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PUBLIC LAW 93-337-JULY 10, 1974

[88 STAT.

(3) Subsection (g) is amended by striking out "$2,500" and inserting "$5,000" in place thereof. SEC. 2. Section 2734 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "$15,000" wherever it appears and inserting "$25,000" in place thereof. SEC. 3. Section 715 of title 32, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking out "$15,000" and inserting "$25,000" in place of "$15,000". (2) Subsection (d) is amended by striking out "$15,000" both places it appears and inserting "$25,000" in place thereof. (3) Subsection (f) is amended by striking out "$2,500" and inserting "$5,000" in place thereof. Approved July 8, 1974. Public Law 93-337 July 10, 1974 [S.3705]

Veterans. Educational programs, tenyear delimiting period.

Prisoners of 38 USC 1770.

Eligibility periods.

86 Stat. 1099. 38 USC 1712 note.

AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a ten-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans, wives, and vpidows.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Hmise of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1662 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by deleting "eight" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "10"; (2) by deleting "8-year" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "10-year"; (3) by deleting "8-year" and "eight-year" in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof "10-year", respectively; and (4) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) In the case of any veteran (1) who served on or after January 31, 1955, (2) who became eligible for educational assistance under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 36 of this title, and (3) who, subsequent to his last discharge or release from active duty, was captured and held as a prisoner of war by a foreign government or power, there shall be excluded, in computing his 10-year period of eligibility for educational assistance, any period during which he was so detained and any period immediately following his release from such detention during which he was hospitalized at a military, civilian, or Veterans' Administration medical facility.". SEC. 2. Section 1712 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by deleting "eight" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof ""10"; and (2) by deleting "eight" in subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof "10". SEC. 3. Section 604(a) and (b) of Public Law 92-540 (82 Stat. ia33, October 24, 1972) is amended by deleting "eight" and inserting in lieu thereof "10". Approved July 10, 1974.

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