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 PUBLIC LAW 107-135—JAN. 23, 2002 115 STAT. 2447 Sec. 146. Termination of Commission. TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS Sec. 201. Authority for Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide service dogs for veterans with certain disabilities. Sec. 202. gement of health care for certain low-income veterans. Sec. 203. Maintenance of capacity for speciaHzed treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans. Sec. 204. Program for provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans. Sec. 205. nds for field offices of the Office of Research Compliance and Assurance. Sec. 206. Major medical facility construction. Sec. 207. Sense of Congress on special telephone services for veterans. Sec. 208. Recodification of bereavement counseling authority and certain other health-related authorities. Sec. 209. Extension of expiring collections authorities. Sec. 210. Personal emergency response system for veterans with service-connected disabihties. Sec. 211. One-year extension of eligibility for health care of veterans who served in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War. SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE. Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States Code. TITLE I—ENHANCEMENT OF NURSE RE- CRUITMENT AND RETENTION AU- THORITIES Subtitle A—Recruitment Authorities SEC. 101. ENHANCEMENT OF EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. (a) PERMANENT AUTHORITY. —(1) Section 7676 is repealed. 38 USC 7676. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 76 is amended by striking the item relating to section 7676. (b) MINIMUM PERIOD OF DEPARTMENT EMPLOYMENT FOR ELIGI- BILITY. —Section 7672(b) is amended by striking "2 years" and inserting "one year". (c) SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT.— Subsection (b) of section 7673 is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking "for any 1 year" and inserting "for the equivalent of one year of full-time coursework"; and (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph (2): "(2) in the case of a participant in the Program who is a part-time student, shall bear the same ratio to the amount that would be paid under paragraph (1) if the participant were a full-time student in the course of education or training being pursued by the participant as the coursework carried by the participgmt to full-time coursework in that course of education or training.". (d) LIMITATION ON PAYMENT.— Subsection (c) of section 7673 is amended to read as follows: " (c) LIMITATIONS ON PERIOD OF PAYMENT.—(1) The maximum number of school years for which a scholarship may be paid under

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