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124 STAT. 4120 PUBLIC LAW 111–377—JAN. 4, 2011 divided by the minimum number of course hours required for full-time pursuit of the program of edu- cation, rounded to the nearest multiple of 10. ‘‘(3) FREQUENCY OF PAYMENT.—Payment of the amounts payable under paragraph (1) during pursuit of a program of education shall be made on a monthly basis.’’. (b) CLARIFICATION ON FUNDING OF INCREASED ASSISTANCE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Such section is further amended by inserting after subsection (c), as added by subsection (a)(2) of this section, the following new subsection: ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—Payments for increased educational assistance under this section shall be made from the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund under section 2006 of title 10 or from appropriations available to the Department of Homeland Security for that purpose, as applicable.’’. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2006(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 33’’ after ‘‘chapter 30’’; and (B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(E) The present value of any future benefits payable from the Fund for amounts attributable to increased amounts of educational assistance authorized by section 3316 of title 38.’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on August 1, 2011. SEC. 110. TRANSFER OF UNUSED EDUCATION BENEFITS. (a) AVAILABILITY OF TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR MEMBERS OF PHS AND NOAA.—Section 3319 is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘Armed Forces’’ each place it appears (other than in subsection (a)) and inserting ‘‘uniformed services’’; and (2) by striking subsection (k). (b) SCOPE AND EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of such section is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘Subject to the provisions of this section,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘to permit’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary concerned may permit’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(2) The purpose of the authority in paragraph (1) is to promote recruitment and retention in the uniformed services. The Secretary concerned may exercise the authority for that purpose when author- ized by the Secretary of Defense in the national security interests of the United States.’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on August 1, 2011. SEC. 111. BAR TO DUPLICATION OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL ASSIST- ANCE BENEFITS. (a) BAR TO CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF TRANSFERRED EDUCATION BENEFITS AND MARINE GUNNERY SERGEANT JOHN DAVID FRY SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE.—Section 3322 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(e) BAR TO CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF TRANSFERRED EDUCATION BENEFITS AND MARINE GUNNERY SERGEANT JOHN DAVID FRY SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE.—An individual entitled to educational 38 USC 3319 note. 10 USC 2006 note.