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 PUBLIC LAW 611-AUG. 21, 1954

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58 Stat. 301.

58 Stat. 286. 60 Stat. 837.

64 Stat. 1121. Vocational r e habilitation.

58 Stat. 30 1.

58 Stat. 286.

60 Stat. 837.

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at the end thereof the following: ", except that 'thirteen years' shall be substituted for 'nine years' in the case of any otherwise eligible person who the Administrator determines to have been prevented from entering or, having entered, from completing, training under this part within such nine years by reason of one of the following conditions: " (a) Such person had not attained, retained, or regained medical feasibility for training because of mental or physical disability; "(b) Such person had not met the nature of discharge requirements of section 1503 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (38 U.S.C. 69Tc) prior to a change, correction, or modification of a discharge or dismissal made pursuant to section 301 of the Servicemen's Readjustment xA.ct of 1944, as amended (38 U.S.C. 693h), or the correction of a military or naval record made pursuant to section 207 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 191a), or other corrective action by competent authority; or "(c) Such person had not timely established the existence of compensable disability connected with or aggravated by service.". SEC. 3. That clause (1) of the xVct of December 28, 1950, as amended (38 U.S.C. 701a), is amended to read as follows: "(1) Vocational rehabilitation based on service as prescribed in this Act may be afforded until nine years after the enactment of this amendment as to any veteran discharged or released from such service prior thereto, or otherwise until nine years after discharge or release from such service or nine years after the aforesaid termination of the period beginning June 27, 1950, whichever date is the earlier; except that 'thirteen years' shall be substituted for 'nine years' in the case of any otherwise eligible person whom the Administrator determines to have bee'n prevented from entering or having entered, from completing, training under this Act within such nine years by reason of one of the following conditions: " (a) Such person had not attained, retained, or regained medical feasibility for training because of mental or physical disability; "(b) Such person had not met the nature of discharge requirements of section 1503 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (38 U.S.C. 697c) prior to a change, correction, or modification of a discharge or dismissal made pursuant to section 301 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended (38 U.S.C. 693h), or the correction of a military or naval record made pursuant to section 207 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 191a), or other corrective action by competent authority; or "(c) Such person had not timely established the existence of compensable disability connected with or aggravated by service.". Approved August 20, 1954.

Public Law 611 August 21, 1954 [H. R, 8152]

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CHAPTER 780

AN ACT To extend to June 30, 1955, the direct home and farmhouse loan authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under title III of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, to make additional funds available therefor, ' and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Veterans' loans. United Sttttes of AmsHca in Congress assembled, That the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, is hereby amended—

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