al l ocati o n o f a dm ini s t r ation and costs ‘‘(a) A D MINI S TR A TION.— Ex cept as other w ise pro v ided in this chapter , the Secretary shall administer the provision of educational assistance under this chapter. ‘‘(b) C OSTS.— P ayments for entitlement to educational assistance earned under this chapter shall be made from funds appropriated to, or otherwise made available to, the Department for the payment of read j ustment benefits. ’ ’. (2) C LE RI C AL AMENDMENTS.— T he tables of chapters at the beginning of title 38 , United States Code, and at the beginning of part I II of such title, are each amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 32 the following new item

‘ 3 3 .Post-9/1 1 Educa t i o n a lA ssistanc e. ........................................................... 33 0 1. ’ ’. (b) CONFORMIN G AMENDMENTS.— ( 1 ) AMENDMENTS R ELATING TO D UP LICATION OF B ENE- FITS.— (A) Section 3 0 33 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (i) in subsection (a)(1) by inserting ‘‘33,’’ after ‘‘32,’’

and (ii) in subsection (c) by stri k ing ‘‘both the program established by this chapter and the program estab- lished by chapter 10 6 of title 10’’ and inserting ‘‘two or more of the programs established by this chapter, chapter 33 of this title, and chapters 1606 and 160 7 of title 10’’. (B) Paragraph ( 4 ) of section 36 95 (a) of such title is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(4) Chapters 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36.’’. (C) Section 16163(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘33,’’ after ‘‘32,’’. (2) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (A) Title 38, United States Code, is further amended by inserting ‘‘33,’’ after ‘‘32,’’ each place it appears in the following provisions: (i) In subsections (b) and (e)(1) of section 3485. (ii) In section 3688(b). (iii) In subsections (a)(1), (c)(1), (c)(1)( G ), (d), and (e)(2) of section 3689. (iv) In section 3690( b)(3)(A). (v) In subsections (a) and (b) of section 3692. (vi) In section 3697(a). (B) Section 3697A(b)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or 32’’ and inserting ‘‘32, or 33’’. (c) APPLICA B ILITY TO INDI V IDUALS UNDER M ONTGOMERY GI BILL PROGRAM.— (1) INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO ELECT PARTICIPATION IN POST- 9/1 1 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—An individual may elect to receive educational assistance under chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), if such indi- vidual— (A) as of August 1, 2009— 38USC 33 01note.Ap p licab ilit y .