 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
   Part F--General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance Programs
 
Sec. 1098d. Procedures for cancellations and deferments for 
        eligible disabled veterans
        
    The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, shall develop and implement a procedure to permit Department of 
Veterans Affairs physicians to provide the certifications and affidavits 
needed to enable disabled veterans enrolled in the Department of 
Veterans Affairs health care system to document such veterans' 
eligibility for deferments or cancellations of student loans made, 
insured, or guaranteed under this subchapter and part C of subchapter I 
of chapter 34 of title 42. Not later than 6 months after October 7, 
1998, the Secretary and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs jointly shall 
report to Congress on the progress made in developing and implementing 
the procedure.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 493B, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title 
IV, Sec. 490F, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1758.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. 
L. 105-244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105-244, set out as an Effective 
Date of 1998 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.
