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PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 106 STAT. 607 "(6) housing, food, and other allowances (excluding rent subsidies for low-income housing) for military, clergy, and others (including cash payments and cash value of benefits); "(7) cash support or any money paid on the student's behalf, except, for dependent students, funds provided by the student's parents;

    • (8) the amount of earned income credit claimed for Federal

income tax piuposes; "(9) untaxed portion of pensions; "(10) credit for Federal tax on special fuels; "(11) the amount of foreign income excluded for purposes of Federal income taxes; "(12) untaxed social security benefits; "(13) payments to individual retirement accounts and Keogh accounts excludedfi-omincome for Federal income tax purposes; and "(14) any other untaxed income and benefits, such as Black Lung Benefits, Refugee Assistance, railroad retirement benefits, or Job Training Partnership Act noneducational benefits, "(c) VETERAN AND VETERANS' EDUCATION BENEFITS. —(1) The term Veteran' means any individual who— "(A) has engaged in the active duty in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard; and "(B) was released under a condition other than dishonorable. "(2) The term Veterans' education benefits' means veterans' benefits the student will receive during the award year, including but not limited to the following: "(A) Title 10, chapter 2: Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship. "(B) Title 10, chapter 106: Selective Reserve. "(C) Title 10, chapter 107: Selective Reserve Educational Assistance Program. "(D) Title 37, chapter 2: Reserve Officer Training Corps Program. "(E) Title 38, chapter 30: Montgomery GI Bill—active duty. " (F) Title 38, chapter 31: vocational rehabiHtation. "(G) Title 38, chapter 32: Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program. "(H) Title 38, chapter 35: Dependents Educational Assistance Program. "(I) Public Law 97-376, section 156: Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors (or Quayle benefits). "(J) Public Law 96-342, section 903: Educational Assistance Pilot Program. "(d) INDEPENDENT STUDENT. — The term 'independent', when used with respect to a student, means any individual who^ "(1) is 24 years of age or older by December 31 of the award year; "(2) is an orphan or ward of the court; "(3) is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States (as defined in subsection (c)(1)); "(4) is a graduate or professional student; "(5) is a married individual; "(6) has legal dependents other than a spouse; or "(7) is a student for whom a financial aid administrator makes a documented determination of independence by reason of other iinusual circumstances.