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[CITE: 38USC7613]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 76--HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
 
Sec. 7613. Scholarship

    (a) A scholarship provided to a participant in the Scholarship 
Program for a school year under the Scholarship Program shall consist of 
payment of the tuition of the participant for that school year, payment 
of other reasonable educational expenses (including fees, books, and 
laboratory expenses) for that school year, and a stipend determined 
under subsection (b) of this section.
    (b) A stipend under this section for a school year shall be payment 
to the participant of not in excess of $485 per month (adjusted in 
accordance with section 7631 of this title) for each of the 12 
consecutive months beginning with the first month of the school year, 
except that a stipend may not be paid to a participant who is a full-
time employee of the Department. The stipend of a participant who is a 
part-time student shall be adjusted as provided in sections 7614(1) and 
7614(2) of this title.
    (c) The Secretary may arrange with an educational institution in 
which a participant in the Scholarship Program is enrolled for the 
payment to the educational institution of the amounts of tuition and 
other reasonable educational expenses described in subsection (a) of 
this section. Such payments may be made without regard to subsections 
(a) and (b) of section 3324 of title 31.

(Added Pub. L. 100-322, title II, Sec. 216(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 
521, Sec. 4313; renumbered Sec. 7613 and amended Pub. L. 102-40, title 
IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L. 
102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 
405.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(b)(1), renumbered section 4313 of 
this title as this section.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), substituted 
``Department'' for ``Veterans' Administration''.
    Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(d)(1), substituted ``7631'' for ``4331'' 
and ``7614(1) and 7614(2)'' for ``4314(1) and ``4314(2)''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted 
``Secretary'' for ``Administrator''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7617, 7631 of this title.
