**(a)** To encourage enlistments and reenlistments for service on active duty in the armed forces, the Secretary of each military department may establish a program in accordance with this chapter to provide educational assistance to persons enlisting or reenlisting in an armed force under his jurisdiction. The costs of any such program shall be borne by the Department of Defense, and a person participating in any such program may not be required to make any contribution to the program.
**(b)** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this chapter. Such regulations shall take account of the differences among the several armed forces.
**(c)** In this chapter, the term “enlistment” means original enlistment or reenlistment.
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**(a)** To encourage enlistments and reenlistments for service on active duty in the armed forces, the Secretary of each military department may establish a program in accordance with this chapter to provide educational assistance to persons enlisting or reenlisting in an armed force under his jurisdiction. The costs of any such program shall be borne by the Department of Defense, and a person participating in any such program may not be required to make any contribution to the program.
**(b)** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this chapter. Such regulations shall take account of the differences among the several armed forces.
**(c)** In this chapter, the term “enlistment” means original enlistment or reenlistment.
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§ 2141. Educational assistance program: estab-
lishment
(a) To encourage enlistments and reenlist-
ments for service on active duty in the armed
forces, the Secretary of each military depart-
ment may establish a program in accordance
with this chapter to provide educational assist-
ance to persons enlisting or reenlisting in an
armed force under his jurisdiction. The costs of
any such program shall be borne by the Depart-
ment of Defense, and a person participating in
any such program may not be required to make
any contribution to the program.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
regulations for the administration of this chap-
ter. Such regulations shall take account of the
differences among the several armed forces.
(c) In this chapter, the term ‘‘enlistment’’
means original enlistment or reenlistment.
(Added Pub. L. 96–342, title IX, § 901(a), Sept. 8,
1980, 94 Stat. 1111; amended Pub. L. 100–180, div.
A, title XII, § 1231(18)(A), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat.
1161; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1233(k)(1),
Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2058.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1988—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–456 inserted ‘‘the term’’
after ‘‘In this chapter,’’.
1987—Pub. L. 100–180, which directed that subsec. (c)
be amended by inserting ‘‘the term’’ after ‘‘In this sec-
tion,’’, could not be executed because that phrase did
not appear. See 1988 Amendment note above.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
REPAYMENT OF LOANS FOR SERVICE IN THE ARMED
FORCES; AUTHORIZATION, CRITERIA, ETC.
Pub. L. 96–342, title IX, § 902, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat.
1115, as amended by Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 406, Dec. 1,
1981, 95 Stat. 1106; Pub. L. 98–94, title X, § 1034, Sept. 24,
1983, 97 Stat. 672; Pub. L. 98–525, title VII, § 709, Oct. 19,
1984, 98 St