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PUBLIC LAW 85-857-SEPT. 2, 1958

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(1) employ additional personnel and experts, as he deems necessary; (2) utilize and extend Veterans' Administration facilities; (3) utilize facilities of any agency of the United States, or any facilities maintained by joint Federal and State contributions; (4) provide, by agreement or contract with public or private institutions or establishments, for such additional training facilities as may be suitable and necessary; (5) cooperate with and employ the facilities of other governmental and State employment agencies for the purpose of placing in gainful employment persons who have received vocational rehabilitation. § 1504. Subsistence allowances (a) While pursuing a course of vocational rehabilitation training and for two months after his employability is determined, each veteran shall be paid a subsistence allowance as prescribed in this section. (b) If a veteran has no dependent, his subsistence allowance each month shall equal $65, increased by an amount which bears the same ratio to $10 as the institutional part of the veterans' training course bears to a course of full-time institutional training. In no event shall the veterans' subsistence allowance be an amount less than an amount which, when added to any compensation or other benefit payable to him, will equal $105 monthly if his service-connected disability is less than 30 per centum, or $115 monthly if his service-connected disability is 30 per centum or more. (c) If a veteran has one dependent, his subsistence allowance each month shall equal $90, increased by an amount which bears the same ratio to $15 as the institutional part of the veterans' training course bears to a course of full-time training. If a veteran has more than one dependent, his subsistence allowance each month shall equal $90, increased by an amount which bears the same ratio to $30 as the institutional part of the veterans' training course bears to a course of fulltime training. In no event shall the veteran's subsistence allowance be an amount less than an amount which, when added to any compensation or other benefit payable to him, will equal— (1) if his service-connected disability is less than 30 per centum, $115, plus the following amounts for additional dependents: (A) $10 for one child and $7 for each additional child, plus (B) $15 for a dependent parent; or (2) if his service-connected disability is 30 per centum or more, $135, plus the following amounts for additional dependents: (A) $20 for one child and $15 for each additional child, plus (B) $15 for a dependent parent. (d) Where the course of vocational rehabilitation training consists of training on the job by an employer, such employer shall be required to submit monthly to the Administrator a statement in writing showing any wage, compensation, or other income paid by him to the veteran during the month, directly or indirectly. Based upon such written statements, the Administrator is authorized to reduce the subsistence allowance of such veteran to an amount considered equitable and just. § 1505. Leaves of absence The Administrator shall prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary for granting leaves of absence to veterans pursuing a course of vocational rehabilitation training. Such leaves of absence shall not be granted to any veteran in excess of thirty days in any consecu-

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