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 102 STAT. 4174 38 USC 1780 note.

PUBLIC LAW 100-689—NOV. 18, 1988

0>) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply so as to require that mitigating circumstances be considered to exist only with respect to withdrawals from a course or courses being pursued with assistance under title 38, United States Code, that occur on or after June 1, 1989. SEC 122. EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN INCARCERATED VETERANS UNDER THE POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Regulations.

Section 1631 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection (after the subsection added by section 108(b)(2) of this Act): "(e)(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, the amount of the educational assistance benefits paid to an eligible veteran who is pursuing a program of education under this chapter while incarcerated in a Federal, State, or local penal institution for conviction of a felpny may not exceed the lesser of (A) such amount as the Administrator determines, in accordance with r^ulations which the Administrator shall prescribe, is necessary to cover the cost of established charges for tuition and fees required of similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same program and the cost of necessary supplies, books, and equipment, or (B) the applicable monthly benefit payment otherwise presciibed in this section or section 1633 of this title. The amount of the educational assistance benefits payable to a veteran while so incarcerated shall be reduced to the extent that the tuition and fees of the veteran for any course are paid under any Federal prc^ram (other than a program administered by the Administrator) or under any State or local program. "(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply in the case of any veteran who is pursuing a pn^ram of education under this Chapter while residing in a h a l ^ a y house or participating in a work-release program in connection with such veteran's conviction rf a felony.". SEC 123. VETERANS* ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.

Section 1792(c) is amended by striking out "December 31, 1989" and inserting in lieu thereof "December 31, 1993". SEC. 124. REPEAL OF EXPIRED PROGRAM OF ACCELERATED-PAYMENT LOANS.

(a) REPEAL.—Sections 1682A, 1686, 1737, and 1738 are repealed. (b) CoNFOBMiNG AMENDMENTS.—Section 1798 is €unended—

(1) by striking out "or person" each place it appears; (2) in subsection (a)(l)— (A) by striking out "and eligible person"; and (B) by inserting "(if the program of education is pursued in a State)" after "subchapter'; (3) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out "or eligible person"; and (B) in paragraph (3), by striking out "or subchapter 11 of chapter 35, respectively,'; (4) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking out "or person's"; and (B) by amending paragraph (3)(B) to read as follows:

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