An Act to amend chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, to extend to all totally disabled veterans the same liberalization of time limits for pursuing vocational rehabilitation training as was authorized for blinded veterans by Public Law 87-591, and to clarify the language of the law relating to the limiting of period for pursuing such training
PL 89-138 (H.R.208), enacted 08/26/1965

79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-138-AUG. 26, 1965 
577 
Public Law 89-138 
AN ACT 
August 26, 1965 
To amend ehai>ter 31 of title 88, United States Code, to extend to seriously 
[H. R. 208] 
disabled veterans the same liberalization of time limits for pursuing voca-
tional rehabilitation training as was authorized for blinded veterans by 
I'ublic Law 87-r»91. and to clarify the language of the law relating to the 
limiting of iJeriods for pursuing such training. 
Disabled vet-
erans. 
Be H enacted hy the Senate and House of Re2)resentatives of the 
Vmted States of America in Congress assembled^ That chapter 31 of 
title 38, f nited States Code, is amended by adding after section 1502 "vocational reha-
thereof the followina: new section 1503: 
biutation. 
= 
72 Stat. 1170. 
"§ 1503. Periods of eligibility 
"(a) Unless a longer period of eligibility is authorized pursuant 
to subsection (b) or (c) of this section, vocational i-ehabilitation may 
not be afforded to a veteran after nine years following his discharge 
or release; except vocational rehabilitation may be afforded to any 
I)erson until— 
"(1) August 20, 1963, if such person was discharged or re-
leased before August 20,1954, or 
"(2) October 15, 1971, if such person is eligible for vocational 
rehabilitation by reason of a disability arising from service before 
October 15, 1962, but either after World "War II, and before 
the Korean conflict, or after the Korean conflict. 
"(b) Where a veteran is prevented from entering, or having entered, 
from completing vocational rehabilitation training within the period 
of eligibility j^rescribed in subsection (a) of this section because— 
"(1) he had not timely attained, retained, or regained medical 
feasibility for training because of disability; 
'"(2) he had not timely met the requirement of a discharge 
or release under conditions other than dishonorable, but the nature 
of such discharge or release was later changed by appropriate 
authority; or 
"(3) he had not timely established the existence of a com-
pensable service-connected disability, 
such training mav be afforded him during a period not to exceed 
four years beyond the period of eligibility otherwise applicable to 
him. 
"(c) A veteran who is found to be in need of vocational rehabilita-
tion to overcome the handicap of blindness, or other serious disability, 
I'esulting from a service-connected disability which aft'ords basic eligi-
bility for vocational rehabilitation under section 1502 of this title maj-
l>e afforded such vocational rehabilitation after the termination date 
otherwise applicable to him, but not beyond ten years after such termi-
nation date, or June 30,1975, whichever date is the later, if— 
" (1) he had not previously been rehabilitated (that is, rendered 
employable) as the result of training furnished under this chapter, 
or 
"(2) such serious disability (whether blindness or otherwise) 
has developed from, or as a result of, the worsening of his service-
connected disability since he was declared rehabilitated to the 
extent that it precludes his performing the duties of the occupa-
tion for which he was previously trained under this chapter." 
SKG. 2. Chapter 31 of title 38, t^nited States Code, is further 
amended bv— 
72 Stat. 1171; 
74 Stat. 820. 
578 
PUBLIC LAW 89-139-AUG. 28, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
(1) deleting in the table of sections at the head thereof: 
'•1502A. Blinded veterans" 
"ir)0.*i. Traininj: and training facilities" 
and inserting in lieu thereof: 
•'ir»OH. Periods of eligibility" 
and adding to the end of such table the following: 
'•l."li. Training and training facilities". 
(2) deleting subsection (c) of section 1502 (except paragrajjh 
(4) thereof), and changing *'(4)" immediately preceding "Voca-
tional rehabilitation" in such section to "(c)''5 
76 Stat. 393. 
(3) deleting section 1502A; 
72 Stat. 1171. 
(4) redesignating section 1503 "Training and training facili-
ties" as section 1511 and transferring that section, as so redesig-
nated, to the end of the chapter. 
Exception. 
s;;;^.^. 3 \j^y veteran entitled to vocational rehabilitation training 
under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, until July 25, 1965, 
])ursuant to section 1502(c) (2) of such title, prior to the amendment 
made by this Act, shall continue to liave tlie right to receive such train-
ing until such date, notwithstanding the amendments made by sections 
1 and 2 hereof. 
Approved August 26, 1965. 
Public Law 89-139 
August 28, 1965 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[S. J. Res. 81] 
Xo amend the Federal-Aid Highway Act of ll)">(> to increase the amount author-
ized for the Interstate System for the tiscal year ending .June 30, 19(J7, to 
authorize the ai)iM)rtioninent of such amount, and for other purposes. 
Reifolved hy the Senate and Hou^e of Repre-'^entatlves of the United 
Federal-Aid 
States' of Amevica in C^ongresft assembled^ That subsection (b) of 
i956ramendment. sectiou 108 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, as amended, is 
75 Stat. 122. 
amended by striking out "tlie additional sum of $2,900,000,000 for the 
23 us 101 note. |^gpj^| yg^^j. gndiug Juue 30. 1967," and inserting in lieu thereof "the 
additional sum of $3,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1967,". 
f1unds''°"'"^"' 
'*''''^'' ^" '^"^^ Secretary of Commerce is authorized to make the 
aj^portionment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, of the sum 
authorized to be appropriated for such year for expenditures on the 
National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, using the 
apportionment factors contained in table 5 of House Document Num-
bered 42, Eighty-ninth Congress, but the Congress reserves the right 
to disapprove the cost estimate for completion of such National Sys-
tem submitted by the Secretary on January 11,1965, and contained in 
such document. 
Future highway 
c;^^, 3 j^- jg ^^|^g geuse of Cougress that the Secretary of Commerce, 
Report to 
actuig uuder authority of existing law and through the Bureau of 
Congress. 
I'ublic Roads, shall report to Congress in Januai-y, 1968, and in Janu-
ary of every second year thereafter, his estimates of the future high-
way needs of the Nation. 
23 use 101-134. 
s^(.^ 4_ (j^) Chapter 1 of title 23 of the I'nited States Code is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 135. Highway safety programs 
"After December 31, 1967, each State should have a. highway safety 
])rogram, approved by the Secretary, designed to reduce traffic acci-