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[CITE: 38USC3482]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
              CHAPTER 34--VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE VETERANS; VETERAN-STUDENT SERVICES
 
Sec. 3482. Computation of educational assistance allowances

    (a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), (c), or (g) of this 
section, or section 3687 of this title, while pursuing a program of 
education under this chapter of half-time or more, each eligible veteran 
shall be paid the monthly educational assistance allowance set forth in 
column II, III, IV, or V (whichever is applicable as determined by the 
veteran's dependency status) opposite the applicable type of program as 
shown in column I:

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                  Column I                   Column  II    Column    Column  IV
              Column V
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              Type of  program                   No          One         Two   
     More than  two  dependents
                                             dependents   dependent  dependents
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  The amount in column IV, plus
                                                                               
   the following for each
                                                                               
   dependent in excess of two:
Institutional training:
    Full-time..............................        $376        $448        $510
            $32
    Three-quarter time.....................         283         336         383
             24
    Half-time..............................         188         224         255
             17
    Cooperative............................         304         355         404
             23
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    (2) A ``cooperative'' program, other than a ``farm cooperative'' 
program, means a full-time program of education which consists of 
institutional courses and alternate phases of training in a business or 
industrial establishment with the training in the business or industrial 
establishment being strictly supplemental to the institutional portion.
    (b) The educational assistance allowance of an individual pursuing a 
program of education--
        (1) while on active duty, or
        (2) on less than a half-time basis,

shall be computed at the rate of (A) the established charges for tuition 
and fees which the institution requires similarly circumstanced 
nonveterans enrolled in the same program to pay, or (B) $376 per month 
for a full-time course, whichever is the lesser. An individual's 
entitlement shall be charged for institutional courses on the basis of 
the applicable monthly training time rate as determined under section 
3688 of this title.
    (c)(1) An eligible veteran who is enrolled in an educational 
institution for a ``farm cooperative'' program consisting of 
institutional agricultural courses prescheduled to fall within 44 weeks 
of any period of 12 consecutive months and who pursues such program on--
        (A) a full-time basis (a minimum of ten clock hours per week or 
    four hundred and forty clock hours in such year prescheduled to 
    provide not less than eighty clock hours in any three-month period),
        (B) a three-quarter-time basis (a minimum of 7 clock hours per 
    week), or
        (C) a half-time basis (a minimum of 5 clock hours per week),

shall be eligible to receive an educational assistance allowance at the 
appropriate rate provided in the table in paragraph (2) of this 
subsection, if such eligible veteran is concurrently engaged in 
agricultural employment which is relevant to such institutional 
agricultural courses as determined under standards prescribed by the 
Secretary. In computing the foregoing clock hour requirements there 
shall be included the time involved in field trips and individual and 
group instruction sponsored and conducted by the educational institution 
through a duly authorized instructor of such institution in which the 
veteran is enrolled.
    (2) The monthly educational assistance allowance of an eligible 
veteran pursuing a farm cooperative program under this chapter shall be 
paid as set forth in column II, III, IV, or V (whichever is applicable 
as determined by the veteran's dependency status) opposite the basis 
shown in column I:

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                  Column I                   Column  II    Column    Column  IV
              Column V
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                   Basis                         No          One         Two   
     More than  two  dependents
                                             dependents   dependent  dependents
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  The amount in column IV, plus
                                                                               
   the following for each
                                                                               
   dependent in excess of two:
Full-time..................................        $304        $355        $404
            $23
Three-quarter time.........................         228         266         303
             18
Half-time..................................         152         178         202
             12
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    (d)(1) Notwithstanding the prohibition in section 3471 of this title 
prohibiting enrollment of an eligible veteran in a program of education 
in which such veteran has ``already qualified,'' a veteran shall be 
allowed up to six months of educational assistance (or the equivalent 
thereof in part-time assistance) for the pursuit of refresher training 
to permit such veteran to update such veteran's knowledge and skills and 
to be instructed in the technological advances which have occurred in 
such veteran's field of employment during and since the period of such 
veteran's active military service.
    (2) A veteran pursuing refresher training under this subsection 
shall be paid an educational assistance allowance based upon the rate 
prescribed in the table in subsection (a)(1) or in subsection (c)(2) of 
this section, whichever is applicable.
    (3) The educational assistance allowance paid under the authority of 
this subsection shall be charged against the period of entitlement the 
veteran has earned pursuant to section 3461(a) of this title.
    (e) The educational assistance allowance of an eligible veteran 
pursuing an independent study program which leads to a standard college 
degree shall be computed at the rate provided in subsection (b) of this 
section. If the entire training is to be pursued by independent study, 
the amount of such veteran's entitlement to educational assistance under 
this chapter shall be charged in accordance with the rate at which the 
veteran is pursuing the independent study program but at not more than 
the rate at which such entitlement is charged for pursuit of such 
program on less than a half-time basis. In any case in which independent 
study is combined with resident training, the educational assistance 
allowance shall be paid at the applicable institutional rate based on 
the total training time determined by adding the number of semester 
hours (or the equivalent thereof) of resident training to the number of 
semester hours (or the equivalent thereof) of independent study that do 
not exceed the number of semester hours (or the equivalent thereof) 
required for the less than half-time institutional rate, as determined 
by the Secretary, for resident training. A veteran's entitlement shall 
be charged for a combination of independent study and resident training 
on the basis of the applicable monthly training time rate as determined 
under section 3688 of this title.
    (f) The educational assistance allowance of an eligible veteran 
pursuing a course by open circuit television shall be computed in the 
same manner that such allowance is computed under subsection (e) of this 
section for an independent study program.
    (g)(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this 
subsection, the amount of the educational assistance allowance paid to 
an eligible veteran who is pursuing a program of education under this 
chapter while incarcerated in a Federal, State, or local penal 
institution for conviction of a felony may not exceed such amount as the 
Secretary determines, in accordance with regulations which the Secretary 
shall prescribe, is necessary to cover the cost of established charges 
for tuition and fees required of similarly circumstanced nonveterans 
enrolled in the same program and to cover the cost of necessary 
supplies, books, and equipment, or the applicable monthly educational 
assistance allowance prescribed for a veteran with no dependents in 
subsection (a)(1) or (c)(2) of this section or section 3687(b)(1) of 
this title, whichever is the lesser. The amount of the educational 
assistance allowance payable to a veteran while so incarcerated shall be 
reduced to the extent that the tuition and fees of the veteran for any 
course are paid under any Federal program (other than a program 
administered by the Secretary) or under any State or local program.
    (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply in the case of 
any veteran who is pursuing a program of education under this chapter 
while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release 
program in connection with such veteran's conviction of a felony.

(Added Pub. L. 89-358, Sec. 2, Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 18, Sec. 1682; 
amended Pub. L. 90-77, title III, Secs. 301, 303(b), Aug. 31, 1967, 81 
Stat. 184, 185; Pub. L. 90-631, Sec. 3, Oct. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 1333; 
Pub. L. 91-219, title I, Sec. 103(a)-(d), title II, Sec. 204(a)(3), Mar. 
26, 1970, 84 Stat. 76, 77, 79; Pub. L. 91-584, Sec. 9, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 
Stat. 1577; Pub. L. 92-540, title I, Sec. 102(2)-(4), title III, 
Sec. 303, title IV, Sec. 401(4), (5), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1075, 
1081, 1090; Pub. L. 93-508, title I, Sec. 102(2)-(4), title II, 
Sec. 204, Dec. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1579, 1582; Pub. L. 93-602, title II, 
Sec. 203(b), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1958; Pub. L. 94-502, title II, 
Secs. 201(1)-(3), 207, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2384, 2385, 2387; Pub. L. 
95-202, title I, Sec. 102(2)-(4), Nov. 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 1434; Pub. L. 
96-466, title II, Secs. 201(2)-(4), 211(2)-(4), title III, Secs. 308-
310, title VI, Sec. 602(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2187-2190, 2194, 
2208; Pub. L. 97-35, title XX, Sec. 2003(b)(5), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 
782; Pub. L. 97-306, title II, Secs. 204, 205(b), Oct. 14, 1982, 96 
Stat. 1434; Pub. L. 98-160, title VII, Sec. 702(11), Nov. 21, 1983, 97 
Stat. 1009; Pub. L. 98-543, title II, Sec. 202(1)-(3), Oct. 24, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2741; Pub. L. 101-237, title IV, Sec. 423(b)(1)(A), Dec. 18, 1989, 
103 Stat. 2092; renumbered Sec. 3482 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 104-275, title 
I, Sec. 104(a), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3327.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those comprising subsecs. (a), (b)(2), (c)(1), 
and (c)(2) of this section were contained in Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 
1958, 72 Stat. 1176, 1180, which was classified to former sections 
1632(a) and (b), (f), (e), and 1611(c) of this title, respectively, 
prior to repeal by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 89-358.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104-275 struck out ``in part'' after 
``pursuing a course''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 1682 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3687'' 
for ``1787''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3688'' for 
``1788'' in last sentence.
    Subsec. (d)(1), (3). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted 
``3471'' for ``1671'' in par. (1) and ``3461(a)'' for ``1661(a)'' in 
par. (3).
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3688'' for 
``1788''.
    Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted 
``3687(b)(1)'' for ``1787(b)(1)''.
    1989--Subsecs. (c)(1), (e), (g)(1). Pub. L. 101-237 substituted 
``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' wherever appearing.
    1984--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98-543, Sec. 202(1), increased the 
monthly educational assistance allowance for eligible veterans in column 
II from $342, $257, $171, and $276 to $376, $283, $188 and $304; in 
column III from $407, $305, $204 and $323 to $448, $336, $224 and $355; 
in column IV from $464, $348, $232, and $367 to $510, $383, $255, and 
$404; in column V from $29, $22, $15 and $21 to $32, $24, $17, and $23, 
respectively.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-543, Sec. 202(2), substituted ``$376'' for 
``$342''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 98-543, Sec. 202(3), increased the monthly 
educational assistance allowance for eligible veterans pursuing a farm 
cooperative program in column II from $276, $207, and $138 to $304, $228 
and $152; in column III from $323, $242 and $162 to $355, $266 and $178; 
in column IV from $367, $275 and $184 to $404, $303 and $202; in column 
V from $21, $16 and $11 to $23, $18 and $12, respectively.
    1983--Subsec. (c)(1)(C). Pub. L. 98-160 inserted a comma after 
``hours per week)''.
    1982--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97-306, Sec. 204(1), substituted 
``(c), or (g)'' for ``or (c)'' after ``subsection (b),''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 97-306, Sec. 204(2), substituted provision that 
the amount of such veteran's entitlement to educational assistance under 
this chapter shall be charged in accordance with the rate at which the 
veteran is pursuing the independent study program but at not more than 
the rate at which such entitlement is charged for pursuit of such 
program on less than a half-time basis for provision that the 
entitlement would be charged at one-half of the full-time institutional 
rate.
    Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 97-306, Sec. 205(b)(1), inserted provision 
that the amount of the educational assistance allowance payable to a 
veteran while incarcerated shall be reduced to the extent that the 
tuition and fees of the veteran for any course are paid under any 
Federal program (other than a program administered by the Administrator) 
or under any State or local program.
    Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 97-306, Sec. 205(b)(2), inserted ``not'' 
after ``shall'', and struck out ``if the Administrator determines that 
all the veteran's living expenses are being defrayed by a Federal, 
State, or local government'' at the end.
    1981--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97-35 struck out reference to section 
1677 of this title.
    1980--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 96-466, Sec. 211(2), increased the 
monthly educational assistance allowance for eligible veterans in column 
II from $327, $245, $164, and $264 to $342, $257, $171, and $276; in 
column III from $389, $292, $195, and $309 to $407, $305, $204, and 
$323; in column IV from $443, $332, $222, and $351 to $464, $348, $232, 
and $367; in column V from $27, $20, and $14 to $29, $22, and $15, 
respectively.
    Pub. L. 96-466, Sec. 201(2), increased the monthly educational 
assistance allowance for eligible veterans in column II from $311, $233, 
$156, and $251 to $327, $245, $164, and $264; in column III from $370, 
$277, $185, and $294 to $389, $292, $195, and $309; in column IV from 
$422, $317, $211, and $334 to $443, $332, $222, and $351; in column V 
from $26, $19, $13, and $19 to $27, $20, $14, and $21, respectively.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-466, Sec. 211(3), substituted ``$342'' for 
``$327''.
    Pub. L. 96-466, Sec. 201(3), substituted ``$327'' for ``$311''.
    Pub. L. 96-466, Sec. 308, inserted provision that an individual's 
entitlement be charged for institutional courses on the basis of the 
applicable monthly training time rate as determined under section 1788 
of this title.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 96-466, Sec. 211(4), increased the monthly 
educational assistance allowance for eligible veterans pursuing a farm 
cooperative program in column II from $264, $198, and $132 to $276, 
$207, and $138; in column III from $309, $232, and $155 to $323, $242, 
and $162; in column IV from $351, $263, and $176 to $367, $275, and 
$184; in column V from $20, $15, and $10 to $21, $16, and $11, 
respectively.
    Pub. L. 96-466, Sec. 201(4), increased the monthly educational 
assistance allowance for eligible veterans pursuing a farm cooperative 
program in column II from $251, $188, and $126 to $264, $198, and $132; 
in column III from $294, $221, and $147 to $309, $232, and $155; in 
column IV from $334, $251, and $167 to $351, $263, and $176; in column V 
from $19 to $20, respectively.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96-466, Sec. 309, substituted reference to the 
rate provided in subsec. (b) of this section for reference to the rate 
provided in subsec. (b)(2) of this section, inserted provision that if 
the entire training be pursued by independent study, entitlement be 
charged at one-half of the full-time institutional rate, substituted 
provisions relating to the payment of the educational assistance 
allowance in any case in which independent study is combined with 
resident training for provisions relating to the maximum allowance in 
those cases where independent study is combined with resident training 
and the resident training constitutes the major portion of such 
training, and inserted provision that a veteran's entitlement be charged 
for a combination of independent study and resident training on the 
basis of the applicable monthly training time rate as determined under 
section 1788 of this title.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 96-466, Sec. 310, added subsec. (f).
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 96-466, Sec. 602(a), added subsec. (g).
    1977--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 95-202, Sec. 102(2), increased the 
monthly educational assistance allowance for eligible veterans in column 
II from $292, $219, $146, and $235 to $311, $233, $156, and $251; in 
column III from $347, $260, $174, and $276 to $370, $277, $185, and 
$294; in column IV from $396, $297, $198, and $313 to $422, $317, $211, 
and $334; in column V from $24, $18, $12, and $18 to $26, $19, $13, and 
$19, respectively.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-202, Sec. 102(3), substituted ``$311'' for 
``$292''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 95-202, Sec. 102(4), increased the monthly 
educational assistance allowance for eligible veterans pursuing a farm 
cooperative program in column II from $235, $176, and $118 to $251, 
$188, and $126; in column III from $276, $207, and $138 to $294, $221, 
and $147; in column IV from $313, $235, and $157 to $334, $251, and 
$167; in column V from $18, $14, and $9 to $19, $15, and $10, 
respectively.
    1976--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 94-502, Sec. 201(1), increased the 
monthly educational assistance allowance for eligible veterans in column 
II from $270, $203, $135, and $217 to $292, $219, $146 and $235; in 
column III from $321, $240, $160, and $255 to $347, $260, $174, and 
$276; in column IV from $366, $275, $182, and $289 to $396, $297, $198, 
and $313; in column V from $22, $17, $11, and $17 to $24, $18, $12, and 
$18, respectively.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-502, Sec. 201(2), substituted ``$292'' for 
``$270''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 94-502, Sec. 201(3), increased the monthly 
educational assistance allowance for eligible veterans pursuing a farm 
cooperative program in column II from $217, $163, and $109 to $235, 
$176, and $118; in column III from $255, $191, and $128 to $276, $207 
and $138; in column IV from $289, $218, and $145 to $313, $235, and 
$157; in column V from $17, and $13 to $18, and $14, respectively.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 94-502, Sec. 207, added subsec. (e).
    1975--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-602 substituted ``$270'' for ``$260''.
    1974--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 93-508, Sec. 102(2), increased the 
monthly educational assistance allowance for eligible veterans in column 
II from $220, $165, $110, and $177 to $270, $203, $135, and $217; in 
column III from $261, $196, $131, and $208 to $321, $240, $160, and 
$255; in column IV from $298, $224, $149, and $236 to $366, $275, $182, 
and $289; and in column V from $18, $14, $9, and $14 to $22, $17, $11, 
and $17, respectively.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-508, Sec. 102(3), substituted ``$260'' for 
``$220''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 93-508, Sec. 102(4), increased the 
educational assistance allowance rates for eligible veterans pursuing a 
farm cooperative program in column II from $177, $133, and $89 to $217, 
$163, and $109; in column III from $208, $156, and $104 to $255, $191, 
and $128; in column IV from $236, $177, and $118 to $289, $218, and 
$145; and in column V from $14, $11, and $7 to $17, $13, and $9 
respectively.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-508, Sec. 204, added subsec. (d).
    1972--Subsec. (a)(1), Pub. L. 92-540, Secs. 102(2), 401(4), 
substituted references to subsec. (c) of this section and section 1787 
of this title for references to subsec. (c)(1) or (d) of this section 
and section 1683 of this title, respectively, and increased the monthly 
educational assistance allowance for eligible veterans in column II from 
$175, $128, $81, and $141 to $220, $165, $110, and $177; in column III 
from $205, $152, $100, and $167 to $261, $196, $131, and $208; in column 
IV from $230, $177, $114, and $192 to $298, $224, $149, and $236; and in 
column V from $13, $10, $7, and $10 to $18, $14, $9, and $14, 
respectively.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-540, Secs. 102(3), 401(5), substituted 
``$220'' for ``$175'', and struck out provisions relating to payment of 
the educational assistance allowance provided by this subsection and the 
educational assistance allowance provided by section 1696(b) of this 
title.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 92-540, Secs. 102(4), 303, struck out 
subsec. (c) which related to the computation of the educational 
assistance allowance of an eligible veteran pursuing a program of 
education exclusively by correspondence. Subsec. (d) redesignated (c), 
and, as so redesignated, in par. (1)(A) generally amended prerequisites 
for a full-time basis program, in par. (1)(B) substituted ``7'' for 
``9'', in par. (1)(C) substituted ``5'' for ``6'', following par. (1)(C) 
inserted provision relating to the computation of the clock hour 
requirements, and in par. (2) increased the educational assistance 
allowance rates for eligible veterans pursuing a farm cooperative 
program in column II from $141, $101, and $67 to $177, $133, and $89; in 
column III from $165, $119, and $79 to $208, $156, and $104; in column 
IV from $190, $138, and $92 to $236, $177, and $118; and in column V 
from $10, $7, and $4 to $14, $11, and $7, respectively.
    1970--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 91-219, Sec. 103(a), increased the 
monthly educational assistance allowance for eligible veterans in column 
II from $130, $95, $60, and $105 to $175, $128, $81, and $141; in column 
III from $155, $115, $75, and $125 to $205, $152, $100, and $167; in 
column IV from $175, $135, $85, and $145 to $230, $177, $114, and $192; 
in column V from $10, $7, $5, and $7 to $13, $10, $7, and $10, 
respectively.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-219, Secs. 103(b), 204(a)(3), substituted 
``$175'' for ``$130'' and inserted provision that educational assistance 
allowance provided by this subsection and the educational assistance 
allowance provided by section 1696(b) be made in an amount computed for 
the entire quarter, semester, or term during the month immediately 
following the month in which certification is received.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 91-584 inserted definition of ``established 
charge''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 91-219, Sec. 103(c), substituted ``$175'' 
for ``$130''.
    Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 91-219, Sec. 103(d), increased the 
educational assistance allowance rates for eligible veterans pursuing a 
farm cooperative program in column II from $105, $75, and $50 to $141, 
$101, and $67; in column III from $125, $90, and $60 to $165, $119 and 
$79; in column IV from $145, $105, and $70 to $190, $138, and $92; in 
column V from $7, $5, and $3 to $10, $7, and $4, respectively.
    1968--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 90-631, Sec. 3(b)(1), inserted ``, 
other than a `farm cooperative' program,'' after ``A `cooperative' 
program''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 90-631, Sec. 3(a), substituted provisions 
charging the period of entitlement of any eligible veteran with one 
month for each $130 paid to such veteran as an educational assistance 
allowance when such veteran is pursuing a program of education 
exclusively by correspondence for provisions charging the period of 
entitlement of any eligible veteran with one-fourth of the elapsed time 
in following such program of education.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-631, Sec. 3(b)(2), inserted requirement that 
the ``farm cooperative'' program consist of institutional agricultural 
courses prescheduled to fall within 44 weeks of any period of 12 
consecutive months, inserted provisions making veterans pursuing 
programs of 6 or 9 clock hours per week eligible to receive an 
educational assistance allowance, and substituted provisions that the 
appropriate rate for such allowance shall be as provided in the table 
set out in subsec. (d)(2) of this section for provisions that the 
appropriate rate shall be as provided in the table set out in subsec. 
(a)(1) of this section opposite the word ``Cooperative'' under Column I 
of such table.
    1967--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 90-77, Sec. 301(a), (b), included in 
text preceding the table references to subsec. (d) of this section, 
sections 1677 and 1683 of this title, and column V; and, increased the 
monthly educational assistance allowance in column II from $100, $75, 
$50, and $80 to $130, $95, $60, and $105; in column III from $125, $95, 
$65, and $100 to $155, $115, $75, and $125; in column IV from $150, 
$115, $75, and $120 to $175, $135, $85, and $145 (restricting column IV 
to two dependents), and added column V (formerly covered in former 
column IV), respectively.
    Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 90-77, Sec. 301(c), substituted ``$130'' 
for ``$100''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-77, Sec. 303(b), added subsec. (d).


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-543 effective Oct. 1, 1984, see section 205 
of Pub. L. 98-543, set out as a note under section 3108 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, except as 
otherwise provided, see section 2006 of Pub. L. 97-35, set out as a note 
under section 3231 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Section 802(b) of Pub. L. 96-466 provided that:
    ``(1) The amendments made by part A of title II [sections 201 to 203 
of Pub. L. 96-466, see Tables for classification] shall become effective 
on October 1, 1980.
    ``(2) The amendments made by part B of title II [sections 211 to 213 
of Pub. L. 96-466, see Tables for classification] shall become effective 
on January 1, 1981.''
    Amendment by sections 308 to 310 of Pub. L. 96-466 [amending this 
section] 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.
    Amendment by section 602(a) of Pub. L. 96-466 [amending this 
section] effective Oct. 1, 1980, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, see section 802(f) of Pub. L. 96-466, set out as an Effective 
Date note under section 5314 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-202 effective retroactively to Oct. 1, 1977, 
see section 501 of Pub. L. 95-202, set out as a note under section 101 
of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-502 effective Oct. 1, 1976, see section 
703(a) of Pub. L. 94-502, set out as an Effective Date note under 
section 3693 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

    Section 206 of title II of Pub. L. 93-602 provided that: ``The 
provisions of this title [see Tables for classification] shall become 
effective on January 1, 1975.''


                    Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

    Section 501 of Pub. L. 93-508 provided that: ``Title I of this Act 
[see Tables for classification] shall become effective on September 1, 
1974.''
    Amendment by section 204 of Pub. L. 93-508 effective Dec. 3, 1974, 
see section 503 of Pub. L. 93-508, set out as a note under section 3452 
of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

    Section 601(a) of Pub. L. 92-540 provided that: ``The rate increases 
provided in Title I of this Act [see Tables for classification] and the 
rate increases provided by the provisions of section 1787 [now 3687], 
title 38, United States Code (as added by section 316 of this Act) shall 
become effective October 1, 1972; except, for those veterans and 
eligible persons in training on the date of enactment [Oct. 24, 1972], 
the effective date shall be the date of the commencement of the current 
enrollment period, but not earlier than September 1, 1972.''
    Amendment by section 303 of Pub. L. 92-540 not to effect any 
enrollment agreement entered into by an eligible veteran prior to Jan. 
1, 1973, see section 602 of Pub. L. 92-540, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 3686 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    Section 301 of Pub. L. 91-219 provided that: ``Title I of this Act 
[see Tables for classification] takes effect February 1, 1970.''


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-631 effective first day of second calendar 
month which begins after Oct. 23, 1968, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 90-
631, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3500 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1967 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-77 effective first day of first month which 
begins more than ten days after Aug. 31, 1967, see section 405 of Pub. 
L. 90-77, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.


Applicability of Subsection (g)(1) to Apportionments Made Before October 
                                17, 1980

    Section 602(d) of Pub. L. 96-466 provided that: ``The provisions of 
section 1682(g)(1) [now 3482(g)(1)] of title 38, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a) shall not apply to an apportionment made under 
section 3107(c) [now 5307(c)] of such title before the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Oct. 17, 1980].''
    [Section 802(f) of Pub. L. 96-466 provided in part that, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, section 602(d) shall become effective 
Oct. 1, 1980.]


   Overpayments to Veterans by Tangipahoa Parish School Board, Amite, 
                                Louisiana

    Pub. L. 90-493, Sec. 5, Aug. 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 809, provided that 
any veteran determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to have 
received overpayments of educational benefits under former chapter 33 of 
title 38, United States Code in connection with the institutional on-
farm training program conducted by the Tangipahoa Parish School Board, 
Amite, Louisiana, would be relieved of all liability to the United 
States for the amount of such overpayment, remaining due on Aug. 19, 
1968, by making application for relief within two years following Aug. 
19, 1968.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3002, 3034, 3202, 3491, 
3492, 3532, 3680 of this title; title 10 section 16136.
