110 STAT. 3322 PUBLIC LAW 104-275—OCT. 9, 1996 Public Law 104-275 104th Congress Oct. 9, 1996 IS. 1711] Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996. 38 USC 101 note. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the benefits programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to provide for a study of the Federal programs for veterans, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE. —This Act may be cited as the "Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS. —The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. TITLE I—EDUCATION BENEFITS Sec. 101. Employment handicap for which an individual may receive training and rehabilitation assistance. Sec. 102. Permanent authority for alternative teacher certification programs. Sec. 103. Period of operation for approval. Sec. 104. Elimination of distinction between open circuit TV and independent study. Sec. 105. Cooperative programs. Sec. 106. Enrollment of certain VEAP participants in Montgomery GI Bill. Sec. 107. Montgomery GI Bill eligibility for certain active duty members of Army and Air National Guard. TITLE II—HOUSING AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS Subtitle A—Housing Sec. 201. Extension of enhanced loan asset sale authority. Sec. 202. Direct loans to refinance loans under Native American veteran housing loan pilot program. Subtitle B—Memorial Affairs Sec. 211. Clarification of eligibility of minors for burial in national cemeteries. Sec. 212. Burial benefits for certain veterans who die in State nursing homes. Sec. 213. Outer burial receptacles. TITLE III—EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING Subtitle A—Veterans' Employment and Training Sec. 301. Regional Administrator. Sec. 302. Support personnel for Directors of Veterans' Employment and Training. Sec. 303. Pilot program to integrate and streamline functions of local veterans' employment representatives. Subtitle B—Technical Amendments Relating to the Uniformed Services Employment and Remployment Rights Act of 1994 Sec. 311. Amendments to chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code. Sec. 312. Amendments to transition rules and effective dates. Sec. 313. Effective dates.
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