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10 U.S.C. § 2144 — Subsistence allowance
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**(a)** Subject to subsection (b), a person entitled to educational assistance under this chapter is entitled to receive a monthly subsistence allowance during any period for which educational assistance is provided such person. The amount of a subsistence allowance under this section is $300 per month, adjusted in accordance with [section 2145 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2145&num=0&edition=prelim), in the case of a person pursuing a course of instruction on a full-time basis and is one-half of such amount (as so adjusted) in the case of a person pursuing a course of instruction on less than a full-time basis.
**(b)** The number of months for which a subsistence allowance may be provided to any person under this section is computed on the basis of nine months for each standard academic year of educational assistance to which such person is entitled.
**(c)** For purposes of subsection (a), a person shall be considered to be pursuing a course of instruction on a full-time basis if the person is enrolled in twelve or more semester hours of instruction (or the equivalent, as determined by Secretary concerned).
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**(a)** Subject to subsection (b), a person entitled to educational assistance under this chapter is entitled to receive a monthly subsistence allowance during any period for which educational assistance is provided such person. The amount of a subsistence allowance under this section is $300 per month, adjusted in accordance with [section 2145 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2145&num=0&edition=prelim), in the case of a person pursuing a course of instruction on a full-time basis and is one-half of such amount (as so adjusted) in the case of a person pursuing a course of instruction on less than a full-time basis.
**(b)** The number of months for which a subsistence allowance may be provided to any person under this section is computed on the basis of nine months for each standard academic year of educational assistance to which such person is entitled.
**(c)** For purposes of subsection (a), a person shall be considered to be pursuing a course of instruction on a full-time basis if the person is enrolled in twelve or more semester hours of instruction (or the equivalent, as determined by Secretary concerned).
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**(a)** Once each year, the Secretary of Defense shall adjust the amount of educational assistance which may be provided to any person in any standard academic year under [section 2143 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2143&num=0&edition=prelim), and the amount of the subsistence allowance authorized under [section 2144 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2144&num=0&edition=prelim) for pursuit of a course of instruction on a full-time basis, in a manner consistent with the change over the preceding twelve-month period in the average actual cost of attendance at public institutions of higher education.
**(b)** In this section, the term “actual cost of attendance” has the meaning given the term “cost of attendance” by section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ([20 U.S.C. 1087](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1087&num=0&edition=prelim)ll).
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**(a)** A member who is entitled to educational assistance under this chapter and who reenlists at the end of the enlistment which established such entitlement may, at the time of such reenlistment, elect to receive a lump-sum payment computed under subsection (b) in lieu of receiving such educational assistance. An election to receive such a lump-sum payment is irrevocable.
**(b)** The amount of a lump-sum payment under subsection (a) is 60 percent of the sum of—
(1) the product of (A) the rate for educational assistance under [section 2143(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2143/b&num=0&edition=prelim) applicable to such member which is in effect at the time of such reenlistment, and (B) the number of standard academic years of entitlement of such member to such assistance; and
(2) the product of (A) the rate for the subsistence allowance authorized under [section 2144 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2144&num=0&edition=prelim) for pursuit of a course of instruction on a full-time basis at the time of such reenlistment, and (B) the number of months of entitlement of such member to such allowance.
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**(a)**
(1)
(A) A person who is entitled to educational assistance under [section 2142 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2142&num=0&edition=prelim) and who reenlisted in an armed force at any time after the end of the enlistment which established such entitlement may at any time after such reenlistment elect to transfer all or any part of such entitlement to the spouse or dependent child of such person.
(B) The Secretary of the Navy may authorize a member of the Navy or Marine Corps who is entitled to educational assistance under [section 2142 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2142&num=0&edition=prelim) and whose enlistment that established such entitlement was the member’s second reenlistment as a member of the armed forces to transfer all or part of such entitlement to the spouse or dependent child of such member after the completion of four years of active service of that second reenlistment if that reenlistment was for a period of at least six years.
(C) A transfer under this paragraph may be revoked at any time by the person making the transfer.
(2) If a person described in paragraph (1) dies before making an election authorized by such paragraph but has never made an election not to transfer such entitlement, any unused entitlement of such person shall be automatically transferred to such person’s surviving spouse or (if there is no eligible surviving spouse) to such person’s dependent children. A surviving spouse to whom entitlement to educational assistance is transferred under this paragraph may elect to transfer such entitlement to the dependent children of the person whose service established such entitlement.
(3) Any transfer of entit
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2147
(2) The amount of educational assistance
which may be provided to any person for a
standard academic year (or the equivalent) may
not exceed $1,200, adjusted in accordance with
section 2145 of this title.
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘accredited insti-
tution’’ means a civilian college or university or
a trade, technical, or vocational school in the
United States (including the District of Colum-
bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam,
and the Virgin Islands) that provides education
at the postsecondary level and that is accredited
by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or
association or by an accrediting agency or asso-
ciation recognized by the Secretary of Edu-
cation.
(Added Pub. L. 96–342, title IX, § 901(a), Sept. 8,
1980, 94 Stat. 1112; amended Pub. L. 100–180, div.
A, title XII, § 1231(18)(A), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat.
1161.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1987—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–180 inserted ‘‘the term’’
after ‘‘In this section,’’.
§ 2144. Subsistence allowance
(a) Subject to subsection (b), a person entitled
to educational assistance under this chapter is
entitled to receive a monthly subsistence allow-
ance during any period for which educational as-
sistance is provided such person. The amount of
a subsistence allowance under this section is
$300 per month, adjusted in accordance with sec-
tion 2145 of this title, in the case of a person pur-
suing a course of instruction on a full-time basis
and is one-half of such amount (as so adjusted)
in the case of a person pursuing a course of in-
struction on less than a full-time basis.
(b) The number of months for which a subsist-
ence allowance may be provided to any person
under this section is computed on the basis of
nine months fo
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