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 86 STAT.]

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PUBLIC LAW 92-540~OCT. 24, 1972

" (b) The allowance for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be paid in accordance with the following formula: Total salary cost reimbursable under Allowance for administrative this section expense $5,000 or less $500. Over $5,000 but not exceeding $10,000 $900. Over $10,000 but not exceeding $35,000 $900 for the first $10,000 plus $800 for each additional $5,000 or fraction thereof. Over $35,000 but not exceeding $40,000 $5,250. Over $40,000 but not exceeding $75,000 $5,250 for the first $40,000 plus $700 for each additional $5,000 or fraction thereof. Over $75,000 but not exceeding $80,000 $10,450. Over $80,000 $10,450 for the first $80,000 plus $600 for each additional $5,000 or fraction thereof."

SEC. 412. Section 3301 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting after "Veterans' Administration" where it first appears, the language: "and the names and addresses of present or former personnel of the armed services, and their dependents, in the possession of the Veterans' Administration"; and (2) by adding at the end of such section the following new clause (9): "(9) the Administrator may, pursuant to regulations he shall prescribe, release the names and addresses of present or former personnel of the armed services, and/or dependents to any nonprofit organization but only if the, release is directly connected with the conduct of programs and the utilization of benefits under this title. Any such organization or member thereof which uses such names and addresses for purposes other than those specified in this clause shall be fined not more than $500 in the case of a first offense, and not more than $5,000 in the case of subsequent offenses." SEC. 413. The Administrator, in consultation with the advisory committee formed pursuant to section 1792 of this title (as redesignated by section 316(2) of this Act), shall provide for the conduct of an independent study of the operation of the post-Korean conflict program of educational assistance currently carried out under chapters 31, 34, 35, and 36 of this title in comparison with similar programs of educational assistance that were available to veterans of World W a r II and of the Korean conflict from the point of view of administration; veteran participation; safeguards against abuse; and adequacy of benefit level, scope of programs, and information and outreach efforts to meet the various education and training needs of eligible veterans. The results of such study, together with such recommendations as are warranted to improve the present program, shall be transmitted to the President and the Congress within six months after the date of enactment of this Act.

7 2 Sfat. 1235; 76 Stat. 557.

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p. 1086.

38 USC 1501, 1651, 1700, 1770.

T r a n s m i t t a l to P r e s i d e n t and Congress.

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