An Act to amend chapters 31, 34, and 35 of title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, and special training allowances paid to eligible veterans and persons; to provide for advance educational assistance payments to certain veterans; to make improvements in the educational assistance programs; and for other purposes
PL 92-540 (H.R.12828), enacted 10/24/1972

1074 
PUBLIC L
A
W 92-540-OCT. 24, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
October 24, 1972 
[H. R. 12828] 
Public Law 92-540 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of vocational rehabili-
tation, educational assistance, and special training allowances paid to eligible 
veterans and persons; to provide for advance educational assistance payments 
to certain veterans; to make improvements iii the educational assistance pro-
grams ; and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Vietnam Era^ 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may be 
ju^stment Assfst- 
cited as the "Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 
ance Act of 1972. 
1 9 7 2 " . 
72 Stat. 1171; 
82 Stat. 1331. 
Post, p. 1076. 
84 Stat. 76. 
TITLE I—VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EDUCA-
TIONAL ASSISTANCE RATE ADJUSTMENTS 
SEC. 101. Chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) by adding at the end of subsection 1502 a new subsection as 
follows: 
"(d) Veterans pursuing a program of vocational rehabilitation 
training under the provisions of this chapter shall also be eligible, 
where feasible, to perform veteran-student services pursuant to section 
1685 of this title and for advance subsistence allowance payments as 
provided by section 1780 of this title."; 
(2) by amending section 1504(b) to read as follows: 
"(b) The subsistence allowance of a veteran-trainee is to be deter-
mined in accordance with the following table, and shall be the monthly 
amount shown in column II, III, IV, or V (whichever is applicable as 
determined by the veteran's dependency status) opposite the appro-
priate type of training as specified in column I: 
72 Stat. 1173. 
"Column I 
Type of training 
Institutional: 
Full-time 
-
Tliree-quarter-
time -- 
-_ -_ 
Half-time 
Farm cooperative, 
apprentice, or 
other on-job 
training: 
Full-time. _ 
Column 
II 
No de-
pend-
ents 
$170 
128 
85 
148 
Column 
III 
One de-
pend-
ent 
$211 
159 
106 
179 
Column 
IV 
Two de-
pend-
ents 
$248 
187 
124 
207 
Column V 
More than two 
dependents 
The amount in 
column IV, plus 
the following for 
each dependent 
in excess of two: 
$18 
14 
9 
14"; 
and 
(3) by deleting in section 1507 "$100" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$200". 
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SEC. 102. Chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) by deleting in the last sentence of section 1677(b) "$175" 
g^ll'^t^'ye"^"^* 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$220"; 
(2) by amending the table contained in paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 1682 (a) to read as follows: 
"Column I 
Type of program 
Institutional: 
Full-time 
Three-quarter-
time 
Half-time-
Cooperative 
Column 
II 
No de-
pend-
ents 
$220 
165 
110 
177 
Column 
III 
One de-
pend-
ent 
$261 
196 
131 
208 
Column 
IV 
Two de-
pend-
ents 
$298 
224 
149 
236 
Column V 
More than two 
dependents 
The amount in 
column IV, plus 
the following for 
each dependent 
in excess of two: 
$18 
14 
9 
14"; 
(3) by deleting in section 1682(b) "$175" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$220"; 
(4) by amending the table contained in paragraph (2) of section 
1682(c), as redesignated by this Act, to read as follows: 
"Column I 
Basis 
Full-time. _ 
__ 
Three-quarter-time 
Half-time 
Column 
II 
No de-
pend-
ents 
$177 
133 
89 
Column 
III 
One de-
pend-
ent 
$208 
156 
104 
Column 
IV 
Two 
de-
pend-
ents 
$236 
177 
118 
Column V 
More than two 
dependents 
The amount in 
column IV, 
pl\is the follow-
ing for each 
dependent in 
excess of two: 
$14 
11 
7„. 
and 
(5) by deleting in section 1696(b) "$176" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$220". 
SEC. 103. Chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
as follows: 
(1) by amending section 1732(a) (1) to read as follows: 
"(a) (1) Tne educational assistance allowance on behalf of an eligi-
ble person who is pursuing a program of education consisting of insti-
tutional courses shall be computed at the rate of (A) $220 per month 
Post, p. 1081. 
84 Stat. 81, 
Allowance 
computation. 
84 Stat. 77. 
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[86 STAT. 
Allowance 
computation. 
84 Stat. 77. 
38 use 1732. 
Special training 
allowance. 
84 Stat. 78. 
if pui-sued on a full-time basis, (B) $165 per month if pursued on a 
three-quarter-time basis, and (C) $110 per month if pursued on a half-
time basis."; 
(2) by deleting in section 1732(a) (2) "$175'" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$220"; 
(3) by deleting in section 1732(b) "$141" and inseiting in lieu 
thereof ""$177"; and 
(4) by amending section 1742(a) to read as follows: 
"(a) While the eligible person is enrolled in and pursuing a full-
time course of special restorative training, the parent or guardian shall 
be entitled to receive on his behalf a special training allowance com-
puted at the basic rate of $220 per month. If the charges for tuition 
and fees applicable to any such course are more than $69 per calendar 
month, the basic monthly allowance may be increased by the amount 
that such charges exceed $69 a month, upon election by the parent or 
guardian of the eligible person to have such person's period of entitle-
ment reduced by one day for each $7.35 that the special training allow-
ance paid exceeds the basic monthly allowance." 
80 Stat. 21; 
84 Stat. 83. 
38 use 1781. 
TITLE II—ADVANCE PAYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE OR SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES; VETERAN-
STUDENT SERVICES 
SEC. 201. Subchapter I I of chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting immediately before section 1781 the following 
new section: 
*'§ 1780. Payment 
of 
educational 
assistance 
or 
subsistence 
allowances 
38 
use 1501, 
1651, 1700. 
Ante, pp. 
1074, 
1075; 
Post, 
p. 1081. 
Post, p. 
1085. 
18 .:,•«.•% 
I'S 
"•'tilfiV'C. 
"Period for Which Payment May Be Made 
"(a) Payment of educational assistance or subsistence allowances 
to eligible veterans or eligible persons pursuing a program of educa-
tion or training, other than a program by correspondence or a program 
of flight training, in an educational institution under chapter 31, 34, 
or 35 of this title shall be paid as provided in this section and, as appli-
cable, in section 1504, 1682, 1691, or 1732 of this title. Such payments 
shall be paid only for the period of such veterans' or persons' enroll-
ment, but no amount shall be paid— 
"(1) to any eligible veteran or eligible person enrolled in a 
course which leads to a standard college degree for any period 
I 
when such veteran or person is not pursuing his course in accord-
ance with the regularly established policies and regulations of the 
i 
educational institution and the requirements of this chapter or of 
; 
chapter 34 or 35 of this title; or 
"(2) to any eligible veteran or eligible person enrolled in a 
course which does not lead to a standard college degree (excluding 
programs of apprentic^hip and programs of other on-job train-
ing authorized by section 1787 of this title) for any day of absence 
in excess of thirty days in a twelve-month period, not counting as 
absences weekends or legal holidays established by Federal or 
State law (or in the case of the Republic of the Philippines, Phil-
ippine law) during which the institution is not regularly in 
session. 
.. , 
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"Correspondence Training Certifications 
"(b) Xo educational assistance allowance shall be paid to an eligible 
veteran or wife or widow enrolled in and pursuing a program of 
education exclusively by correspondence until the Administrator shall 
have received— 
"(1) from the eligible veteran or wife or widow a certificate as 
to the number of lessons actually completed by the veteran or wife 
' ' -
or widow and serviced by the educational institution; and 
"(2) from the training establishment a certification or an 
endorsement on the veteran's or wife's or widow's certificate, as to 
the number of lessons completed by the veteran or wife or widow 
and serviced by the institution. 
"Apprenticeship and Other On-Job Training 
"(c) No training assistance allowance shall be paid to an eligible 
veteran or eligible person enrolled in and pursuing a program of 
apprenticeship or other on-job training until the Administrator shall 
have received— 
"(1) from such veteran or person a certification as to his actual 
attendance during such period; and 
"(2) from the training establishment a certification, or an 
endorsement on the veteran's or person's certificate, that such 
veteran or person was enrolled in and pursuing a program of 
apprenticeship or other on-job training during such period. 
"Advance Payment of Initial Educational Assistance or 
Subsistence Allowance 
" (d) (1) The educational assistance or subsistence allowance advance 
gayment provided for in this subsection is based upon a finding by the 
ongress that eligible veterans and eligible persons need additional 
funds at the beginning of a school term to meet the expenses of books, 
travel, deposits, and payment for living quarters, the initial install-
ment of tuition, and the other special expenses which are concentrated 
at the beginning of a school term. 
"(2) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, and under regula-
tions which the Administrator shall prescribe, an eligible veteran or 
eligible person shall be paid an educational assistance allowance or 
subsistence allowance, as appropriate, advance payment. Such advance 
payment shall be made in an amount equivalent to the allowance for the 
month or fraction thereof in which pursuit of the program will com-
mence, plus the allowance for the succeeding month. In the case of a 
serviceman on active duty, who is pursuing a program of education 
(other than under subchapter VI of chapter 34), the advance payment 
^°sf, p. 1082. 
shall be in a lump sum based upon the amount payable for the entire 
quarter, semester, or term, as applicable. In no event shall an advance 
payment be made under this subsection to a veteran or person intend-
ing to pursue a program of education on less than a half-time basis. 
The application for advance payment, to be made on a form prescribed 
by the Administrator, shall— 
" (A) in the case of an initial enrollment of a veteran or person 
in an educational institution, contain information showing that 
the veteran or person (i) is eligible for educational benefits, (ii) 
has been accepted by the institution, and (iii) has notified the 
institution of his intention to attend that institution; and 
"(B) in the case of a re-enrollment of a veteran or person, con-
tain information showing that the veteran or person (i) is eligible 
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[86 STAT. 
to continue his program of education or training and (ii) intends 
to re-enroll in the same institution, 
and, in either case, shall also state the number of semester or clock-
hours to be pursued by such veteran or person. 
"(3) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, and under regu-
lations which the Administrator shall prescribe, a person eligible 
for education or training under the provisions of subchapter VI of 
Post, p. 1082. 
chapter 34 of this title shall be entitled to a lump-sum educational 
assistance aJlowance advance payment. Such advance payment shall 
in no event be made earlier than thirty days prior to the date on which 
pursuit of the person's program of education or training is to com-
mence. The application for the advance payment, to be made on a 
form prescribed by the Administrator, shall, in addition to the infor-
mation prescribed in paragraph (2) (A), specify— 
"(A) that the program to be pursued has been approved; 
"(B) the anticipated cost and the number of Carnegie, clock, 
or semester hours to be pursued; and 
"(C) where the program to be pursued is other than a high 
school credit course, the need of the person to pursue the course 
or courses to be taken. 
"(4) For purposes of the Administrator's determination whether 
any veteran or person is eligible for an advance payment under this 
section, the information submitted by the institution, the veteran or 
person, shall establish his eligibility unless there is evidence in his 
file in the processing office establishing that he is not eligible for such 
advance payment. 
"(5) The advance payment authorized by paragraphs (2) and (3) 
of this subsection shall, in the case of an eligible veteran or eligible 
person, be (A) drawn in favor of the veteran or person; (B) mailed 
to the educational institution listed on the application form for tem-
porary care and delivery to the veteran or person by such institution; 
and (C) delivered to the veteran or person upon his registration at 
such institution, but in no event shall such delivery be made earlier 
than thirty days before the program of education is to commence. 
"(6) Upon delivery of the advance payment pursuant to para-
graph (5) of this subsection, the institution shall submit to the 
Administrator a certification of such delivery. If such delivery is not 
effected within thirty days after commencement of the program of 
education in question, such institution shall return such payment to 
the Administrator forthwith. 
"Prepayment of Subsequent Educational Assistance or Subsistence 
Allowance 
'"(e) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, subse-
quent payments of educational assistance or subsistence allowance to 
an eligible veteran or eligible person shall be prepaid each month, 
subject to such reports and proof of enrollment in and satisfactory 
pursuit of such programs as the Administrator may require. The 
Administrator may withhold the final payment for a period of enroll-
ment until such proof is received and the amount of the final payment 
appropriately adjusted. 
"Recovery of Erroneous Payments 
"(f) If an eligible veteran or eligible person fails to enroll in or 
pursue a course for which an educational assistance or subsistence 
allowance advance payment is made, the amount of such payment and 
any amount of subsequent payments which, in whole or in j)art, are 
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1079 
due to erroneous information required to be furnished under subsection 
(d) (2) and (3) of this section, shall become an overpayment and shall 
constitute a liability of such veteran or person to the United States and 
may be recovered, unless waived pursuant to section 3102 of this title, 
^nte. p. 396. 
from any benefit otherwise due him under any law administered by the 
Veterans' Administration or may be recovered in the same manner as 
any other debt due the United States. 
"Payments for Less Than Half-Time Training 
"(g) Payment of educational assistance allowance in the case of any 
eligible veteran or eligible person pursuing a program of education on 
less than a, half-time basis (except as provided by subsection (d)(3) 
of this section) shall be made in an amount computed for the entire 
quarter, semester, or term during the month immediately following 
the month in which certification is received from the educational insti-
tution that such veteran or person has enrolled in and is pursuing a 
program at such institution. Such lump sum payment shall be com-
puted at the rate provided in section 1682(b) or 1732(a) (2) of this 
title, as applicable. 
^"'«' pp- ^o^s, 
"Determination of Enrollment, Pursuit, and Attendance 
"(h) The Administrator may, pursuant to regulations which he 
shall prescribe, determine enrollment in, pursuit of, and attendance 
at, any program of education or training or course by an eligible vet-
eran or eligible person for any period for which he receives an edu-
cational assistance or subsistence allowance under this chapter for 
pursuing such program or course." 
SEC. 202. Section 1681 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
so stat. 17; 
. 
J 
£ U 
84 Stat. 8 1 , 1576. 
to read as follows: 
*
^
§ 1681. Educational assistance allowance 
"General 
"(a) The Administrator shall, in accordance with the applicable 
provisions of this section and section 1780 of this title, pay to each 
^n'«' P- IO76. 
eligible veteran who is pui-suing a program of education under this 
chapter an educational assistance allowance to meet, in part, the 
expenses of his subsistence, tuition, fees, supplies, books, equipment, 
and other educational costs. 
"Institutional Training 
"(b) The educational assistance allowance of an eligible veteran 
pureuing a program of education, other than a program exclusively 
by correspondence or a program of flight training, at an educational 
institution shall be paid as provided in section 1780 of this title. 
"Flight Training 
"(c) No educational assistance allowance for any month shall be 
paid to an eligible veteran who is pursuing a program of education 
consisting exclusively of flight training until the Administrator shall 
have received a certification from the eligible veteran and the institu-
tion as to actual flight training received by, and the cost thereof to, 
the veteran during that month." 
SEC. 203. Subchapter IV of chapter 34 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by deleting section 1685 in its entirety and inserting oj^stft^Vae'' 
in lieu thereof the following: 
82-081 O - 73 - 71 
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[86 STAT. 
"§ 1685, Veteran-student services 
" (a) Veteran-students utilized under the authority of subsection (b) 
of this section shall be paid an additional educational assistance allow-
ance (hereafter referred to as 'work-study allowance'). Such work-
study allowance shall be paid in advance in the amount of $250 in 
return for such veteran-student's agreement to perform services, dur-
ing or between periods of enrollment, aggregating one hundred hours 
during a semester or other applicable enrollment period, required in 
connection with (1) the outreach services program under subchapter 
38 use 2
*
4
0 
^^ ^^ chapter 3 of this title as carried out under the supervision of a 
Veterans' Administration employee, (2) the preparation and j)rocess-
ing of necessary papers and other documents at educational institu-
tions or regional offices or facilities of the Veterans' Administration, 
(3) the provision of hospital and domiciliary care and medical treat-
72 Stat. 1140; 
ment under chapter 17 of this title, or (4) any other activity of the 
^^s^usc 6^01. 
Veterans' Administration as the Administrator shall determine appro-
priate. Advances of lesser amounts majj^ be made in return for agree-
ments to perform services for periods of less than one hundred hours, 
the amount of such advance to bear the same ratio to the number of 
hours of work agreed to be performed as $250 bears to one hundred 
hours. 
^' (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law^ the Administra-
tor shall utilize, in connection with the activities specified in subsection 
(a) of this section, the services of veteran-students who are pursuing 
full-time programs of education or training under chapters 31 and 34 
72 Stat. 1170; 
of this title. In carrying out this section, the Administrator, wherever 
*°38'usc Vsoi, 
feasible, shall give priority to veterans with disabilities rated at 30 per 
1651. 
' 
centum or more for purposes of chapter 11 of this title. 
Ante. p. 394. 
ii ^^^ 'pjjg Administrator shall determine the number of veterans 
whose services the Veterans' Administration can effectively utilize (not 
to exceed eight hundred man-years or their equivalent in man-hours 
during any fiscal year) and the types of services that such veterans 
may be required to perform, on the basis of a survey, which he shall 
conduct annually, of each Veterans' Administration regional office in 
order to determine the numbers of veteran-students whose services 
can effectively be utilized during an enrollment period in each geo-
graphical area where Veterans' Administration activities are con-
ducted, and shall determine which veteran-students shall be offered 
agreements under this section in accordance with regulations which 
he shall prescribe, including as criteria (1) the need of the veteran to 
augment his educational assistance or subsistence allowance; (2) the 
availability to the veteran of transportation to the place where his 
services are to be performed; (3) the motivation of the veteran: and 
(4) in the case of a disabled veteran pursuing a course of vocational 
rehabilitation under chapter 31 of this title, the compatibility of the 
work assia^nment to the veteran's physical condition. 
"(d) While performing the services authorized by this section, vet-
eran-students shall be deemed employees of the United States for the 
80 Stat. 531; 
purposes of the benefits of chapter 81 of title 5 but not for the purposes 
*Vusc 8*101. 
of laws administered by the Civil Service Commission." 
T I T L E III—EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
ADJUSTMENTS 
SEC. 301. Subsection (b) of section 1502 of title 38, United States 
82 Stat. 1331. 
Codc, IS amended by striking out "34 or 35" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"34,35, or 36". 
80 Stat. 15. 
SEC. 302. Section 1671 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
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1081 
'•Any eligible veteran, or any person on active duty (after consul-
tation with the appropriate service education officer), who desires to 
initiate a program of education under this chapter shall submit an 
' - 
>
^
" 
application to the Administrator which shall be in such form, and 
contain such information, as the Administrator shall prescribe. The 
Administrator shall approve such application unless he nnds that such 
veteran or person is not eligible for or entitled to the educational 
assistance applied for, or that his program of education fails to meet 
any of the requirements of this chapter, or that he is already qualified. 
The Administrator shall notify the veteran or person of the approval 
or disapproval of his application." 
SEC. 303. Section 1682 of title 38, United States Code, is amended ^2^^^l\^\^\% 
by striking out subsection (c) and redesignating subsection (d), as 84 stat! 77,1577. 
amended by section 102(4) of title I of this Act, as subsection (c), and. 
Ante, p. 1075. 
as redesignated, amending paragraph (1) of such subsection— 
(1) by striking out the parenthetical phrase in clause (A) and 
inserting in lieu thereof: "(a minimum of ten clock hours per 
' 
" 
^ 
week or four hundred and forty clock hours in such year pre-
scheduled to provide not less than eighty clock hours in any three-
month period)"; 
(2) by striking out "9" and "6" in clauses (B) and (C), respec-
tively, and inserting in lieu thereof "7" and "5", respectively; 
and 
(3) by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: "In 
computing the foregoing clock hour requirements there shall be 
included the time involved in field trips and individual and group 
instruction sponsored and conducted by the educational institution 
through a duly authorized instructor of such institution in which 
the veteran is enrolled." 
SEC. 304. Chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
^^^stlT\^T 
striking out section 1684 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof 34 statl 1577. 
the following: 
"§ 1684. Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence 
courses 
"Any eligible veteran may pursue a program of apprenticeship or 
pc . « a ?s 
other on-job training or a program of education exclusively by cor-
respondejice and be paid an educational assistance allowance or train-
ing assistance allowance, as applicable, under the provisions of section 
1787 or 1786 of this title." 
Post. p. io84. 
SEC. 305. Section 1691 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
84 stat. 79. 
by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: 
"(b) The Administrator shall pay to an eligible veteran pursuing 
a course or courses or program pursuant to subsection (a) of this sec-
tion, an educational assistance allowance as provided in sections 1681 
and 1682 (a) or (b) of this title." 
SEC. 306. Section 1692 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by— 
(1) striking out "marked" wherever it appears; and 
(2) inserting a comma in subsection (b) immediately after 
"month" and by inserting immediately after "nine months," in 
such subsection, the following: "or until a maximum of $4'50 is 
utilized,". 
SEC. 307. Section 1696 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting at the end of subsection (b) the following sentence: 
"Where it is determined that there is no same program, the Admin-
istrator shall establish appropriate rates for tuition and fees designed 
to allow reimbursement for reasonable costs for the education or train- 
-
^ = 
ing institution:" 
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34 Stat. 80. 
38 use 1695. 
Reports to 
congressional 
committees. 
84 Stat. 79. 
72 Stat. 1170; 
80 Stat. 12. 
38 use 1501, 
1651. 
Inter-Service 
and Agency 
Coordinating 
eommittee, 
establishment. 
SEC. 308. Subchapter VI of chapter 34 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section: 
"§ 1697A. Coordination with and participation by Department of 
Defense 
"(a) The Administrator shall designate an appropriate official of 
the Veterans' Administration who shall cooperate with and assist the 
Secretary of Defense and the official he designates as administratively 
responsible for such matters, in carrying out functions and duties of 
the Department of Defense under the P R E P program authorized by 
this subchapter. It shall be the duty of such official to assist the Secre-
tary of Defense in all matters entailing cooperation or coordination 
between the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration 
in providing training facilities and released time from duty necessary 
to carry out the purposes of the program. 
"(b) Educational institutions and training establishments admin-
istered by or under contract to the Department of Defense providing 
education and training to persons serving on active duty with the 
Armed Forces shall, in accordance with regulations jointly prescribed 
by the Administrator and the Secretary of Defense, be approved for 
the enrollment of eligible persons only at such time as the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and 
House of Representatives a report containing such Department's plan 
for implementation of the program established under this subchapter 
(except that on-going programs of education and training at such 
institutions or establishments may be continued for ninety days after 
the date of enactment of this section and prior to the submission of 
such report), and periodically thereafter submits progress reports with 
respect to the iniplementation of such plan, which plan shall include 
provision for— 
" (1) each Secretary concerned to undertake an information and 
outreach program designed to advise, counsel, and encourage each 
eligible person within each branch of the Armed Forces with 
respect to enrollment in a program under this subchapter, with 
particular emphasis upon programs under sections 1691(a)(2) 
and 1696(a) (2) of this title, and in all other programs for which 
such person, prior to or following discharge or release from active 
duty, may be eligible under chapters 31 and 34 of this title; 
"(2) each Secretary concerned to undertake, in coordination 
with representatives of the Veterans' Administration, to arrange 
and carry out meetings with each approved educational institu-
tion located in the vicinity of an Armed Forces installation (or, 
in the case of installations overseas, which have the capacity to 
carry out such programs at such overseas installations) to encour-
age the establishment of a program by such institution under this 
subchapter and subchapter V of this chapter in connection with 
persons stationed at such installation, wdth particular emphasis 
upon programs under sections 1691(a) (2) and 1696(a) (2) of this 
title; 
"(3) the release from duty assignment of any such eligible per-
«)n for at least one-half of the hours required for such person to 
enroll in a full-time program of education or training under this 
subchapter during his military service, unless, pursuant to regu-
lations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, it is determined 
that such release of time is inconsistent with the interests of the 
national defense; and 
*' (4) establishment of an Inter-Service and Agency Coordinat-
ing Committee, under the co-chairmanship of an Assistant Secre-
Definitions. 
72 Stat. 1193. 
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1083 
tary of Defense and the Chief Benefits Director of the Veterans' 
Administration, to promote and coordinate the establishment and 
co]iduct of programs under this subchapter and other provisions 
of tliis title and the implementation of the plan submitted pursu-
ant to this section." 
SEC. 309. Subsection (a) of section 1701 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) by amending para^aph (6) to read as follows: 
'^(6) The term 'educational institution' means any public or 
private secondary school, vocational school, correspondence school, 
business school, junior college, teachers' college, college, normal 
school, professional school, university, or scientific or technical 
institution, or any other institution if it furnishes education at 
the secondary school level or above."; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
" (9) F'or the purposes of this chapter and chapter 36 of this title, 
so stat. 20; 
I lie term 'training establishment' means any establishment provid- ^^al'usc ^mo. 
iiig apprentice or other training on the job, including those under 
(he supervision of a college or university or any State department 
of education, or any State apprenticeship agency, or any State 
. ^
^ ^ 
board of vocational education, or any joint apprenticeship com-
luil tee, or the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training established 
pursuant to chapter 4C of title 29, or any agency of the Federal 
so stat. 664. 
(lovenunent authorized to supervise such training." 
SEC. 310. Section 1720 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
72 stat. 1195; 
inserting after the first sentence in subsection (a) thereof a new sen- *^ ^*^'" ^^^^' 
(eiice as follows: "Such counseling shall not be required where the 
el igible person has been accepted for, or is pursuing, courses which lead 
to a, si a iidard college degree, at an approved institution." 
Sue. 311. Section 1723 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by— 
(1) amending subsection (c) to read as follows: 
"(c) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an 
eligil)le person in any course of institutional on-farm training, any 
course lo be pursued by correspondence (except as provided in section 
1786 of this title), open circuit television (except as herein provided). 
Post, p. 1034. 
or a radio, or any course to be pursued at an educational institution not 
located in a State or in the Republic of the Philippines (except as 
herein provided). The Administrator may approve the enrollment of 
,^. 
an eligible person in a course, to be pursued in residence, leading to a 
standard college degree which includes, as an integral jjart thereof, 
subjects offered through the medium of open circuit televised instruc-
tion, if the major portion of the course requires conventional classroom 
,,, >,;. 
or laboratory attendance. The Administrator may approve the enroll-
ment at an educational institution which is not located in a State or in 
the Republic of the Philippines if such program is pursued at an 
approved educational institution of higher learning. The Adminis-
trator in his discretion may deny or discontinue the educational 
assistance under this chapter of any eligible person in a foreign educa-
tional institution if he finds that such enrollment is not in the best 
interest of the eligible person or the Government."; and 
(2) inserting " (except as provided in section 1733 of this title)" 
^°^'' P- ^°^'*-
after "regular secondary school education" in subsection (d). 
SEC. 312. Section 1731 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by— 
(1) inserting m subsection (a) immediately after the word 
72 stat. 1197. 
"shall" a comma and the following: "in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 1780 of this title,"; 
^nte, p. 1076. 
72 Stat. 1196; 
76 Stat. 216. 
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72 Stat. 1197; 
80 Stat. 24. 
84 Stat. 1577. 
Ante, p. 1081. 
Ante, p. 1075. 
84 Stat. 80. 
Post, p. 1085. 
Infra. 
81 Stat. 186; 
84 Stat. 83. 
80 Stat. 22; 
81 Stat. 189. 
38 u s e 1651, 
1700, 1770. 
Ante, p. 1076. 
80 Stat. 23. 
80 Stat. 13. 
82 Stat. 1332; 
84 Stat. 1575. 
•'Established 
charge." 
(2) striking out subsections (b), (c),and (e) in their entirety; 
and 
(3) redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b). 
SEC. 313. Sections 1733 and 1734 of title 38, United States Code, are 
amended to read as follows: 
^'§ 1733. Special assistance for the educationally disadvantaged 
" (a) Any eligible wife or widow shall, without charge to any entitle-
ment she may have under section 1711 of this title, be entitled to the 
benefits provided an eligible veteran under section 1691 (if pursued 
in a State) of this title and be paid an educational assistance allowance 
under the provisions of section 1732 (a) of this title. 
"(b) Any eligible person shall, without charge to any entitlement 
he may have under section 1711 of this title, be entitled to the benefits 
provided an eligible veteran under section 1692 of this title. 
"§ 1734. Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence 
courses 
"(a) Any eligible person shall be entitled to pursue, in a State, a 
program of apprenticeship or other on-job training and be paid a 
training assistance allowance as provided in section 1787 of this title. 
"(b) Any eligible wife or widow shall be entitled to pursue a pro-
gram of education exclusively by correspondence and be paid an edu-
cational assistance allowance as provided in section 1786 of this title." 
SEC. 314. Section 1777 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting "or person" after "veteran" each place it appears. 
SEC. 315. Section 1784 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by— 
(1) striking out "34 or 35" and inserting in lieu thereof "34, 35, 
or 36" in subsection (a) and in the first sentence of subsection (b); 
(2) inserting "or eligible persons" after "veterans" in the sec-
ond sentence of subsection (b); and 
(3) striking out "enrolled under chapter 34 of this title, plus 
the number of eligible persons enrolled under chapter 35 of this 
title" and inserting in lieu thereof "or eligible persons enrolled 
under chapters 34, 35, and 36 of this title, or $4 in the case of 
those eligible veterans and eligible persons whose educational 
assistance checks are directed in care of each institution for tem-
porary custody and delivery and are delivered at the time of 
registration as provided under section 1780(d) (5) of this title" 
in subsection (b). 
SEC. 316. Subchapter I I of chapter 36 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by— 
(1) striking out sections 1786 and 1787 and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
"§ 1786. Correspondence courses 
"(a)(1) Each eligible veteran (as defined in section 1652(a) (1) 
and (2) of this title) and each eligible wife or widow (as defined in 
section 1701(a) (1) (B), (C),or (D) of this title) who enters into an 
enrollment agreement to pursue a program of education exclusively 
by correspondence shall be paid an educational assistance allowance 
computed at the rate of 90 per centum of the established charge which 
the institution requires nonveterans to pay for the course or courses 
pursued by the eligible veteran or wife or widow. The term 'established 
charge' as used herein means the charge for the course or courses deter-
mined on the basis of the lowest extended time payment plan offered 
by the institution and approved by the appropriate State approving 
a<rencv or the actual cost to the veteran or wife or widow, whichever is 
the lesser. Such allowance shall be paid quarterly on a pro rata basis 
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for the lessons completed by the veteran or wife or widow and serviced 
by the institution. 
"(2) The period of entitlement of any veteran or wife or widow who 
is pursuing any program of education exclusively by correspondence 
shall be charged with one month for each $220 which is paid to the vet-
eran or wife or widow as an educational assistance allowance for such 
course. 
" (b) The enrollment agreement shall fully disclose the obligation of 
both the institution and the veteran or wife or widow and shall promi-
nently display the provisions for affirmance, termination, refunds, and 
the conditions under which payment of the allowance is made by the 
Administrator to the veteran or wife or widow. A copy of the enroll-
ment agreement shall be furnished to each such veteran or wife or 
widow at the time such veteran or wife or widow signs such agreement. 
No such agreement shall be effective unless such veteran or wife or 
widow shsu.1, after the expiration of ten days after the enrollment 
agreement is signed, have signed and submitted to the Administrator 
a written statement, with a signed copy to the institution, specifically 
affirming the enrollment agreement. In the event the veteran or wife or 
widow at any time notifies the institution of his intention not to affirm 
the agreement in accordance with the preceding sentence, the institu-
tion, without imposing any penalty or charging any fee shall promptly 
make a full refund of all amounts paid. 
"(c) In the event a veteran or wife or widow elects to terminate his 
enrollment under an affirmed enrollment agreement, the institution 
(other than one subject to the provisions of section 1776 of this title) 
''^ ^*^'- 1
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9 
may charge the veteran or wife or widow a registration or similar fee 
not in excess of 10 per centum of the tuition for the course, or $50, 
whichever is less. Where the veteran or wife or widow elects to termi-
nate the agreement after completion of one or more but less than 25 
per centum of the total number of lessons comprising the course, the 
institution may retain such registration or similar fee plus 25 per 
centum of the tuition for the course. Where the veteran or wife or 
widow elects to terminate the agreement after completion of 25 per 
centum but less than 50 per centum of the lessons comprising the 
course, the institution may retain the full registration or similar fee 
plus 50 per centum of the course tuition. If 50 per centum or more of 
the lessons are completed, no refund of tuition is required. 
"§ 1787. Apprenticeship or other on-job training 
"(a) An eligible veteran (as defined in section 1652(a) (1) of this 
title) or an eligible person (as defined in section 1701(a) of this title) 
so stat. i3; 
shall be paid a training assistance allowance as prescribed by subsec- ^'*82^'^tat!^i33'2 
tion (b) of this section while pursuing a full-time— 
84 stat. 1575.' 
" (1) program of apprenticeship approved by a State approving 
agency as meeting the standards of apprenticeship published by 
the Secretary of Labor pursuant to section 50a of title 29, or 
so stat. ees. 
"(2) program of other on-job training approved under provi-
sions of section 1777 of this title, 
_ si stat. 1 se; 
subject to the conditions and limitations of chapters 34 and 35 with 
respect to educational assistance. 
1 TOO. 
38 use 1776. 
84 Stat. 83. 
38 use 1651, 
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"(b)(1) The monthly training assistance allowance of an eligible 
veteran piii-suing a program described under subsection (a) shall be 
as follows: 
Definitions. 
80 Stat. 12; 
72 Stat. 1193. 
38 u s e 1651, 
1700. 
80 Stat. 23; 
82 Stat. 1331. 
"Column I 
Periods of training 
First 6 months 
Second 6 months 
Third 6 months 
Fourth and any suc-
ceeding 6-month 
periods 
Col-
umn 
II 
No de-
pend-
ents 
$160 
120 
80 
40 
Col-
umn 
III 
One 
de-
pend-
ent 
$179 
139 
99 
59 
Col-
umn 
IV 
Two 
de-
pend-
ents 
$196 
156 
116 
76 
Column V 
More than two 
dependents 
The amount in 
column IV, 
plus the follow-
ing for each 
dependent in 
excess of two: 
$8. 
8. 
8. 
8. 
"(2) The monthly training assistance allowance of an eligible per-
son pursuing a program described under subsection (a) shall be (A) 
$160 during the first six-month period, (B) $120 during the second 
six-month period, (C) $80 during the third six-month period, and (D) 
$40 during the fourth and any succeeding six-month period. 
"(3) In any month in which an eligible veteran or person pursuing 
a program of apprenticeship or a program of other on-job training 
fails to complete one hundred and twenty hours of training in such 
month, the monthly training assistance allowance set forth in sub-
section (b) (1) or (2) of this section, as applicable, shall be reduced 
proportionately in the proportion that the number of hours worked 
bears to one hundred and twenty hours rounded off to the nearest 
eight hours. 
"(c) For the purpose of this chapter, the terms 'program of appren-
ticeship' and 'program of other on-job training' shall have the same 
meaning as 'program of education'; and the term 'training assistance 
allowance' shall have the same meaning as 'educational assistance 
allowance' as set forth in chapters 34 and 35 of this title."; 
(2) redesignating sections 1788, 1789, 1790, and 1791 as sec-
tions 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, respectively, and inserting after 
section 1787 the following new sections: 
*
*
§ 1788. Measurement of courses 
"(a) For the purposes of this chapter and chapters 34 and 35 of 
this title— 
" (1) an institutional trade or technical course offered on a clock-
hour basis below the college level involving shop practice as an 
integral part thereof, shall be considered a full-time course when 
a minimum of thirty hours per week of attendance is required 
with no more than two and one-half hours of rest periods per 
week allowed; 
"(2) an institutional course offered on a clock-hour basis below 
the college level in which theoretical or classroom instruction pre-
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dominates shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum 
of twenty-five houi-s per week net of instruction (which may 
include customary intervals not to exceed ten minutes between 
hours of instruction) is required; 
"(3) an academic high school course requiring sixteen units 
for a full course shall be considered a full-time course when (A) 
a minimum of four units per year is required or (B) an individual 
is pursuing a program of education leading to an accredited hi^h 
school diploma at a rate which, if continued, would result in 
receipt of such a diploma in four ordinary school years. For the 
purpose of subclause (A) of this clause, a unit is defined to be not 
less than one hundred and twenty sixty-minute hours or their 
equivalent of study in any subject in one academic year; 
"•(4) an institutional undergraduate course offered by a college 
or university on a quarter- or semester-hour basis shall be con-
sidered a fuU-time course when a minimum of fourteen semester 
hours or the equivalent thereof (including such hours for which 
no credit is granted but which are required to be taken to correct 
an educational deficiency and which the educational institution 
considers to be quarter or semester hours for other administrative 
purposes), for which credit is granted toward a standard col-
lege degree, is required, except that where such college or uni-
versity certifies, upon the request of the Administrator, that (A) 
full-time tuition is charged to all undergraduate students carry-
ing a minimum of less than fourteen such semester hours or the 
equivalent thereof, or (B) all undergraduate students carrying 
a minimum of less than fourteen such semester hours or the 
equivalent thereof, are considered to be pursuing a full-time 
course for other administrative purposes, then such an institu-
tional undergraduate course offered by such college or university 
with such minimum number of such semester hours shall be con-
sidered a full-time course, but in the event such minimum num-
ber of semester hours is less than twelve semester hours or the 
equivalent thereof, then twelve semester hours or the equivalent 
thereof shall be considered a full-time course; 
" (5) a program of apprenticeship or a program of other on-iob 
training shall be considered a full-time program when the eligible 
,
^ ,,,. ^ 
veteran or person is required to work the number of hours con-
stituting the standard workweek of the training establishment, 
but a workweek of less than thirty hours shall not be considered 
to con^itute full-time training unless a lesser number of hours 
has been established as the standard workweek for the particular 
establishment through bona fide collective bargaining; and 
"(6) an institutional course offered as part of a program of 
education below the college level under section 1691(a)(2) or 
1696(a) (2) of this title shall be considered a full-time course on 
84 stat. 79. 
the basis of measurement criteria provided in clause (2), (3), or igge."^^ ^^^^ 
(4) as determined by the educational institution. 
"(b) The Administrator shall define part-time training in the case 
of the types of coui-ses referred to in subsection (a), and shall define 
full-time and part-time training in the case of all other types of courses 
pursued under this chapter or chapter 34 or 35 of this title. 
so stat. 12; 
«o^«o/v 
x^ 
• 1 
^ 
. 
72 stat. 1193. 
§17,89. Period of operation for approval 
,„^A"^^ ^^5^-
"Ca) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an 
eligible veteran or eligible person in any course offered by an educa-
tional institution when such course has been in operation for less than 
two years. 
1700. 
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STAT. 
84 Stat. 79. 
38 u s e 1690. 
Ante, 
p. 1082. 
Ante, 
p. 1076. 
38 
use 1501, 
1651, 
1700. 
"(b) Subsection (a) shall not appljr to— 
" (1) any course to be pursued in a public or other tax-supported 
educational institution; 
"(2) any course which is offered by an educational institution 
which has been in operation for more than two years, if such 
course is similar in character to the instruction previously given 
by such institution; 
*'(3) any course which has been offered by an institution for 
a period of more than two years, notwithstanding the institution 
has moved to another location within the same general locality, 
or has made a complete move with substantially the same faculty, 
curricula, and students, without change in ownership; 
"(4) any course which is offered by a nonprofit educational 
institution of college level and which is recognized for credit 
toward a standard college degree; or 
"(5) any course offered by a proprietary nonprofit educational 
institution which qualifies to carry out an approved program of 
education under the provisions of subchapter V or VI of chapter 
34 of this title (including those courses offered at other than the 
institution's principal location) if the institution offering such 
course has been in operation for more than two years. 
"§ 1790. Overcharges by educational institutions; discontinuance 
of allowances; examination of records; false or mis-
leading statements 
"Overcharges by Educational Institutions 
"(a) If the Administrator finds that an educational institution 
has— 
"(1) charged or received from any eligible veteran or elegible 
person pursuing a program of education under this chapter or 
chapter 34 or 35 of this title any amount for any course in excess 
of the charges for tuition and fees which such institution requires 
similarly circumstanced nonveterans not receiving assistance 
under such chapters who are enrolled in the same course to pay, or 
"(2) instituted, after the effective date of section 1780 of this 
title, a policy or practice with respect to the payment of tuition, 
fees, or other charges in the case of eligible veterans and the 
Administrator finds that the effect of such policy or practice sub-
stantially denies to veterans the benefits of the advance and pre-
payment allowances under such section, 
he may disapprove such educational institution for the enrollment of 
any eligible veteran or eligible person not already enrolled therein 
under this chapter or chapter 31, 34, or 35, of this title. 
"Discontinuance of Allowances 
"(b) The Administrator may discontinue the educational assistance 
allowance of any eligible veteran or eligible person if he finds that 
the program of education or any course in which the veteran or person 
is enrolled fails to meet any of the requirements of this chapter or 
chapter 34 or 35 of this title, or if he finds that the educational institu-
tion offering such program or course has violated any provision of 
this chapter or chapter 34 or 35, or fails to meet any of the require-
ments of such chapters. 
.jBfg.ag 
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" 
' 
"Examination of Kecords 
"(c) The records and accounts of educational institutions pertaining 
to eligible veterans or eligible persons who received educational assist-
ance under this chapter or chapter 31, 34, or 35 of this title shall be ^^^ "fr^oo ^°^' 
available for examination by duly authorized representatives of the 
Government, 
"False or Misleading Statements 
i.^f .iu^ «t 
"(d) Whenever the Administrator finds that an educational institu- 
, 
.,.,^,., 
tion has willfully submitted a false or misleading claim, or that a 
- . ? . - ' 
veteran or person, with the complicity of an educational institution, 
has submitted such a claim, he shall make a complete report of the 
Report, 
facts of the case to the appropriate State approving agency and, where 
deemed advisable, to the Attorney General of the United States for 
^^r^ ..^jg ^^ 
appropriate action. 
"§ 1791. Change of program 
"(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, 
each eligible veteran and eligible person may make not more than 
one change of program of education, but an eligible veteran or eligible 
person whose program has been interrupted or discontinued due to his 
own misconduct, his own neglect, or his own lack of application shall 
not be entitled to any such change. 
"(b) The Administrator may approve one additional change (or 
an initial change in the case of a veteran or person not eligible to make 
a change under subsection (a)) in program if he finds that— 
"(1) the program of education which the eligible veteran or 
eligible person proposes to pursue is suitable to his aptitudes, 
interests, and abilities; and 
"(2) in any instance where the eligible veteran or eligible per-
son has interrupted, or failed to progress in, his program due to his 
own misconduct, his own neglect, or his own lack of application, 
there exists a reasonable likelihood with respect to the program 
which the eligible veteran or eligible person proposes to pursue 
that there will not be a recurrence of such an interruption or 
failure to progress. 
"(c) The Administrator may also approve additional changes in 
program if he finds such changes are necessitated by circumstances 
beyond the control of the eligible veteran or eligible person. 
"(d) As used in this section the term 'change of program of educa-
tion' shall not be deemed to include a change from the pursuit of one 
program to pursuit of another where the first program is prerequisite 
to, or generally required for, entrance into pursuit of the second."; 
and 
(3) Section 1792 of title 38, United States Code (as redesignated 
^"'«' P- lo^e. 
by section 316(2) of this Act) is amended by inserting between the 
fii'st and second sentences of such section the following: "The 
Committee shall also include veterans representative of World War 
II, the Korean conflict era, the post-Korean conflict era, and the Viet-
nam era." 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL AMEND-
MENTS TO T H E VETERANS' AND WAR ORPHANS' AND 
WIDOWS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
SEC. 401. Chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by— 
(1) inserting after "this chapter" in subsection (a) of section 
1661 "or chapter 36": 
so stat. u; 
84 Stat. 79. 
,•8 .u 
tt 
.jog'oa' 
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(2) deleting "31 or 35" and inserting "31, 34, or 36" in sub-
so Stat. 16. 
section (d) of section 1673; 
38 use 1673. 
^3J striking out all after "certification" down to the period 
and inserting in lieu thereof "as required by section 1681(c) of 
81 Stat. 185. 
this title" in the second sentence of section 1677 (b); 
(4) striking out "(c) (1), or (d)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"or (c)" and striking out "1683" and inserting in lieu thereof 
81 Stat. 184. 
"1787" in subsection 1682(a) (1); 
8
4 Stat. 79. 
(5) striking out the last sentence of section 1682(b) ; 
80 Stat. 15; 
(6) striking out sections 1672, 1675, 1683, and 1687 in their 
81 Stat. 186. 
entirety; and 
(7) redesignating section 1686 as section 1683. 
SEC. 402. Chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by— 
(1) deleting 
"1737" 
and 
inserting 
"1736" in 
section 
72 Stat. 1194. 
1 7 1 2 ( a ) ( 2 ) ; 
(2) striking out sections 1722,1725, and 1736 in their entirety; 
(3) redesignating section 1737 as section 1736; and 
(4) striking out "1737" and inserting "1736" in section 1735. 
SEC. 403. Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by— 
(1) striking out "1686" and inserting "1683" in section 
80 Stat. 20. 
1770(b); 
(2) inserting "this chapter and" after "purposes of" in section 
^77Stat^^l58; 
1771(a); 
(3) inserting "this chapter and" before "chapters 34 and 35" 
each place it appears in section 1772; 
(4) striking out "1737" and inserting in lieu thereof "1736" in 
section 1772(a); 
(5) striking out "1683(a)(1)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"1787(a) (1)" in section 1772(c); 
(6) inserting "this chapter and" before "chapters 34 and 35" in 
subsection (a) of section 1773; 
(7) inserting "this chapter and" before "chapters 34 and 35" 
8 
2 Stat. 1334. 
the first time it appears in section 1774 (a); 
(8) striking out "or special training allowance grante/d under 
chapter 34 or 35" and inserting in lieu thereof "grant€>d under 
80 Stat. 21. 
chapter 34,35, or 36" in section 1781; 
(9) inserting "this chapter or" before "chapter 34 or 35" in 
section 1782; 
(10) inserting "this chapter or" before "chapter 34 or 35" each 
place it appears in section 1783; 
(11) inserting "this chapter or" before "chapter 34 or 35" in 
section 1785; 
(12) inserting "this chapter or" before "chapter 34 or 35" in 
Ante, p. 1086. 
scctiou 1793 (as redesignated by section 316(2) of this Act); and 
(13) striking out "Chapters 31, 34, and 35" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "chapters 31, 34, 35, and 36" in section 1795 (as redes-
ignated by section 316 (2) of this Act). 
SEC. 404. (a) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 34 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by— 
(1) striking out: 
"1672. Change of program." 
and 
80 Stat. 20. 
84 Stat. 83. 
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"1675. Period of operation for approval."; 
(2) striking out: 
'^SUBCHAPTER IV—^PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE VETERANS 
"1681. Educational assistance allowance. 
"1682. Computation of educational assistance allowances. 
"1683. Apprenticeship or other on-job training. 
"1684, Measurement of courses. 
"1685. Overcharges by educational institutions. 
"1686. Approval of courses. 
"1687. Discontinuance of allowances." 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
SUBCHAPTER IV—PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE VETERANS ; VETERAN-STUDENT SERVICES 
"1681. Educational assistance allowance. 
"1682. Computation of educational assistance allowances. 
"1683. Approval of courses. 
"1684. Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses. 
"1685. Veteran-student services."; 
and 
(3) adding at the end thereof the following: 
"1697A. Coordination with and participation by Department of Defense.". 
(b) The subchapter heading above section 1681 of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
"Subchapter IV—Payments to Eligible Veterans; Veteran-
Student Services 
SEC. 405. The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 35 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by— 
(1) striking out: 
"1722. Change of program." 
and 
"1725. Period of operation for approval."; 
(2) striking out: 
"1733. Measurement of courses. 
"1734. Overcliarges by educational institutions. 
"1735. Approval of courses. 
"1736. Discontinuance of allowances. 
"1737. Specialized vocational training courses." 
and inserting in lieu thereof: 
"1733. Special assistance for the educationally disadvantaged. 
"1734. Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses. 
"1735. Approval of courses. 
"1736. Specialized vocational training courses." 
ri 
; *? 
SEC. 406. The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 36 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by— 
(1) inserting: 
, 
,, 
"1780. Payment of educational or subsistence assistance allowances." 
immediately above 
"1781. Limitations on educational assistance."; 
and 
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(2) striking out: 
iq<|ii 
;T»-r' 
Adopted 
child.' 
84 Stat. 256. 
72 Stat. 1109. 
"Wife.'» 
"Widow." 
84 Stat. 84. 
Ante, p. 1080. 
82 Stat. 1334. 
"1786. Examination of records. 
jUn «,," i r • s^-' 
"1787. False or misleading statements. 
' 
"1788. Advisory committee. 
, .. ,^ .,, 
,. 
"1789. Institutions listed by Attorney General. ' 
'tTv** .-
"1790. Use of other Federal agencies. 
"1791. Limitation on period of assistance under two or more programs." 
and inserting in lieu thereof: 
"1786. Correspondence courses. 
"1787. Apprenticeship or other on-job training. 
"1788. Measurement of courses. 
"1789. Period of operation for approval. 
"1790. Overcharges by educational institutions; discontinuance of allowances; 
examination of records; false or misleading statements. 
"1791. Change of program. 
"1792. Advisory committee. 
"1793. Institutions listed by Attorney General. 
"1794. Use of other Federal agencies. 
"1795. Limitation on period of assistance under two or more programs." 
SEC. 407. Section 101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out the last sentence of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following sentences: "A person with respect to whom an 
interlocutory decree of adoption has been issued by an appropriate 
adoption authority shall be recognized thereafter as a legally adopted 
child, unless and until that decree is rescinded, if the child remains in 
the custody of the adopting parent or parents during the interlocutory 
period. A person who has been placed for adoption under an agreement 
entered into by the adopting parent or parents with any agency author-
ized under law to so act Siall be recognized thereafter as a legally 
adopted child, unless and until such agreement is terminated, if the 
child remains in the custody of the adopting parent or parents during 
the period of placement for adoption under such agreement." 
SEC. 408. Section 102 of title 38, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) Subsection (b) thereof is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) For the purposes of this title, (1) the term 'wife' includes the 
husband of any female veteran; and (2) the term 'widow' includes the 
widower of any female veteran."; and 
(2) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 102. Dependent parents; husbands*'. 
SEC. 409. The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by striking out: 
"102. Dependent parents and dependent husbands." 
and inserting in lieu thereof: 
t • j 
vml ar lifi 
fi J * 
"102. Dependent parents; husbands.". 
SEC. 410. (a) The first sentence of section 240 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting "and encourage" after "aid". 
(b) Section 241 of such title is amended by striking out "give 
priority to so advising" and inserting in lieu thereof "insure, through 
the utilization of veteran-student services under section 1685 of this 
title, that contact, in person or by telephone, is made with" in clause 
(1). 
SEC. 411. Subsection (b) of section 1774 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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"(b) The allowance for administrative expenses incurred pursuant 
to subsection (a) of this section shall be paid in accordance with the 
following formula: 
Total salary cost reimbursable under 
Allowance for administrative 
this section 
expense 
$5,000 or less 
$500. 
Over 
$5,000 
but 
not 
exceeding 
$10,000 
$900. 
Over 
$10,000 
but 
not 
exceeding 
$35,000 
$900 for the first $10,000 plus $800 
for 
each 
additional 
$5,000 
or 
fraction thereof. 
Over 
$35,000 
but 
not 
exceeding 
$40,000 
$5,250. 
Over 
$40,000 
but 
not 
exceeding 
$75,000 
$5,250 
for 
the 
first 
$40,000 
plus 
$700 
for 
each 
additional 
$5,000 
or fraction thereof. 
Over 
$75,000 
but 
not 
exceeding 
$80,000 
$10,450. 
Over $80,000 
$10,450 
for 
the 
first 
$80,000 
plus 
$600 
for 
each 
additional 
$5,000 
or fraction thereof." 
SEC. 412. Section 3301 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting after "Veterans' Administration" where it 
first appears, the language: "and the names and addresses of 
present or former personnel of the armed services, and their 
dependents, in the possession of the Veterans' Administration"; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end of such section the following new 
clause (9) : 
"(9) the Administrator may, pursuant to regulations he shall 
prescribe, release the names and addresses of present or former 
personnel of the armed services, and/or dependents to any non-
profit organization but only if the, release is directly connected 
with the conduct of programs and the utilization of benefits under 
this title. Any such organization or member thereof which uses 
such names and addresses for purposes other than those speci-
fied in this clause shall be fined not more than $500 in the case 
of a first offense, and not more than $5,000 in the case of subse-
quent offenses." 
SEC. 413. The Administrator, in consultation with the advisory 
committee formed pursuant to section 1792 of this title (as redesig-
nated by section 316(2) of this Act), shall provide for the conduct 
of an independent study of the operation of the post-Korean conflict 
program of educational assistance currently carried out under chapters 
31, 34, 35, and 36 of this title in comparison with similar programs of 
educational assistance that were available to veterans of World War 
I I and of the Korean conflict from the point of view of administra-
tion ; veteran participation; safeguards against abuse; and adequacy 
of benefit level, scope of programs, and information and outreach 
efforts to meet the various education and training needs of eligible 
veterans. The results of such study, together with such recommenda-
tions as are warranted to improve the present program, shall be trans-
mitted to the President and the Congress within six months after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
7 2 Sfat. 1235; 
76 Stat. 557. 
Penalty. 
Study. 
Ante, 
p. 1086. 
38 u s e 1501, 
1651, 1700, 
1770. 
Transmittal to 
President and 
Congress. 
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TITLE V—VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND 
PREFERENCE 
Citation o
f 
SEC. 501. This title may be cited as the "Veterans' Employment and 
""'• 
Readjustment Act of 1972". 
7
2 Stat. 1217; 
SEC. 502. (a) Chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
i Stat. 558; 
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- -^ ' 
^ 
» Stat. 27. 
38 use 2001. 
80 Kal". 27^' 
*° ^^^^ ^S f o l l o w s t 
"Chapter 41.~J0B COUNSELING, TRAINING, AND PLACE-
MENT SERVICE FOR VETERANS 
"Sec. 
''2001. Definitions. 
"2002. Purpose. 
H,«,-
"2003. Assignment of veterans' employment representative. 
"2004. Employees of local offices. 
"2005. Cooperation of Federal agencies. 
"2006. Estimate of funds for administration; authorization of appropriations. 
"2007. Administrative controls; annual report. 
'•2008. Cooperation and coordination with the Veterans' Administration. 
"§2001. Definitions 
"For the purposes of this chapter— 
"(1) The term 'eligible veteran' means a person who served in the 
active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or 
released therefrom with other than a dishonorable discharge. 
" (2) The term 'State' means each of the several States of the United 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, and may include, to the extent determined necessary and feasible, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands. 
'^§2002. Purpose 
"The Congress declares as its intent and purpose that there shall be 
an effective (1) job and job training counseling service program, (2) 
employment placement service program, and (3) job training place-
ment service program for eligible veterans and that, to this end policies 
shall be promulgated and administered through a Veterans Employ-
ment Service within the Department of Labor, so as to provide such 
veterans the maximum of employment and training opportunities 
through existing programs, coordination and merger of programs and 
implementation of new programs. 
"§2003. Assignment of veterans' employment representative 
"The Secretary of Labor shall assign to each State a representative 
of the Veterans' Employment Service to serve as the veterans' employ-
ment representative, and shall further assign to each State one assist-
ant veterans' employment representative per each 250,000 veterans of 
the State veterans population, and such additional assistant veterans' 
employment representatives as he shall determine, based on the data 
Post, p. 1096. collected pursuant to section 2007 of this title, to be necessary to assist 
the veterans'^ employment representative to carry out effectively in 
that State the purposes of this chapter. Each veterans' employment 
representative and assistant veterans' employment representative shall 
be an eligible veteran who at the time of appointment shall have 
been a bona fide resident of the State for at least two years and who 
shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of title 5, United 
States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and 
\^ 
467. 
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shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 of sub-
chapter I I I of chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification and ^^so stat. 443 
general schedule pay rates. Each such veterans' employment repre-
sentative and assistant veterans' employment representative shall be 5331 
attached to the staff of the public employment service in the State 
to which they have been assigned. They shall be administratively 
responsible to the Secretary of Labor for the execution of the Sec-
retary's veterans' counseling and placement policies through the pub-
lic employment service and in cooperation with manpower and 
training programs administered by the Secretary in the State. In 
cooperation with the public employment service staff and the staffs 
of each such other program in the State, the veterans' employment 
representative and his assistants shall— 
"(1) be functionally responsible for the supervision of the 
registration of eligible veterans in local employment offices for 
suitable types of employment and training and for counseling and 
placement of eligible veterans in employment and job traming 
programs; 
" (2) engage in job development and job advancement activities 
for eligible veterans, including maximum coordination with 
appropriate officials of the Veterans' Administration in that 
agency's carrying out of its responsibilities under subchapter IV 
of chapter 3 of this title and in the conduct of job fairs, job marts, 
and other special p r o - a m s to match eligible veterans with appro-
priate job and job training opportunities; 
"(3) assist in securing and maintaining current information 
as to the various types of available employment and training 
opportunities, incluaing maximum use of electronic data process-
ing and telecommunications systems and the matching of an 
eligible veteran's particular qualifications with an available job 
or on-job training or apprenticeship opportunity which is com-
mensurate with those c[ualifications; 
"(4) promote the interest of employers and labor unions in 
employing eligible veterans and in conducting on-job training and 
apprenticeship programs for such veterans; 
"(5) maintain regular contact with employers, labor unions, 
training programs and veterans' organizations with a view to 
keeping them advised of eligible veterans available for employ-
ment and training and to keeping eligible veterans advised of 
opportunities for employment and training; and 
"(6) assist in every possible way in improving working condi-
tions and the advancement of employment of eligible veterans. 
''§ 2004. Employees of local offices 
"Except as may be determined by the Secretary of Labor based on a 
demonstrated lack of need for such services, there shall be assigned by 
the administrative head of the employment service in each State one 
or more employees, preferably eligible veterans, on the staffs of local 
employment service offices, whose services shall be fully devoted to 
discharging the duties prescribed for the veterans' employment repre-
sentative and his assistants. 
^§2005. Cooperation of Federal agencies 
"All Federal agencies shall furnish the Secretary of Labor such rec-
ords, statistics, or information as he may deem necessary or appro-
priate in administering the provisions of this chapter, and shall 
otherwise cooperate with the Secretary in providing continuous 
employment and training opportunities for eligible veterans. 
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^'§2006. Estimate of funds for administration; authorization of 
appropriations 
"(a) The Secretary of Labor shall estimate the funds necessary for 
the proper and efficient administration of this chapter. Such estimated 
sums shall include the annual amounts necessary for salaries, rents, 
printing and binding, travel, and communications. Sums thus esti-
mated shall be included as a special item in the annual budget for 
the Department of Labor. Estimated funds necessary for proper 
counseling, placement, and training services to veterans provided by 
the various State public employment service agencies shall be sepa-
rately identified in the budgets of those agencies as approved by the 
Department of Labor. 
"(b) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for the proper and efficient administration of this chapter. 
"(c) In the event that the regular appropriations Act making 
appropriations for administrative expenses for the Department of 
Labor with respect to any fiscal year does not specify an amount for 
the purposes specified in subsection (b) of this section for that fiscal 
year, then of the amounts appropriated in such Act there shall be avail-
able only for the purposes specified in subsection (b) of this section 
such amount as was set forth in the budget estimate submitted pursuant 
to subsection (a) of this section. 
' 
•' ' 
"(d) Any funds made available pursuant to subsections (b) and 
(c) of this section shall not be available for any purpose other than 
those specified in such subsections, except with the approval of the 
Secretary of Labor based on a demonstrated lack of need for such 
funds for such purposes. 
"§2007. Administrative controls; annual report 
"(a) The Secretary of Labor shall establish administrative con-
trols for the following purposes: 
" (1) To insure that each eligible veteran, especially those veterans 
Avho have been recently discharged or released from active duty, who 
requests assistance under this chapter shall promptly be placed in a 
satisfactory job or job training opportunity or receive some other 
specific form of assistance designed to enhance his employment pros-
pects substantially, such as individual job development or employ-
ment counseling services. 
" (2) To determine whether or not the employment service agencies 
in each State have committed the necessary staff to insure that the 
provisions of this chapter are carried out; and to arrange for neces-
sary corrective action where staff resources have been determined by 
the Secretary of Labor to be inadequate. 
"(b) The Secretary of Labor shall report annually to the Con-
gress on the success of the Department of Labor and its affiliated 
State employment service agencies in carrying out the provisions of 
this chapter. The report shall include, by State, the number of recently 
discharged or released eligible veterans, veterans with service-con-
nected disabilities, and other eligible veterans who requested assist-
ance through the public employment service and, of these, the number 
placed in suitable employment or job training opportunities or who 
were otherwise assisted, with separate reference to occupational train-
ing under appropriate Federal law. The report shall also include any 
detei-mination by the Secretary under section 2004 or 2006 of this title 
and a statement of the reasons for such determination. 
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"§2008. Cooperation 
and 
coordination 
with 
the 
Veterans' 
Administration 
"In carrying out his responsibilities under this chapter, the Secre-
tary of Labor shall from time to time consult with the Administra-
tor and keep him fully advised of activities carried out and all data 
gathered pursuant to this chapter to insure maximum cooperation and 
coordination between the Department of Labor and the Veterans' 
Administration." 
(b) The table of chapters at the beginning of title 38, United States 
Code, and the table of chapters at the beginning of part I I I of such 
title are each amended by striking out: 
"41. Job Counseling and Employment Placement Service for Vet-
erans 
2001" 
and inserting 
"41. Job Counseling, Training, and Placement 
Service for Vet-
erans 
2001" 
SEC. 503. (a) Part I I I of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
^^^l^'^\^^J°' 
by adding at the end thereof a new chapter as follows: 
"s^'usc isoi. 
"Chapter 42.—EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF DISABLED 
AND VIETNAM ERA VETERANS 
"Sec. 
"2011. Definitions. 
"2012. A^eterans' employment emphasis under Federal contracts. 
"2013. Eligibility requirements for veterans under certain Federal manpower 
training programs. 
"§ 2011. Definitions 
"As used in this chapter— 
"(1) The term 'disabled veteran' means a person entitled to dis-
ability compensation under laws administered by the Veterans' Admin-
istration for a disability rated at 30 per centum or more, or a person 
whose discharge or release from active duty was for a disability 
incurred or aggravated in line of duty. 
"(2) The term 'veteran of the Vietnam era' means a person (A) 
who (i) served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days, 
any part of which occurred during the Vietnam era, and was dis-
charged or released therefrom with other than a dishonorable dis-
charge, or (ii) was discharged or released from active duty for a 
r,| ..„ -
service-connected disability if any part of such active duty was per-
formed during the Vietnam era, and (B) who was so discharged or 
released within the 48 months preceding his application for employ-
ment covered under this chapter. 
"(3) The term 'department and agency' means any department or 
agency of the Federal Government or any federally owned corporation. 
"§ 2012. Veterans' employment emphasis under Federal contracts 
"(a) Any contract entered into by any department or agency for 
the procurement of pereonal property and non-personal services 
''" 
*' ' ' 
(including construction) for the United States, shall contain a pro-
vision requiring that, in employing persons to carry out such contract, 
the party contracting with the IJnited States shall give special 
emphasis to the employment of qualified disabled veterans and vet-
erans of the Vietnam era. The provisions of this section shall apply to 
any subcontract entered into by a prime contractor in carrying out 
any contract for the procurement of personal property and non-
personal services (including construction) for the United States. The 
President shall implement the provisions of this section by promul-
gating regulations within 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
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section, which regulations shaH require that (1) each such contractor 
undertake in such contract to list immediately with the appropriate 
local employment service office all of its suitable employment openings, 
and (2) each such local office shall give such veterans priority in 
referral to such employment openings. 
" (b) If any disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era believes 
any contractor has failed or refuses to comply with the provisions of 
his contract with the United States, relating to giving special emphasis 
in employment to veterans, such veteran may file a complaint with 
the Veterans' Employment Service of the Department of Labor. Such 
complaint shall be promptly referred to the Secretary who shall 
promptly investigate such complaint and shall take such action thereon 
as the facts and circumstances warrant consistent with the terms of 
such contract and the laws and regulations applicable thereto. 
"§ 2013. Eligibility requirements for veterans under certain Fed-
eral manpower training programs 
"Any (1) amounts received as pay or allowances by any person while 
serving on active duty, (2) period of time during which such person 
served on such active duty, and (3) amounts received under chapters 
4
0
^
1
* i?oi ^1651 
^^^ ^^' ^^^ ^^' ^^' ^^^ ^^ 
^^^® ^
^
^
^
® ^y ^ veteran (as defined in section 
1700, 1770. 
' 
101(2) of this title) who served on active duty for a period of more 
72 Stat. 1106. 
than 180 days or was discharged or released from active duty for a 
service-connected disability, and any amounts received by an eligible 
person under chapters 13 and 35 of such title, shall be disregarded in 
determining the needs or qualifications of participants in any public 
service employment program, any emergency employment program, 
any job training program assisted under the Economic Opportunity 
78 Stat. 508. 
Act of 1964, any manpower training program assisted under the Man-
note,"^^ ^^°^ 
power Development and Training Act of 1962, or any other manpower 
76 Stat. 23. 
training (or related) program financed in whole or in part with Fed-
42 use 2571 
eral funds." 
(b) The table of chapters at the beginning of title 38, United States 
Code, and the table of chapters at the beginning of part I I I of such 
title are each amended by adding at the end thereof a new item as 
follows: 
"42. Employment and Training of Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans 
2011". 
SEC. 504. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as 
amended (50 U.S.C. App. 501 et seq.), is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 101 (1) (50 U.S.C. App. 511 (1) J is amended by striking 
out "The term 'persons in military service'" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "The term 'person in the military service', the term 'persons in 
military service',". 
56 Stat. 777. 
(2) The followiug new section is inserted after section 700: 
590° ^^^ ^^^' 
"SEC. 701. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a power 
of attorney which— 
"(1) was duly executed by a person in the military service 
who is in a missing status (as defined in section 551(2) of title 
80 Stat. 625. 
37^ United States Code); 
"(2) designates that person's spouse, parent, or other named 
relative as his attorney m fact for certain specified, or all, pur-
poses; and 
"(3) expires by its terms after that person entered a missing 
status, and before or after the effective date of this section; 
shall be automatically extended for the period that the person is in 
a missing status. 
"(b) No power of attorney executed after the effective date of this 
section by a person in the military service may be extended under 
subsection (a) if the document by its terms clearly indicates that the 
note. 
54 Stat. 1179. 
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power granted expires on the date specified even though that person, 
after the date of execution of the document, enters a missing status. 
"(c) This section applies only to persons in military service who 
executed powers of attorney during the Vietnam era (as defined in 
section 101(29) of title 38, United States Code)." 
si stat. isi. 
SEC. 505. Section 3107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
7
2 stat. 1231. 
by inserting after "title" the words "or that portion of the educational 
assistance allowance payable on account of dependents under chapter 
34 of this title". 
TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATES AND SAVINGS 
PKOVISIONS 
SEO. 601. (a) The rate increases provided in Title I of this Act and 
the rate increases provided by the provisions of section 1787, title 
38, United States Code (as added by section 316 of this Act) shall 
become effective October 1, 1972; except, for those veterans and eli-
gible persons in training on the date of enactment, the effective date 
shall be the date of the commencement of the current enrollment 
period, but not earlier than September 1,1972. 
(b) The provisions of title V of this Act shall become effective 90 
d 
ays after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 602. (a) The provisions of section 1786 of title 38, United 
States Code (as added W section 316 of this Act), which apply to pro-
grams of education exclusively by correspondence, shall, as to those 
wives and widows made eligible for such training by that section, 
become effective January 1, 1973, and, as to eligible veterans, shall 
apply only to those enrollment agreements which are entered into on 
or after January 1,1973. 
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this sec-
tion, any enrollment agreement entered into by an eligible veteran 
prior to January 1,1973, shall continue to be subject to the provisions 
of section 1682(c) of title 38, United States Code, prior to its repeal 
by section 303 of this Act. 
SEC. 603. (a) The prepayment provisions of subsection (e) of section 
1780 of title 38, United States Code (as added by section 201 of this 
Act), shall become effective on November 1,1972. 
(b) The advance payment provisions of section 1780 of title 38, 
United States Code (as added by section 201 of this Act), shall become 
effective on August 1,1973, or at such time prior thereto as the Admin-
istrator of Veterans' Affairs shall specify m a certification filed with 
the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Congress. 
SEC. 604. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1712(b) of 
title 38, United States Code, a wife or widow (1) eligible to pursue a 
82 stat. 1333. 
program of education exclusively by correspondence bj^ virtue of the 
provisions of section 1786 of such title (as added by section 316 of this 
Act) or (2) entitled to receive the benefits of subsection (a) of section 
/ 
1733 of this title (as added by section 313 of this Act), shall have eight 
years from the date of the enactment of this Act in which to complete 
such a program of education or receive such benefits. 
(b) Notwithstanding the provisioi^ of section 1712(a) or 1712(b) 
of title 38, United States Code, an eligible person, as defined in section 82^stat?\'333^^' 
1701(a)(1) of such title, who is entitled to pursue a program of 
8
4 stat. 1575. 
apprenticeship or other on-job training by virtue of the provisions of 
section 1787 of such title (as added by section 316 of this Act) shall 
have eight years from the date of the enactment of this Act in which 
to complete such a program of training, except that an eligible person 
defined in section 1701(a) (1) (A) of such title may notoe afforded 
educational assistance beyond his thirty-first birttiday. 
Approved October 24, 1972.