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PUBLIC LAW 93-508-DEC. 3, 1974
[88 STAT.
38 USC 1796.
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"§1796. Limitation on certain advertising, sales, and enrollment practices " (a) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible veteran or eligible person in any course offered by an institution which utilizes advertising, sales, or enrollment practices of any type which are erroneous, deceptive, or misleading either by actual statement, omission, or intimation. 38 USC 1794. «(b) The Administrator shall, pursuant to section 1794 of this title, enter into an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to utilize, where appropriate, its services and facilities, consistent with its available resources, in carrying out investigations and making his determinations under subsection (a) of this section. Such agreement shall provide that cases arising under subsection (a) of this section or any similar matters with respect to any of the requirements of this chap38 USC 1651, ter or chapters 34 and 35 of this title shall be referred to the Federal 1700. Trade Commission which in its discretion will conduct an investigation and make preliminary findings. The findings and results of any such investigations shall be referred to the Administrator who shall take appropriate action in such cases within ninety days after such referral. frr"*^* *° ^°"' "(c) Not later than sixty days after the end of each fiscal year, the gress. Administrator shall report to Congress on the nature and disposition of all cases arising under this section.". (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 36 of such title is amended by inserting "1796. Limitation on certain advertising, sales, and enrollment practices."
below "1795. Limitation on period of assistance under two or more programs.".
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SEC. 213. (a) Subchapter II of chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: 38 USC 219. "§ 219. Evaluation and data collection " (a) The Administrator, pursuant to general standards which he shall prescribe in regulations, shall measure and evaluate on a continuing basis the impact of all programs authorized under this title, in order to determine their effectiveness in achieving stated goals in general, and in achieving such goals in relation to their cost, their impact on related programs, and their structure and mechanisms for delivery of services. Such information as the Administrator may deem necessary for purposes of such evaluations shall be made available to him, upon request, by all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch. "(b) In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall collect, collate, and analyze on a continuing basis full statistical data regarding participation (including the duration thereof), provision of services, categories of beneficiaries, planning and construction of facilities, acquisition of real property, proposed excessing of land, accretion and attrition of personnel, and categorized expenditures attributable thereto, under all programs carried out under this title. studies, tabu"(c) The Administrator shall make available to the public and on a Virrv^iiaTiiregular basis provide to the appropriate committees of the Congress ity to public and copics of all complcted evaluative research studies and summaries of commmei°s"^^ evaluatlous of program impact and effectiveness carried out, and tabulations and analyses of all data collected, under this section.
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