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[CITE: 38USC3022]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
     CHAPTER 30--ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
           SUBCHAPTER III--SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 3022. Amount of supplemental educational assistance

    (a) The amount of payment of educational assistance under this 
chapter is subject to section 3032 of this title. Except as otherwise 
provided under subsection (b) of this section, supplemental educational 
assistance under section 3021 of this title shall be paid--
        (1) at a monthly rate of $300 for an approved program of 
    education pursued on a full-time basis; or
        (2) at an appropriately reduced rate, as determined under 
    regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, for an approved 
    program of education pursued on less than a full-time basis.

    (b) In the case of a member of the Armed Forces for whom the 
Secretary concerned has provided for the payment of supplemental 
educational assistance who has a skill or specialty designated by the 
Secretary concerned, pursuant to regulations to be prescribed by the 
Secretary of Defense, as a skill or specialty in which there is a 
critical shortage of personnel, the Secretary concerned, pursuant to 
such regulations, may increase the rate of the supplemental educational 
assistance allowance applicable to such individual to such rate in 
excess of the rate prescribed under subsection (a) of this section as 
the Secretary concerned considers appropriate, but the amount of any 
such increase may not exceed $300 per month.

(Added Pub. L. 98-525, title VII, Sec. 702(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2559, Sec. 1422; amended Pub. L. 100-689, title I, 
Sec. 111(a)(5)(B), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4171; Pub. L. 101-237, title 
IV, Sec. 423(b)(1)(A), (4)(C), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered 
Sec. 3022 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 
105 Stat. 406.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior section 3022 was renumbered section 5122 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 1422 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3032'' for 
``1432'' and ``3021'' for ``1421'' in introductory provisions.
    1989--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 101-237, Sec. 423(b)(1)(A), 
substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-237 inserted ``of Defense'' after third 
reference to ``Secretary''.
    1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-689 substituted ``The amount of 
payment of educational assistance under this chapter is subject to 
section 1432 of this title. Except'' for ``Subject to section 1432 of 
this title and except''.
