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PUBLIC LAW 93-508-DEC. 3, 1974

"§220. Coordination of other Federal programs affecting veterans and their dependents "The Administrator shall seek to achieve the maximum feasible effectiveness, coordination, and interrelationship of services among all programs and activities affecting veterans and their dependents carried out by and under all other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch and shall seek to achieve the maximum feasible coordination of such programs with programs carried out under this title.". (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter.3 of such title is amended by adding

1587 38 USC 220.

"219. Evaluation and d a t a collection. "220. Coordination of other Federal programs affecting veterans and their dependents."

below "218. Standard s of conduct and a r r e s t s for crimes at hospitals, domiciliaries, cemeteries, and other Veterans' Administration reservations.". Outreach servSEC. 214. Subchapter IV of chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, ices program. is amended as follows: (1) by inserting in section 241 "in carrying out the purposes of 38 USC 241. this subchapter (including the provision, to the maximum feasible extent, of such services, in areas where a significant number of eligible veterans and eligible dependents speak a language other than English as their principal language, in the principal language of such persons)" after "outreach services"; (2) by inserting in clause (2) "to eligible veterans and eligible dependents" after "information" the first time it appears; (3) by striking out in section 242(b) "may implement such 38 USC 242. special telephone service" and inserting in lieu thereof "shall establish and carry out all possible programs and services, including special telephone facilities,"; (4) redesignating sections 243 and 244 as 244 and 245, respec- 38 USC 243, tively, and adding the following new section after section 242: 38 USC 243. "§243. Veterans' representatives " (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, the Administrator shall assign, with appropriate clerical/secretarial support, to each educational institution (as defined in section 1652(c) except for correspondence schools) where at least five hundred 38 USC 1652. 38 s e 1501, persons are enrolled under chapters 31, 34, 35, and 36 of this title such 1651,u 1700, 1770. number of full-time veterans' representatives as will provide at least one such veterans' representative per each five hundred such persons so enrolled at each such institution; and the Administrator shall also assign to other such veterans' representatives responsibility for carrying out the functions set forth in paragraph (3) of this subsection with respect to groups of institutions with less than five hundred such persons so enrolled, on the basis of such proportion of such veterans' representatives' time to such persons so enrolled as he deems appropriate to be adequate to perform such functions at such institutions. "(2) I n selecting and appointing veterans' representatives under this subsection, preference shall be given to veterans of the Vietnam era with experience in veterans affairs' counseling, outreach, and other related veterans' services. "(3) The functions of such veterans' representatives shall be to— Functions. " (A) answer all inquiries related to Veterans' Administration educational assistance and other benefits, and take all necessary action to resolve such inquiries expeditiously, especially those relating to payments of educational assistance benefits;

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