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[CITE: 38USC3697]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
           CHAPTER 36--ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
 
                 SUBCHAPTER II--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3697. Funding of contract educational and vocational 
        counseling
        
    (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, educational or 
vocational counseling services obtained by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs by contract and provided to an individual under section 3697A of 
this title or to an individual applying for or receiving benefits under 
section 1524 or chapter 30, 32, 34, or 35 of this title, or chapter 106 
of title 10, shall be paid for out of funds appropriated, or otherwise 
available, to the Department of Veterans Affairs for payment of 
readjustment benefits.
    (b) Payments under this section shall not exceed $6,000,000 in any 
fiscal year.

(Added Pub. L. 100-687, div. B, title XIII, Sec. 1302(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 
102 Stat. 4127, Sec. 1797; amended Pub. L. 101-237, title IV, 
Sec. 423(b)(1)(B), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; Pub. L. 102-16, 
Sec. 2(b)(3), Mar. 22, 1991, 105 Stat. 49; renumbered Sec. 3697 and 
amended Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; 
Pub. L. 103-446, title VI, Sec. 609(a), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4673.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-446 substituted ``$6,000,000'' for 
``$5,000,000''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 1797 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3697A'' for 
``1797A'' and ``1524'' for ``524''.
    Pub. L. 102-16 inserted ``under section 1797A of this title or to an 
individual'' after ``individual''.
    1989--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``Department of 
Veterans Affairs'' for ``Veterans' Administration'' wherever appearing.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Section 609(b) of Pub. L. 103-446 provided that: ``The amendment 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on 
October 1, 1994.''
