Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 100 Part 4.djvu/540

 100 STAT. 3276

PUBLIC LAW 99-576—OCT. 28, 1986

(B) The members of the Commission— (i) shall be broadly representative of entities engaged in .!•: i)J^^'UHi, providing education and training and of veterans' service organizations; and (ii) shall be selected on the basis of their knowledge of and experience in education and training policy and the implementation of such policy with respect to programs of assistance administered by the Veterans' Administration. (3) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, the ex officio members of the Advisory Committee on Education referred to in paragraph (2)(A), and the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committees (or, in the case of any such individual, a designee of any such individual) shall be ex officio, nonvoting members of the Commission. (4)(A) The Administrator shall designate a member from among the voting members of the Commission to chair the Commission. (B) The chairman of the Commission, with the concurrence of the Commission, shall appoint an executive director, who shall be the chief executive officer of the Commission and shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the Commission. (C) The Administrator shall furnish the Commission with such professional, technical, and clerical staff and services and administrative support as the Commission determines necessary for the Commission to carry out the provisions of this section effectively. (b) FIRST REPORT.—(1) Not later than 18 months after the date on which at least 8 members of the Commission have been appointed, the Commission shall submit a report on the Commission's findings and recommendations on the matters described in paragraph (2) of this subsection to the Administrator and the Committees. (2) The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the Commission's findings, views, and recommendations on the following matters: (A) The need for distinctions between certificate-granting courses and degree-granting courses. (B) The measurement of courses for the purposes of payment of educational assistance benefits. (C) The vocational value of courses offered through home study. (D) The role of innovative and nontraditional programs of education and the manner in which such programs should be treated for purposes of payment of educational assistance bene. fits by the Veterans' Administration, including courses that result in the achievement of continuing education units. (E) Such other matters relating to administration of chapters 38 USC 1401 et 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, and 36 of title 38, United States Code, by the seq., 1500 et seq.. Veterans' Administration as (i) the Commission considers efse ^^iTOOef appropriate or necessary, or (ii) are suggested by the Adminisseg.!^i'770 et seq. trator or, concurrently, by the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committees. (c) INTERIM AND FINAL REPORTS.—(1) Not later than 6 months after the date on which the report is submitted under subsection (b), the Administrator shall submit an interim report to the Committees. The interim report shall contain— (A) the Administrator's views on the desirability, feasibility, and cost of implementing each of the Commission's reca* ommendations, and the actions taken or planned with respect to the implementation of such recommendations;,

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