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[CITE: 38USC3741]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
              CHAPTER 37--HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESS LOANS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER IV--SMALL BUSINESS LOANS
 
Sec. 3741. Definitions

    For the purposes of this subchapter--
        (1) The term ``disabled veteran'' means (A) a veteran who is 
    entitled to compensation under laws administered by the Secretary 
    for a disability rated at 30 percent or more, or (B) a veteran whose 
    discharge or release from active duty was for a disability incurred 
    or aggravated in line of duty.
        (2) The term ``veteran of the Vietnam era'' means a person (A) 
    who served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days, any 
    part of which occurred during the Vietnam era, and who was 
    discharged or released therefrom with other than a dishonorable 
    discharge, or (B) who was discharged or released from active duty 
    for a service-connected disability if any part of such active duty 
    was performed during the Vietnam era.

(Added Pub. L. 97-72, title III, Sec. 302(a), Nov. 3, 1981, 95 Stat. 
1055, Sec. 1841; amended Pub. L. 99-576, title VII, Sec. 702(9), Oct. 
28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3302; renumbered Sec. 3741 and amended Pub. L. 102-
83, Secs. 4(a)(1), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 403, 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 1841 of this 
title as this section.
    Par. (1). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(1), substituted ``administered 
by the Secretary'' for ``administered by the Veterans' Administration''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 substituted ``percent'' for ``per centum'' in 
par. (1) and ``180'' for ``one hundred and eighty'' in par. (2).


                             Effective Date

    Section 305 of title III of Pub. L. 97-72 provided that: ``The 
amendments made by this title [see Tables for classification] shall take 
effect at the end of the one-hundred-and-eighty-day period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 3, 1981], except that the 
authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to promulgate 
regulations under subchapter IV of chapter 37 of title 38, United States 
Code (as added by section 302), shall take effect on such date of 
enactment.''


                               Short Title

    For short title of title III of Pub. L. 97-72, which enacted this 
subchapter, as the ``Veterans' Small Business Loan Act of 1981'', see 
section 301 of Pub. L. 97-72, set out as a Short Title of 1981 
Amendments note under section 101 of this title.


                     Authorization of Appropriations

    Section 304 of Pub. L. 97-72 authorized to be appropriated a total 
of $750,000 for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 for use by Administrator 
of Veterans' Affairs for expenses incidental to establishment of small 
business loan program authorized by subchapter IV of this chapter.
