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[CITE: 38USC3001]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
     CHAPTER 30--ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I--PURPOSES; DEFINITIONS
 
Sec. 3001. Purposes

    The purposes of this chapter are--
        (1) to provide a new educational assistance program to assist in 
    the readjustment of members of the Armed Forces to civilian life 
    after their separation from military service;
        (2) to extend the benefits of a higher education to qualifying 
    men and women who might not otherwise be able to afford such an 
    education;
        (3) to provide for vocational readjustment and to restore lost 
    educational opportunities to those service men and women who served 
    on active duty after June 30, 1985;
        (4) to promote and assist the All-Volunteer Force program and 
    the Total Force Concept of the Armed Forces by establishing a new 
    program of educational assistance based upon service on active duty 
    or a combination of service on active duty and in the Selected 
    Reserve (including the National Guard) to aid in the recruitment and 
    retention of highly qualified personnel for both the active and 
    reserve components of the Armed Forces;
        (5) to give special emphasis to providing educational assistance 
    benefits to aid in the retention of personnel in the Armed Forces; 
    and
        (6) to enhance our Nation's competitiveness through the 
    development of a more highly educated and productive work force.

(Added Pub. L. 98-525, title VII, Sec. 702(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2553, Sec. 1401; amended Pub. L. 100-48, Sec. 5, June 1, 1987, 101 
Stat. 331; renumbered Sec. 3001, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 
1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior section 3001 was renumbered section 5101 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 1401 of this title as this 
section.
    1987--Pars. (2) to (6). Pub. L. 100-48 added pars. (2), (3), and 
(6), redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (4) and (5), respectively, 
struck out ``and'' after ``Forces;'' in par. (4), and substituted 
``Forces; and'' for ``Forces.'' in par. (5).
