DELTA Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2598 To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow members of the Armed Forces to use Department of Defense tuition assistance to pay for education or training at lower or lateral degree levels. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 8, 2019 Mr. MARCHANT (for himself and Mr. CUELLAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow members of the Armed Forces to use Department of Defense tuition assistance to pay for education or training at lower or lateral degree levels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Developing Education 4 by Leveraging Tuition Assistance Act’’ or the ‘‘DELTA 5 Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:57 May 14, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2598.IH H2598 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2598 IH SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF TUITION FOR OFF-DUTY TRAINING OR 1 EDUCATION. 2 Section 2007 of title 10, United States Code, is 3 amended— 4 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub- 5 section (g); and 6 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol- 7 lowing new subsection (f): 8 ‘‘(f) A member of the armed forces may use assist- 9 ance provided under this section to pay for education or 10 training at a degree level equal to, or lower than, a degree 11 level previously attained by the member if— 12 ‘‘(1) the education or training is relevant to the 13 professional duties of the member; and 14 ‘‘(2) the content of the education or training is 15 not substantially similar to the content of other edu- 16 cation or training already received by the member.’’. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:57 May 14, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2598.IH H2598 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS