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[CITE: 38USC3566]

 
                      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. 3566. Definitions

    (a) The term ``Commonwealth Army veterans'' means persons who served 
before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Government 
of the Philippines, while such forces were in the service of the Armed 
Forces pursuant to the military order of the President dated July 26, 
1941, including among such military forces organized guerrilla forces 
under commanders appointed, designated, or subsequently recognized by 
the Commander-in-Chief, Southwest Pacific Area, or other competent 
authority in the Army of the United States, and who were discharged or 
released from such service under conditions other than dishonorable.
    (b) The term `` `New' Philippine Scouts'' means Philippine Scouts 
who served under section 14 of the Armed Forces Voluntary Recruitment 
Act of 1945, and who were discharged or released from such service under 
conditions other than dishonorable.

(Added Pub. L. 89-613, Sec. 1, Sept. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 861, Sec. 1766; 
renumbered Sec. 3566, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 
406.)

                       References in Text

    Section 14 of the Armed Forces Voluntary Recruitment Act of 1945, 
referred to in subsec. (b), means section 14 of act Oct. 6, 1945, ch. 
393, 59 Stat. 543, which enacted section 637 of former Title 10, Army 
and Air Force, and was omitted from the Code in the revision and 
reenactment of Title 10, Armed Forces, by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 
70A Stat. 1.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 1766 of this title as this 
section.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 101, 3565 of this title.
