An Act to amend chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code, relating to war orphans educational assistance, in order to permit eligible persons thereunder to attend foreign educational institutions under certain circumstances
PL 87-546 (H.R.1811), enacted 07/25/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-546-JULY 25, 1962 
[76 STAT . 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $2,500,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For an additional amount for "Contributions to international 
organizations", $25,616,000. 
CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS 
For payment of claims as settled and determined by departments in 
accord with law and judgments rendered against the United States 
by the United States Court of Claims and United States district courts, 
as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 84, Eighty-seventh 
Congress, $1,065,929, together with such amounts as may be necessary 
to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or provided 
by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange 
as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: Provided^ 
That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it shall 
have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure 
of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided further^ That, unless 
otherwise specifically required by law or by the judgment, payment 
of interest whenever appropriated for herein shall not continue for 
more than thirty days after the date of approval of this Act. 
Approved July 25, 1962. 
Public Law 87-546 
July 25, 1962 
[H. R. 1811] 
Veterans. 
War orphans' ed-
ucational assist-
ance. 
72 Stat. 1196. 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code, relating to war orphans' 
educational assistance, in order to permit eligible persons thereunder to 
attend foreign educational institutions under certain circumstances. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenfibled^ That section 1723(c) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new sentence: "Notwithstanding the first sen-
tence of this subsection, enrollment in a foreign educational institu-
tion may be approved by the Administrator in the case of any eligible 
person, if (1) the subjects to be taken by such person at such foreign 
educational institution are an integral part of and are fully credit-
able toward the satisfactory completion of an approved course in 
which such person is enrolled in an institution of higher learning 
(hereafter in this sentence referred to as his 'principal institution') 
which is located in a State or in the Republic of the Philippines, (2) 
the tuition and fees for attendance at such foreign educational institu-
tion are paid for by the principal institution, and (3) the principal 
institution agrees to assume the responsibility for submitting to the 
Veterans' Administration required enrollment certificates and monthly 
certifications of training as to attendance, conduct, and progress." 
Approved July 25, 1962.