Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 2145

Adjustments of amount of educational assistance and of subsistence allowance

(a)
section 2143 of this titlesection 2144 of this title 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 , and the amount of the subsistence allowance authorized under 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)
20 U.S.C. 1087ll 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 ().

Pub. L. 96–342, title IX, § 901(a)94 Stat. 1113 Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XII, § 1231(18)(A)101 Stat. 1161 Pub. L. 103–35, title II, § 201(c)(2)107 Stat. 98 (Added , , ; amended , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 103–3520 U.S.C. 1087ll20 U.S.C. 1070a(a)(2)(B)(iv)1993—Subsec. (b). substituted “has the meaning given the term ‘cost of attendance’ by section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ()” for “means the actual cost of attendance as determined by the Secretary of Education pursuant to section 411(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ()”.

Pub. L. 100–1801987—Subsec. (b). inserted “the term” after “In this section,”.