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[CITE: 38USC3036]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
     CHAPTER 30--ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--TIME LIMITATION FOR USE OF ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENT; 
                  GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3036. Reporting requirement

    (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress at least once every two years separate reports on the operation 
of the program provided for in this chapter.
    (b) The Secretary of Defense shall include in each report submitted 
under this section--
        (1) information indicating (A) the extent to which the benefit 
    levels provided under this chapter are adequate to achieve the 
    purposes of inducing individuals to enter and remain in the Armed 
    Forces and of providing an adequate level of financial assistance to 
    help meet the cost of pursuing a program of education, (B) whether 
    it is necessary for the purposes of maintaining adequate levels of 
    well-qualified active-duty personnel in the Armed Forces to continue 
    to offer the opportunity for educational assistance under this 
    chapter to individuals who have not yet entered active-duty service, 
    and (C) describing the efforts under sections 3011(i) and 3012(g) of 
    this title to inform members of the Armed Forces of the minimum 
    service requirements for entitlement to educational assistance 
    benefits under this chapter and the results from such efforts; and
        (2) such recommendations for administrative and legislative 
    changes regarding the provision of educational assistance to members 
    of the Armed Forces and veterans, and their dependents, as the 
    Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.

    (c) The Secretary shall include in each report submitted under this 
section--
        (1) information concerning the level of utilization of 
    educational assistance and of expenditures under this chapter; and
        (2) such recommendations for administrative and legislative 
    changes regarding the provision of educational assistance to members 
    of the Armed Forces and veterans, and their dependents, as the 
    Secretary considers appropriate.

    (d)(1) The first report by the Secretary of Defense under this 
section shall be submitted not later than January 1, 1986.
    (2) The first report by the Secretary under this section shall be 
submitted not later than January 1, 1988.

(Added Pub. L. 98-525, title VII, Sec. 702(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2563, Sec. 1436; amended Pub. L. 101-237, title IV, 
Sec. 423(b)(1)(A), (4)(D), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered 
Sec. 3036, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. 
L. 105-368, title II, Sec. 207(c), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3328.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 105-368 added cl. (C).
    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 1436 of this title as this 
section.
    1989--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-237, Sec. 423(b)(1)(A), substituted 
``Secretary shall'' for ``Administrator shall''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-237, Sec. 423(b)(4)(D), inserted ``of 
Defense'' after ``Secretary'' in introductory provisions and par. (2).
    Subsecs. (c), (d)(2). Pub. L. 101-237, Sec. 423(b)(1)(A), 
substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' wherever appearing.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Pub. L. 105-368, title II, Sec. 207(d)(2), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 
3328, provided that: ``The amendments made by subsection (c) [amending 
this section] shall apply with respect to reports to Congress submitted 
by the Secretary of Defense under section 3036 of title 38, United 
States Code, on or after January 1, 2000.''
