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PUBLIC LAW 92-540-OCT. 24, 1972

[86 STAT.

Public Law 92-540 October 24, 1972 [H. R. 12828]

AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, and special training allowances paid to eligible veterans and persons; to provide for advance educational assistance payments to certain veterans; to make improvements iii the educational assistance programs; and for other purposes.

Vietnam Era^ ju^stment Assfst-

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of

a n c e Act of 1972.

1972".

TITLE I—VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE RATE ADJUSTMENTS

72 Stat. 1171; 82 Stat. 1331.

Post, p. 1076. 84 Stat. 76.

SEC. 101. Chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) by adding at the end of subsection 1502 a new subsection as follows: "(d) Veterans pursuing a program of vocational rehabilitation training under the provisions of this chapter shall also be eligible, where feasible, to perform veteran-student services pursuant to section 1685 of this title and for advance subsistence allowance payments as provided by section 1780 of this title."; (2) by amending section 1504(b) to read as follows: "(b) The subsistence allowance of a veteran-trainee is to be determined in accordance with the following table, and shall be the monthly amount shown in column II, III, IV, or V (whichever is applicable as determined by the veteran's dependency status) opposite the appropriate type of training as specified in column I: "Column I

Type of training

Column Column Column II III IV No dependents

One de- Two dependpendent ents

Column V

More than two dependents

The amount in column IV, plus the following for each dependent in excess of two: Institutional: Full-time Tliree-quartertime -- -_ -_ Half-time Farm cooperative, apprentice, or other on-job training: Full-time. _

72 Stat. 1173.

$170

$211

$248

$18

128 85

159 106

187 124

14 9

148

179

207

14";

and (3) by d e l e t i n g i n section 1507 "$100" and inserting i n lieu thereof "$200".

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