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PUBLIC LAW 92-540-OCT. 24, 1972

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'•Any eligible veteran, or any person on active duty (after consultation with the appropriate service education officer), who desires to initiate a program of education under this chapter shall submit an ' >^" application to the Administrator which shall be in such form, and contain such information, as the Administrator shall prescribe. The Administrator shall approve such application unless he nnds that such veteran or person is not eligible for or entitled to the educational assistance applied for, or that his program of education fails to meet any of the requirements of this chapter, or that he is already qualified. The Administrator shall notify the veteran or person of the approval or disapproval of his application." SEC. 303. Section 1682 of title 38, United States Code, is amended ^2^^^l\^\^\% by striking out subsection (c) and redesignating subsection (d), as 84 stat! 77, 1577. amended by section 102(4) of title I of this Act, as subsection (c), and. Ante, p. 1075. as redesignated, amending paragraph (1) of such subsection— (1) by striking out the parenthetical phrase in clause (A) and inserting in lieu thereof: " ( a minimum of ten clock hours per ' " ^ week or four hundred and forty clock hours in such year prescheduled to provide not less than eighty clock hours in any threemonth period)"; (2) by striking out " 9 " and " 6 " in clauses (B) and (C), respectively, and inserting in lieu thereof " 7 " and " 5 ", respectively; and (3) by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: "In computing the foregoing clock hour requirements there shall be included the time involved in field trips and individual and group instruction sponsored and conducted by the educational institution through a duly authorized instructor of such institution in which the veteran is enrolled." SEC. 304. Chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by ^^^stlT\^T striking out section 1684 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof 34 statl 1577. the following: "§ 1684. Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses "Any eligible veteran may pursue a program of apprenticeship or pc. « a?s other on-job training or a program of education exclusively by correspondejice and be paid an educational assistance allowance or training assistance allowance, as applicable, under the provisions of section 1787 or 1786 of this title." Post. p. io84. SEC. 305. Section 1691 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 84 Stat. 79. by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: " (b) The Administrator shall pay to an eligible veteran pursuing a course or courses or program pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, an educational assistance allowance as provided in sections 1681 and 1682 (a) or (b) of this title." SEC. 306. Section 1692 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by— (1) striking out "marked" wherever it appears; and (2) inserting a comma in subsection (b) immediately after "month" and by inserting immediately after "nine months," in such subsection, the following: "or until a maximum of $4'50 is utilized,". SEC. 307. Section 1696 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end of subsection (b) the following sentence: "Where it is determined that there is no same program, the Administrator shall establish appropriate rates for tuition and fees designed to allow reimbursement for reasonable costs for the education or train- = ^ ing institution:"

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