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104 STAT. 442 PUBLIC LAW 101-366—AUG. 15, 1990 "(B) the 10-day period referred to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph has expired. "(3) In computing the 10-day period referred to in paragraph (2) of this subsection, Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays shall be excluded. "(b) For the purposes of subsection (q) of section 552a of title 5, compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be considered compliance with the provisions of subsection (p) of such section 552a. "(c) For purposes of this section, the term 'matching program' has the same meaning provided in section 552a(a)(8) of title 5.". 38 USC 1434 (b) RATIFICATION. —Any use by the Department of Veterans Af- note. fairs, during the period beginning on July 2, 1990, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, of any category of information provided by the Department of Defense or the Department of Transportation for making determinations described in section 413(b) of the Veterans' Benefits Amendments of 1989 (Public Law 38 USC 1434 101-237) is hereby ratified. ^ (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1784 the following new item: "1784A. Procedures relating to computer matching programs.". 5 USC 552a note. (d) EFFECTIVE DATE DELAYED FOR CERTAIN EDUCATION BENEFITS COMPUTER MATCHING PROGRAMS.—(1) In the case of computer matching programs between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense in the administration of education benefits programs under chapters 30 and 32 of title 38 and chapter 106 of title 10, United States Code, the amendments made to section 552a of title 5, United States Code, by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (other than the amendments made by section lOOt)) of that Act) shall take effect on October 1, 1990. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term "matching program" has the same meaning provided in section 552a(a)(8) of title 5, United States Code. 38 USC 1622 SEC. 207. REFUNDS FOR CERTAIN SERVICE ACADEMY GRADUATES. ^°^' (a) IN GENERAL.— Upon receipt before January 1, 1992, of an application from an individual described in subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— (1) not later than 60 days after receiving such application, refund to the individual concerned the amount, if any, of the individual's unused contributions to the VEAP Account; (2)(A) if the individual has received educational assistance under chapter 32 of title 38, United States Code, for the pursuit of a program of education, pay to the individual (out of funds appropriated to the readjustment benefits account) a sum equal to the amount by which the amount of the educational assistance that the individual would have received under chapter 34 of such title for the pursuit of such program exceeds the amount of the educational assistance that the individual did receive under such chapter 32 for the pursuit of such program; or (B) if the individual has not received educational assistance under such chapter 32, pay to the individual (out of funds appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs Readjustment Benefits account) a sum equal to the amount of educational assistance that the individual would have received under chapter 34 of such title for the pursuit of a program of