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 91 STAT. 1438 38 USC prec. 1651.

38 USC prec. 1700.

PUBLIC LAW 95-202—NOV. 23, 1977 (c)(1) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 34 of such title is amended by inserting "1682A, Accelerated payment of educational assistance allowances."

below "1682. Computation of educational assistance allowances.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 35 of such title is amended by inserting "1738. Accelerated payment of educational assistance allowances." below "1737. Education loans.".

Notice. Publication in Federal Register. 38 USC 1682A note.

eertain prorated payments, 1978. 38 USC 1682A note.

(d) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, shall notify each appropriate educational institution that accelerated payments (as provided for in subsection (a) of this section) may be available for certain students enrolled at such institutions, specifying the full conditions and procedures governing such payments, and, not later than 90 days after such date of enactment, shall publish in the Federal Register, and notify each State of, the rules and regulations governing the accelerated payment program. (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1682A or section 1738 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, eligible veterans and eligible persons entitled thereunder shall, in connection with a semester or two consecutive quarters beginning after January 1, 1978, and ending prior to August 1, 1978, be entitled to accelerated payment of educational assistance allowances upon application therefor, but the amounts of such accelerated payment which may be made in connection with any such semester or quarters, the number of months by which such veteran's or person's entitleinent shall be reduced, and any quantifiable eligibility criteria shall be appropriately prorated by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. EDUCATION LOAN

Waiver.

Ante, p. 1436.

ELIGIBILITY

SEC. 202. Section 1798 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by(1) striking out in subsection (b)(3) "$1,500" and inserting in lieu thereof "$2,500"; (2) amending subsection (c) by— (A) striking out the semicolon at the end of clause (1) and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and "except that the Administrator may waive the requirements of subclause (B) of this clause, in whole or in part, if the Administrator determines, pursuant to regulations which the Administrator shall prescribe, it to be in the interest of the eligible veteran and the Federal Government; and"; and (B) striking out clause (2) and redesignating clause (3) as clause (2); (3) inserting in subsection (e)(3) a comma and "separately with respect to loans made under this section the repayment of which is accelerated under section 1682A of this title and loans made under this section the repayment of which is not so accelerated" after "institutions": and

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