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[CITE: 38USC3534]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
      CHAPTER 35--SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
 
               SUBCHAPTER IV--PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS
 
Sec. 3534. Apprenticeship or other on-job training; 
        correspondence courses
        
    (a) Any eligible person shall be entitled to pursue, in a State, a 
program of apprenticeship or other on-job training and be paid a 
training assistance allowance as provided in section 3687 of this title.
    (b) Any eligible spouse or surviving spouse shall be entitled to 
pursue a program of education exclusively by correspondence and be paid 
an educational assistance allowance as provided in section 3686 (other 
than subsection (a)(2)) of this title and the period of such spouse's 
entitlement shall be charged with one month for each $485 which is paid 
to the spouse as an educational assistance allowance for such course.

(Added Pub. L. 92-540, title III, Sec. 313, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 
1084, Sec. 1734; amended Pub. L. 94-502, title III, Sec. 310(19), Oct. 
15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2392; Pub. L. 101-237, title IV, Sec. 403(a)(9), Dec. 
18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2079; renumbered Sec. 3534 and amended Pub. L. 102-
83, Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 105-178, 
title VIII, Sec. 8210(b), as added Pub. L. 105-206, title IX, 
Sec. 9014(b), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 866.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 8210(b), as added by Pub. 
L. 105-206, Sec. 9014(b), substituted ``$485'' for ``$404''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 1734 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3687'' for 
``1787''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3686'' for 
``1786''.
    1989--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``1786 (other than 
subsection (a)(2)) of this title and the period of such spouse's 
entitlement shall be charged with one month for each $404 which is paid 
to the spouse as an educational assistance allowance for such course'' 
for ``1786 of this title''.
    1976--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-502 substituted ``spouse or surviving 
spouse'' for ``wife or widow''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendments

    Title IX of Pub. L. 105-206 effective simultaneously with enactment 
of Pub. L. 105-178 and to be treated as included in Pub. L. 105-178 at 
time of enactment, see section 9016 of Pub. L. 105-206, set out as a 
note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.
    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-178 effective Oct. 1, 1998, and applicable 
with respect to educational assistance allowances paid for months after 
Sept. 1998, see section 8210(e) of Pub. L. 105-178, set out as a note 
under section 3532 of this title.


                    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 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.
