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and the circumstances under which an exception to the 
required repayment may be granted. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER OR SUSPENSION OF COMPLIANCE.— 
The Secretary shall prescribe regulations providing for the 
waiver or suspension of any obligation of an individual for 
service or payment under this subchapter (or an agree-
ment under this subchapter) whenever noncompliance by 
the individual is due to circumstances beyond the control 
of the individual or whenever the Secretary determines 
that the waiver or suspension of compliance is in the best 
interest of the United States. 
‘‘(d) OBLIGATION AS DEBT TO UNITED STATES.— 
An obligation to repay the Secretary under this section 
is, for all purposes, a debt owed the United States. A dis-
charge in bankruptcy under title 11 does not discharge 
a person from such debt if the discharge order is entered 
less than five years after the date of the termination of 
the agreement or contract on which the debt is based.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The tables of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the items relating to subchapter VII the following 
new items: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VIII—VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY 
PROFESSIONALS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
‘‘7691. Authority for program. 
‘‘7692. Eligibility; agreement. 
‘‘7693. Scholarship. 
‘‘7694. Obligated service. 
‘‘7695. Repayment for failure to satisfy requirements of agreement.’’. 
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such chapter is 
further amended— 
(1) in section 7601(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) the Visual Impairment and Orientation 
and Mobility Professionals Scholarship Program pro-
vided for in subchapter VIII of this chapter.’’; 
(2) in section 7602— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or VI’’ and inserting 
‘‘VI, or VIII’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or for which a schol-
arship may be awarded under subchapter 
VI of this chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
which a scholarship may be awarded under 
subchapter VI of this chapter, or for which 
a scholarship may be awarded under sub-
chapter VIII of this chapter’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or VI’’ 
and inserting ‘‘VI, or VIII’’; 
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(3) in section 7603(a)(1), by striking ‘‘or VI’’ 
and inserting ‘‘VI, or VIII’’; and 
(4) in section 7604, by striking ‘‘or VI’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘VI, or VIII’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall implement subchapter VIII of chapter 76 of 
title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
not later than six months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 4. VETERANS’ REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS REPORT IM-
PROVEMENT. 
(a) ADDITIONAL REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
4332 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
shall’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(6) as paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively, and 
inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
paragraph (4): 
‘‘(4) The number of cases reviewed by the Sec-
retary of Defense under the National Committee for 
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve of the 
Department of Defense during the fiscal year for 
which the report is made.’’. 
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