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PUBLIC LAW 634-JUNE 29, 1956 REPORTS BY

INSTITUTIONS

SEC, 505. (a) Educational institutions shall, without delay, report to the Administrator in the form prescribed by him, the enrollment, interruption, and termination of the education of each eligible person enrolled therein under this Act. (b) The Administrator shall pay to each educational institution which is required to submit reports and certifications to the Administrator under this Act, an allowance at the rate of $1 per month for each eligible person enrolled in and attending such institution under the provisions of this Act to assist the educational institution in defraying the expense of preparing and submitting such reports and certifications. Such allowances shall be paid in such manner and at such times as may be prescribed by the Administrator, except that in the event any institution fails to submit reports or certifications to the Administrator as required by this Act, no allowance shall be paid to such institution for the month or months during which such reports or certifications were not submitted as required by the Administrator. OVERPAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS

SEC. 506. If the Administrator finds that an overpayment has been made to an eligible person as the result of (1) the willful or negligent failure of an educational institution to report, as required by this Act and applicable regulations, to the Veterans' Administration excessive absences from a course, or discontinuance or interruption of a course by the eligible person or (2) false certification by an educational institution, the amount of such overpayment shall constitute a liability of such institution, and may be recovered in the same manner as any other debt due the United States. Any amount so collected shall be reimbursed if the overpayment is recovered from the eligible person. This section shall not preclude the imposition of any civil or criminal action under this or any other Act. EXAMINATION OF RECORDS

SEC. 507. The records and accounts of educational institutions pertaining to eligible persons who received education under this Act shall be available for examination by duly authorized representatives of the Government. FALSE OR MISLEADING

STATEMENTS

SEC. 508. The Administrator shall not make any payments under this Act to any person found by him to have willfully submitted any false or misleading claims. 'WTienever the Administrator finds that an educational institution has willfully submitted a false or misleading claim, or that a person with the complicity of an educational institution, has submitted such a claim, he shall make a complete report of the facts of the case to the appropriate State approving agency and where deemed advisable to the Attorney General of the United States for appropriate action. CRIMINAL PENALTIES

SEC. 509. Whoever knowingly and willfully— (1) makes or presents any false, fictitious, or fraudulent affidavit, declaration, certificate, voucher, endorsement, or paper or

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