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PUBLIC LAW 92-540-OCT. 24, 1972

power granted expires on the date specified even though that person, after the date of execution of the document, enters a missing status. "(c) This section applies only to persons in military service who executed powers of attorney during the Vietnam era (as defined in section 101(29) of title 38, United States Code)." SEC. 505. Section 3107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after "title" the words "or that portion of the educational assistance allowance payable on account of dependents under chapter 34 of this title".

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TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATES AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS SEC. 601. (a) The rate increases provided in Title I of this Act and the rate increases provided by the provisions of section 1787, title 38, United States Code (as added by section 316 of this Act) shall become effective October 1, 1972; except, for those veterans and eligible persons in training on the date of enactment, the effective date shall be the date of the commencement of the current enrollment period, but not earlier than September 1, 1972. (b) The provisions of title V of this Act shall become effective 90 d ays after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 602. (a) The provisions of section 1786 of title 38, United States Code (as added W section 316 of this Act), which apply to programs of education exclusively by correspondence, shall, as to those wives and widows made eligible for such training by that section, become effective January 1, 1973, and, as to eligible veterans, shall apply only to those enrollment agreements which are entered into on or after January 1, 1973. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any enrollment agreement entered into by an eligible veteran prior to January 1, 1973, shall continue to be subject to the provisions of section 1682(c) of title 38, United States Code, prior to its repeal by section 303 of this Act. SEC. 603. (a) The prepayment provisions of subsection (e) of section 1780 of title 38, United States Code (as added by section 201 of this Act), shall become effective on November 1, 1972. (b) The advance payment provisions of section 1780 of title 38, United States Code (as added by section 201 of this Act), shall become effective on August 1, 1973, or at such time prior thereto as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall specify m a certification filed with the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Congress. SEC. 604. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1712(b) of title 38, United States Code, a wife or widow (1) eligible to pursue a 82 Stat. 1333. program of education exclusively by correspondence by virtue of the provisions of section 1786 of such title (as added by section 316 of this Act) or (2) entitled to receive the benefits of subsection (a) of section / 1733 of this title (as added by section 313 of this Act), shall have eight years from the date of the enactment of this Act in which to complete such a program of education or receive such benefits. (b) Notwithstanding the provisioi^ of section 1712(a) or 1712(b) of title 38, United States Code, an eligible person, as defined in section 82^stat?\'333^^' 1701(a)(1) of such title, who is entitled to pursue a program of 84 Stat. 1575. apprenticeship or other on-job training by virtue of the provisions of section 1787 of such title (as added by section 316 of this Act) shall have eight years from the date of the enactment of this Act in which to complete such a program of training, except that an eligible person defined in section 1701(a)(1)(A) of such title may notoe afforded educational assistance beyond his thirty-first birttiday. Approved October 24, 1972.

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