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PUBLIC LAW 92-540-OCT. 24, 1972

[86 STAT.

"§ 1685, Veteran-student services " (a) Veteran-students utilized under the authority of subsection (b) of this section shall be paid an additional educational assistance allowance (hereafter referred to as 'work-study allowance'). Such workstudy allowance shall be paid in advance in the amount of $250 in return for such veteran-student's agreement to perform services, during or between periods of enrollment, aggregating one hundred hours during a semester or other applicable enrollment period, required in connection with (1) the outreach services program under subchapter 38 USC 2*40 ^^ ^^ chapter 3 of this title as carried out under the supervision of a Veterans' Administration employee, (2) the preparation and processing of necessary papers and other documents at educational institutions or regional offices or facilities of the Veterans' Administration, (3) the provision of hospital and domiciliary care and medical treat72 Stat. 1140; ment under chapter 17 of this title, or (4) any other activity of the ^^s^usc 6^01. Veterans' Administration as the Administrator shall determine appropriate. Advances of lesser amounts majj^ be made in return for agreements to perform services for periods of less than one hundred hours, the amount of such advance to bear the same ratio to the number of hours of work agreed to be performed as $250 bears to one hundred hours. ^' (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law the Administrator shall utilize, in connection with the activities specified in subsection (a) of this section, the services of veteran-students who are pursuing full-time programs of education or training under chapters 31 and 34 72 Stat. 1170; of this title. In carrying out this section, the Administrator, wherever 1651. ' centum or more for purposes of chapter 11 of this title. Ante. p. 394. ii ^^^ 'pjjg Administrator shall determine the number of veterans whose services the Veterans' Administration can effectively utilize (not to exceed eight hundred man-years or their equivalent in man-hours during any fiscal year) and the types of services that such veterans may be required to perform, on the basis of a survey, which he shall conduct annually, of each Veterans' Administration regional office in order to determine the numbers of veteran-students whose services can effectively be utilized during an enrollment period in each geographical area where Veterans' Administration activities are conducted, and shall determine which veteran-students shall be offered agreements under this section in accordance with regulations which he shall prescribe, including as criteria (1) the need of the veteran to augment his educational assistance or subsistence allowance; (2) the availability to the veteran of transportation to the place where his services are to be performed; (3) the motivation of the veteran: and (4) in the case of a disabled veteran pursuing a course of vocational rehabilitation under chapter 31 of this title, the compatibility of the work assia^nment to the veteran's physical condition. " (d) While performing the services authorized by this section, veteran-students shall be deemed employees of the United States for the 80 Stat. 531; purposes of the benefits of chapter 81 of title 5 but not for the purposes TITLE III—EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS SEC. 301. Subsection (b) of section 1502 of title 38, United States 82 Stat. 1331. Codc, IS amended by striking out "34 or 35" and inserting in lieu thereof "34,35, or 36". 80 Stat. 15. SEC. 302. Section 1671 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
 * °38 USC Vsoi, feasible, shall give priority to veterans with disabilities rated at 30 per
 * Vusc 8*101. of laws administered by the Civil Service Commission."

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