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 100 STAT. 3272

PUBLIC LAW 99-576—OCT. 28, 1986

(3) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1632 the following new item: 38 USC 1641.

38 USC 1770.

"1633. Apprenticeship or other on^ob training.". ai^4: ^ic (c) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 1641 is amended—



(1) by inserting "(a)" before "The"; (2) by striking out "sections 1777, 1780(c), and 1787) shall be applicable to the program." and inserting in lieu thereof "section 1787) shall be applicable with respect to individuals who are pursuing programs of education while serving on active duty."; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(b) The provisions of sections 1663, 1670, 1671, 1673, 1674, 1676, 1683, and 1691(a)(1) of this title and the provisions of chapter 36 of this title (with the exception of section 1787) shall be applicable with respect to individuals who are pursuing programs of education following discharge or release from active duty.". SEC. 311. DURATION OF AND LIMITATIONS ON ENTITLEMENT TO POSTVIETNAM ERA VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

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The text of section 1632 is amended to read as follows: "(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, educational assistance benefits shall not be afforded an eligible veteran under this chapter more than 10 years after the date of such veteran's last discharge or release from active duty. "(2)(A) If any eligible veteran was prevented from initiating or completing such veteran's chosen program of education during the delimiting period determined under paragraph (1) of this subsection because of a physical or mental disability which was not the result of such veteran's own willful misconduct, such veteran shall, upon application made in accordance with subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, be granted an extension of the applicable delimiting period for such length of time as the Administrator determines, from the evidence, that such veteran was so prevented from initiating or completing such program of education. "(B) An extension of the delimiting period applicable to an eligible veteran may be granted under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph by reason of the veteran's mental or physical disability only if the veteran submits an application for such extension to the Administrator within one year after (i) the last date of the delimiting period otherwise applicable to the veteran under paragraph (1) of this subsection, or (ii) the termination date of the period of the veteran's mental or physical disability, whichever is later. "(3) When an extension of the applicable delimiting period is granted an eligible veteran under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the delimiting period with respect to such veteran shall again begin to run on the first day after such veteran's recovery from such disability on which it is reasonably feasible, as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Administrator, for such veteran to initiate or resume pursuit of a program of education with educational assistance under this chapter. "(b)(1) In the event that an eligible veteran has not utilized any or all of such veteran's entitlement by the end of the delimiting period applicable to the veteran under subsection (a) of this section, such eligible veteran is automatically disenrolled.

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