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[CITE: 38USC3471]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
              CHAPTER 34--VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
 
                       SUBCHAPTER III--ENROLLMENT
 
Sec. 3471. Applications; approval

    Any eligible veteran, or any person on active duty (after 
consultation with the appropriate service education officer), who 
desires to initiate a program of education under this chapter shall 
submit an application to the Secretary which shall be in such form, and 
contain such information, as the Secretary shall prescribe. The 
Secretary shall approve such application unless the Secretary finds that 
(1) such veteran or person is not eligible for or entitled to the 
educational assistance for which application is made, (2) the veteran's 
or person's selected educational institution or training establishment 
fails to meet any requirement of this chapter or chapter 36 of this 
title, (3) the veteran's or person's enrollment in, or pursuit of, the 
program of education selected would violate any provision of this 
chapter or chapter 36 of this title, or (4) the veteran or person is 
already qualified, by reason of previous education or training, for the 
educational, professional, or vocational objective for which the program 
of education is offered. The Secretary shall notify the veteran or 
person of the approval or disapproval of the veteran's or person's 
application.

(Added Pub. L. 89-358, Sec. 2, Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 15, Sec. 1671; 
amended Pub. L. 92-540, title III, Sec. 302, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 
1080; Pub. L. 94-502, title II, Sec. 211(6), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 
2388; Pub. L. 96-466, title III, Sec. 302, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2192; 
Pub. L. 101-237, title IV, Sec. 423(b)(1)(A), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 
2092; renumbered Sec. 3471, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 
Stat. 406.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained 
in Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1177, which was classified to 
section 1621 of this title, prior to repeal by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 
89-358.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 1671 of this title as this 
section.
    1989--Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' wherever appearing.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-466, among other changes, substituted reference to 
the veteran's or person's selected educational institution or training 
establishment failing to meet any requirement of this chapter or chapter 
36 of this title for reference to the veteran's or person's program of 
education failing to meet any of the requirements of this chapter, 
inserted provision for disapproval of an application upon a finding that 
the veteran's or person's enrollment in, or pursuit of, the program of 
education selected would violate this chapter or chapter 36 of this 
title, and substituted reference to the veteran or person being already 
qualified, by reason of previous education or training, for the 
educational, professional, or vocational objective for which the program 
of education is offered for reference simply to the veteran or person 
being already qualified.
    1976--Pub. L. 94-502 substituted ``unless the Administrator finds'' 
for ``unless he finds'', ``the veteran or person'' for ``he'', and ``the 
veteran's or person's'' for ``his'' in two places.
    1972--Pub. L. 92-540 inserted provision authorizing any person on 
active duty, after consultation with the appropriate service education 
officer, to submit an application to the Administrator.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-466 effective Oct. 1, 1980, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, see section 802(c) of Pub. L. 96-466, 
set out as a note under section 3452 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-502 effective Oct. 15, 1976, see section 
703(b) of Pub. L. 94-502, set out as an Effective Date note under 
section 3693 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3034, 3241, 3482, 3491 of 
this title; title 10 section 16136.
