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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

90 STAT. 2383

PUBLIC LAW 94-502—OCT. 15, 1976

Public Law 94-502 94th Congress An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to set a termination date for veterans' educational benefits under chapters 34 and 36, to increase vocational rehabilitation subsistence allowances, educational and training assistance allowances, and special allowances paid to eligible veterans and persons under chapters 31, 34, and 3 5; to extend the basic educational assistance eligibility for veterans and for certain dependents from thirty-six to forty-five months; to improve and expand the special programs for educationally disadvantaged veterans and servicemen under chapter 34; to improve and expand the education loan program for veterans and persons eligible for benefits under chapter 34 or 35; to create a new chapter 32 (Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program) for those entering military service on or after January 1, 1977; to make other improvements in the educational assistance prograiji; to clarify, codify, and strengthen the administration of educational benefits to prevent or reduce abuse; to promote the employment of veterans by improving and expanding the provisions governing the operation of Veterans' Employment Service; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976". TITLE I—CHAPTER 31 DISABLED VETERANS' VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION RATE AND PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS SEC. 101. The table contained in section 1504(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "Column I

Column II

Column III

Column IV

Column V

Type of training

No dependents

One dependent

Two dependents

More than two dependents

Institutional: Full-time Three-quartertime Half-time Farm cooperative, apprentice, or other on-job training: Full-time

The amount in column IV, plus the following for each dependent in excess of two: $226

$280

$329

$24

170 113

210 140

247 165

18 12

• _ 197

238

275

18".

Oct. 15, 1976 [S. 969]

Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976. 38 USC 101 note.