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[CITE: 38USC7631]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 76--HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
                  SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
 
Sec. 7631. Periodic adjustments in amount of assistance

    (a)(1) Whenever there is a general Federal pay increase, the 
Secretary shall increase the maximum monthly stipend amount, the maximum 
tuition reimbursement amount, and the maximum Selected Reserve member 
stipend amount. Any such increase shall take effect with respect to any 
school year that ends in the fiscal year in which the pay increase takes 
effect.
    (2) The amount of any increase under paragraph (1) of this 
subsection is the previous maximum amount under that paragraph 
multiplied by the overall percentage of the adjustment in the rates of 
pay under the General Schedule made under the general Federal pay 
increase. Such amount shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of $1.
    (b) For purposes of this section:
        (1) The term ``maximum monthly stipend amount'' means the 
    maximum monthly stipend that may be paid to a participant in the 
    Scholarship Program specified in section 7613(b) of this title and 
    as previously adjusted (if at all) in accordance with this 
    subsection.
        (2) The term ``maximum tuition reimbursement amount'' means the 
    maximum amount of tuition reimbursement provided to a participant in 
    the Tuition Reimbursement Program specified in section 7622(e) of 
    this title and as previously adjusted (if at all) in accordance with 
    this subsection.
        (3) The term ``maximum Selected Reserve member stipend amount'' 
    means the maximum amount of assistance provided to a person 
    receiving assistance under subchapter V of this chapter, as 
    specified in section 7653 of this title and as previously adjusted 
    (if at all) in accordance with this subsection.
        (4) The term ``general Federal pay increase'' means an 
    adjustment (if an increase) in the rates of pay under the General 
    Schedule under subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.

(Added Pub. L. 100-322, title II, Sec. 216(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 
528, Sec. 4331; amended Pub. L. 101-366, title II, Sec. 205(b), Aug. 15, 
1990, 104 Stat. 441; renumbered Sec. 7631 and amended Pub. L. 102-40, 
title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. 
L. 102-54, Sec. 14(e)(10), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(b)(1), renumbered section 4331 of 
this title as this section.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(d)(1), substituted 
``7613(b)'' for ``4313(b)''.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(d)(1), substituted 
``7622(e)'' for ``4322(e)''.
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(d)(1), substituted ``7653'' 
for ``4353''.
    Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 102-54 amended subsec. (b)(4) as in effect 
immediately before the enactment of Pub. L. 102-40 by substituting 
``chapter 53'' for ``chapter 51''.
    1990--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101-366, Sec. 205(b)(1), substituted 
``stipend amount,'' for ``stipend amount and'' and ``reimbursement 
amount, and the maximum Selected Reserve member stipend amount'' for 
``reimbursement amount''.
    Subsec. (b)(3), (4). Pub. L. 101-366, Sec. 205(b)(2), added par. (3) 
and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).


                               Transition

    Section 216(d) of Pub. L. 100-322 provided that: ``Section 4331 [now 
7631] of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (b), shall 
not apply with respect to a school year ending during fiscal year 
1988.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7613, 7622, 7653 of this 
title.
