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[CITE: 38USC3533]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
      CHAPTER 35--SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
 
               SUBCHAPTER IV--PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS
 
Sec. 3533. Special assistance for the educationally 
        disadvantaged
        
    (a)(1) Any eligible person shall be entitled to the assistance 
provided an eligible veteran under section 3491(a) (if pursued in a 
State) of this title and be paid an educational assistance allowance 
therefor in the manner prescribed by section 3491(b) of this title, 
except that the corresponding rate provisions of this chapter shall 
apply, as determined by the Secretary, to such pursuit by an eligible 
person.
    (2) Educational assistance under this chapter for the first five 
months of full-time pursuit of a program (or the equivalent thereof in 
part-time educational assistance) consisting of such course or courses 
shall be provided without charge to entitlement.
    (b) Any eligible person shall, without charge to any entitlement 
such person may have under section 3511 of this title, be entitled to 
the benefits provided an eligible veteran under section 3492 of this 
title.

(Added Pub. L. 92-540, title III, Sec. 313, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 
1084, Sec. 1733; amended Pub. L. 94-502, title III, Sec. 310(17), (18), 
Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2392; Pub. L. 98-223, title II, Sec. 203(b), 
Mar. 2, 1984, 98 Stat. 41; Pub. L. 100-689, title I, Sec. 106(c), Nov. 
18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4167; Pub. L. 101-237, title IV, Sec. 403(a)(8), 
Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2079; Pub. L. 102-16, Sec. 10(a)(6), Mar. 22, 
1991, 105 Stat. 56; renumbered Sec. 3533 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 1733 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted 
``3491(a)'' for ``1691(a)'' and ``3491(b)'' for ``1691(b)''.
    Pub. L. 102-16 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3511'' for 
``1711'' and ``3492'' for ``1692''.
    1989--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``assistance 
provided an eligible veteran under section 1691(a) (if pursued in a 
State) of this title and be paid an educational assistance allowance 
therefor in the manner prescribed by section 1691(b) of this title, 
except that the corresponding rate provisions of this chapter shall 
apply, as determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to such 
pursuit by an eligible person.'' for ``benefits provided an eligible 
veteran (with no dependents) under section 1691 (if pursued in a State) 
of this title.''
    1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-689 amended subsec. (a) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``Any eligible spouse 
or surviving spouse shall, without charge to any entitlement such spouse 
may have under section 1711 of this title, be entitled to the benefits 
provided an eligible veteran (with no dependents) under section 1691 (if 
pursued in a State) of this title.''
    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-223 inserted ``(with no dependents)'' 
after ``an eligible veteran'' and struck out ``and be paid an 
educational assistance allowance under the provisions of section 1732(a) 
of this title''.
    1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-502, Sec. 310(17), substituted 
``spouse or surviving spouse'' for ``wife or widow'' and ``such spouse'' 
for ``she''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-502, Sec. 310(18), substituted ``such 
person'' for ``he''.


                    Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-237 effective Jan. 1, 1990, see section 
403(c) of Pub. L. 101-237, set out as a note under section 3532 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-689 effective Aug. 15, 1989, see section 
106(d) of Pub. L. 100-689, set out as a note under section 3034 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.


                    Termination of Eligibility Period

    Termination of eligibility period for a wife or widow, or an 
eligible person eight years from Oct. 24, 1972, see section 604 of Pub. 
L. 92-540, set out as a note under section 3512 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3523, 3688 of this title.
