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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 4168

PUBLIC LAW 100-689—NOV. 18, 1988

"§ 1419. Tutorial assistance "(a) An individual entitled to an educational sissistance allowance under this chapter shall also be entitled to benefits provided an eligible veteran under section 1692 of this title, subject to the conditions applicable to an eligible veteran under such section. "(b) The amount of such benefits payable under this section may not exceed $100 per month, for a maximum of twelve months, or until a msiximum of $1,200 is utilized. This amount is in addition to the amount of educational assistance allowance payable to the individual under this chapter. "(c)(1) An individual's period of entitlement to educational assistance under this chapter shall be charged only with respect to the amount of tutorial assistance paid to the individual under this section in excess of $600. "(2) An individual's period of entitlement to educational assistance under this chapter shall be charged at the rate of one month for each amount of assistance paid to the individual under this section in excess of $600 that is equal to the amount of the monthly educational assistance allowance which the individual is otherwise eligible to receive for full-time pursuit of an institutional course under this chapter.". (2) Section 1435 is amended by adding at the end the following: "(e) Payments for tutorial assistance benefits under section 1419 of this title shall be made— "(1) in the Case of the first $600 of such benefits paid to an individual, from funds appropriated, or otherwise available, to the Veterans' Administration for the payment of readjustment benefits; and "(2) in the case of payments to an individual for such benefits in excess of $600, from— "(A) funds appropriated, or otherwise available, to the Veterans' Administration for the payment of readjustment benefits; "(B) the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund established under section 2006 of title 10; and "(C) funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation, in the same proportion as the Fund described in subclause (B) of this clause and the funds described in subclause (A) or (C) of this clause are used to pay the educational assistance allowance to the individual under this chapter.". (3) The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 30 is amended by adding the following new item (after the item added by section 103(c) of this Act): "1419. Tutorial assistance.". (b) POST-VIETNAM ERA EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—(1)

Subchapter III of chapter 32 is amended by inserting after section 1633 the following new section:

  • '§ 1634. Tutorial assistance

"(a) An individual entitled to benefits under this chapter shall also be entitled to the benefits provided an eligible veteran under section 1692 of this title, subject to the conditions applicable to an eligible veteran under such section. Any amount paid to an individual under this section shall be in addition to the amount of other benefits paid under this chapter.