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title: "10 U.S.C. § 16161"
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title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
chapter_number: "1607"
chapter_name: "EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS SUPPORTING CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER OPERATIONS"
section: "16161"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 16161"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 16161 - Purpose

## Text

The purpose of this chapter is to provide educational assistance to members of the reserve components called or ordered to active service in response to a war or national emergency declared by the President or the Congress, in recognition of the sacrifices that those members make in answering the call to duty.

(Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 527(a), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1890.)