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[CITE: 38USC3565]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
      CHAPTER 35--SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
 
   SUBCHAPTER VII--PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH ARMY AND PHILIPPINE SCOUTS
 
Sec. 3565. Children of certain Philippine veterans


                            basic eligibility

    (a) The term ``eligible person'' as used in section 3501(a)(1) of 
this title includes the children of those Commonwealth Army veterans and 
``New'' Philippine Scouts who meet the requirements of service-connected 
disability or death, based on service as defined in section 3566 of this 
title.

                        administrative provisions

    (b) The provisions of this chapter and chapter 36 shall apply to the 
educational assistance for children of Commonwealth Army veterans and 
``New'' Philippine Scouts, except that--
        (1) educational assistance allowances authorized by section 3532 
    of this title and the special training allowance authorized by 
    section 3542 of this title shall be paid at the rate of $0.50 for 
    each dollar, and
        (2) any reference to a State approving agency shall be deemed to 
    refer to the Secretary.

                            delimiting dates

    (c) In the case of any individual who is an eligible person solely 
by virtue of subsection (a) of this section, and who is above the age of 
seventeen years and below the age of twenty-three years on September 30, 
1966, the period referred to in section 3512 of this title shall not end 
until the expiration of the five-year period which begins on September 
30, 1966.

(Added Pub. L. 89-613, Sec. 1, Sept. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 861, Sec. 1765; 
amended Pub. L. 91-24, Sec. 9(c), June 11, 1969, 83 Stat. 34; Pub. L. 
97-295, Sec. 4(47), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1308; Pub. L. 101-237, title 
IV, Sec. 423(b)(1)(A), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered 
Sec. 3565 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 
105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 103-446, title V, Sec. 507(b), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 
Stat. 4664.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103-446 substituted ``the rate of'' 
for ``a rate in Philippine pesos equivalent to''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 1765 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted 
``3501(a)(1)'' for ``1701(a)(1)'' and ``3566'' for ``1766''.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3532'' 
for ``1732'' and ``3542'' for ``1742''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3512'' for 
``1712''.
    1989--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    1982--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-295 inserted ``of this title'' after 
``section 1766''.
    1969--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-24 substituted ``September 30, 1966'' 
for ``the date of enactment of this section'' and ``September 30, 1966'' 
for ``the date of enactment of such section''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-446 applicable with respect to payments 
made after Dec. 31, 1994, see section 507(c) of Pub. L. 103-446, set out 
as a note under section 107 of this title.


                            Savings Provision

    Pub. L. 89-358, Sec. 12(b), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 28, provided that 
the provisions of subsec. (b) of this section, relating to payment of 
reporting allowance at rate of $1 per month, as in effect before Mar. 3, 
1966, were to remain in effect through May 31, 1966.
