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[CITE: 38USC3234]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
      CHAPTER 32--POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
 
                  SUBCHAPTER III--ENTITLEMENT; DURATION
 
Sec. 3234. Tutorial assistance

    (a) An individual entitled to benefits under this chapter shall also 
be entitled to the benefits provided an eligible veteran under section 
3492 of this title, subject to the conditions applicable to an eligible 
veteran under such section. Any amount paid to an individual under this 
section shall be in addition to the amount of other benefits paid under 
this chapter.
    (b) An individual's period of entitlement to educational assistance 
under this chapter shall be charged only with respect to the amount of 
educational assistance paid to the individual under this section in 
excess of $600.
    (c) An individual's period of entitlement to educational assistance 
under this chapter shall be charged at the rate of one month for each 
amount of assistance paid to the individual under this section in excess 
of $600 that is equal to the amount of monthly educational assistance 
the individual is otherwise eligible to receive for full-time pursuit of 
an institutional course under this chapter.
    (d) Payments of benefits under this section shall be made--
        (1) in the case of the first $600 of such benefits paid to an 
    individual, from funds appropriated, or otherwise available, to the 
    Department of Veterans Affairs for the payment of readjustment 
    benefits; and
        (2) in the case of payments to an individual for such benefits 
    in excess of $600, from the fund from contributions made to the fund 
    by the veteran and by the Secretary of Defense in the same 
    proportion as these contributions are used to pay other educational 
    assistance to the individual under this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 100-689, title I, Sec. 107(b)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 
Stat. 4168, Sec. 1634; amended Pub. L. 101-237, title IV, 
Sec. 423(b)(1)(B), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered Sec. 3234 
and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 
406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 1634 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3492'' for 
``1692''.
    1989--Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``Department of 
Veterans Affairs'' for ``Veterans' Administration''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3680A of this title.
