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PUBLIC LAW 90-77-AUG. 31, 1967

[81 STAT.

APPRENTICESRIP OR OTHER ON-JOB ' G A I N I N G 80 Stat. 12. 38 USC 1651 et seq.

SO Stat. 665. Post,

p. 187.

SEC. 804. (a) Chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by redesignating sections 1683, 1684, 1685, and 1686 as section 1684, 1685, 1686, and 1687, respectively, and by inserting immediately after section 1682 thereof the following new section: "§ 1683. Apprenticeship or other on-job training " (a) Any eligible veteran may receive the benefits of this chapter while pursuing a full-time— " (1) program of apprenticeship approved by a State approvingagency as meeting the standards of apprenticeship published by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to section 50a of title 29, United States Code, or "(2) program of other training on the job approved under the provisions of section 1777 of this title, subject to the conditions and limitations of this chapter with respect to educational assistance. " (b) The monthly training assistance allowance of an eligible veteran pursuing a program described under subsection (a) shall be as follows: "Periods of training

First 6 months. _ Second 6 months. _ Third 6 months Fourth and any succeeding 6-month periods Definitions. 80 Stat. 20. 38 USC 1770 et seq-

"Training establishment.

50 Stat. 664. 29 USC 50,; 50b. 77 Stat. 162.

One dependent

Two or more dependents

$80 60 40

$90 70 50

$100 80 60

20

30

40

"(c) For purposes of this chapter and chapter 36 of this title, the terms 'program of apprenticeship' and 'program of other on-job training' shall have the same meaning as 'program of education'; and the term 'training assistance allowance' shall have the same meaning as 'educational assistance allowance'." (b) The table of sections of chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "1683" and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "1683. "1684. "1685. "1686. "1687.

80 Stat. 13.

No dependents

Apprenticeship or other on-job training. Measurement of courses. Overcharges by educational institutions. Approval of courses. Discontinuance of allowances."

(c) Section 1652 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) For the purposes of this chapter and chapter 36 of this title, the term 'training establishment' means any establishment providing apprentice or other training on the job, including those under the supervision of a college or university or any State department of education, or any State apprenticeship agency, or any State board of vocational education, or any joint apprenticeship committee, or the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training established pursuant to chapter 4C of title 29, United States Code, or any agency of the Federal Government authorized to supervise such training." (d) Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by redesignating sections 1777 and 1778 as sections 1778 and 1779, respectively, and by inserting immediately after section 1776 the following new section:

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