(a) Deferral of loan repayment following active duty In addition to any deferral of repayment of a loan made under this subchapter and part C of subchapter I of chapter
34 of title
42 pursuant to section
1078 (b)(1)(M)(iii),
1087e (f)(2)(C), or
1087dd (c)(2)(A)(iii) of this title, a borrower of a loan under this subchapter and part C of subchapter I of chapter
34 of title
42 who is a member of the National Guard or other reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or a member of such Armed Forces in a retired status, is called or ordered to active duty, and is enrolled, or was enrolled within six months prior to the activation, in a program of instruction at an eligible institution, shall be eligible for a deferment during the 13 months following the conclusion of such service, except that a deferment under this subsection shall expire upon the borrowers return to enrolled
student status.
(b) Active duty Notwithstanding section
1088 (d) of this title, in this section, the term active duty has the meaning given such term in section
101 (d)(1) of title
10, except that such term
(1) does not include active duty for training or attendance at a service
school; but
(2) includes, in the case of members of the National Guard, active State duty.