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 PUBLIC LAW 109–444—DEC. 21, 2006

120 STAT. 3307

(iii) in paragraph (2)— (I) by striking ‘‘or (D) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘(D), or (E) of this title’’; and (II) by inserting ‘‘whose eligibility is based on the death or disability of a spouse or on a spouse being listed in one of the categories referred to in section 3501(a)(1)(C) of this title’’ after ‘‘of this title)’’; (C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘veteran’’ and inserting ‘‘person’’; and (D) in subsection (e)— (i) by inserting ‘‘based on a spouse being listed in one of the categories referred to in section 3501(a)(1)(C) of this title’’ after ‘‘of this title’’; (ii) by inserting ‘‘so’’ after ‘‘the spouse was’’; and (iii) by striking ‘‘by the Secretary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘occurs’’. (4) Section 3540 is amended by striking ‘‘(as defined in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of section 3501(a)(1) of this title)’’ and inserting ‘‘(other than a person made eligible under subparagraph (C) of such section by reason of a spouse being listed in one of the categories referred to in that subparagraph)’’. (5) Section 3563 is amended by striking ‘‘each eligible person defined in section 3501(a)(1)(A) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘each eligible person whose eligibility is based on the death or disability of a parent or on a parent being listed in one of the categories referred to in section 3501(a)(1)(C) of this title’’. (c) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title is further amended as follows: (1) Sections 3686(a)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘or (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(D), or (E)’’. (2) Section 5113(b)(3) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘section 3501(a)(1)’’ and all that follows through the end and inserting the following: ‘‘subparagraphs (A), (B), (D), and (E) of section 3501(a)(1) of this title.’’; and (B) in subparagraph (C)— (i) by striking ‘‘such veteran’s death’’ and inserting ‘‘the death of the person from whom such eligibility is derived’’; and (ii) by striking ‘‘such veteran’s service-connected total disability permanent in nature’’ and inserting ‘‘the service-connected total disability permanent in nature (or, in the case of a person made eligible under section 3501(a)(1)(E), the total disability permanent in nature incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in the active military, naval, or air service) of the person from whom such eligibility is derived’’. (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to a payment of educational assistance for a course of education pursued after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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