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 91 STAT. 1442

PUBLIC LAW 95-202—NOV. 23, 1977 REPORTING FEES, INSTITUTIONAL ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS, AND VOCATIONAL COURSE MEASUREMENT

38 USC 1784.

Infra.

38 USC 1785. Supra.

38 USC 1788.

Study.

38 USC 1792 note. 38 USC 1651, 1770.

Report to President and Congress. Appropriation authorization.

SEC. 304. (a) Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by(1) amending section 1784(b) by— (A) strildng out " $ 5 " and "$6" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "$7" and "$11", respectively; and (B) inserting at the end thereof the following new sentence: "No reporting fee payable to an educational institution under this subsection shall be subject to offset by the Administrator against any liability of such institution for any overpayment for which such institution may be administratively determined to be liable under section 1785 of this .;, title unless such liability is not contested by such institution or has been upheld by a final decree of a court of appropriate jurisdiction."; (2) amending section 1785 by— (A) inserting in the first sentence a comma and "except as • otherwise provided in section 1784(b) of this title," after "recovered"; and (B) inserting at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Nothing in this section or any other provision of this title shall be construed as requiring any institution of higher learning to maintain daily attendance records for any course leading to a standard college degree."; and (3) amending section 1788(a) by— (A) inserting in clause (1) "and not more than 5 hours of supervised study" after "two and one-half hours of rest periods"; ,.,, (B) striking out in clause (1) "27" and inserting in lieu thereof " 2 2 "; (C) inserting in clause (2) "and not more than 5 hours of supervised study" after "net of instruction" the first time it a p p e a r s: and (D) striking out in clause (2) "22" and inserting in lieu thereof "18". (b)(1) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, in consultation with the Advisory Committee formed pursuant to section 1792 of title 38, United States Code, shall provide for the conduct of an independent study of the operation of the programs of educational assistance carried out under chapters 34 and 36 of title 38, United States Code. Such study shall include a detailed examination and analysis of the extent to which eligible veterans (A) have utilized their entitlements (broken down by State, type of program, and post-Korean-Conflictpre-Vietnam-era and Vietnam-era service periods), including the extent to which they have successfully completed their programs of education or attained their educational or vocational objectives; and (B) have readjusted successfully to civilian life in terms of employment achievement and satisfaction and family and other interpersonal relationships. A report of such study shall be submitted to the President and the Congress not later than September 30, 1979. (2) For the purposes of carrying out paragraph (1) of this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000. OPERATION PERIOD WAIVER, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

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SEC. 305. (a)(1) Section 1789 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by—

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