Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1483

 PUBLIC LAW 95-202—NOV. 23, 1977

91 STAT. 1449

" (f) The Administrator, in carryino^ out the provisions oi" this section, shall seek to assure the coordination of programs assisted under this section with programs carried out by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to the H i g h e r Education Act of 1965, and the 20 USC 1001 Commissioner shall provide all assistance, technical consultation, and note. information otherwise authorized by law as necessary to promote the maximum effectiveness of the activities and programs assisted under this section. " (g) The program provided for in this section shall be administered by an identifiable administrative unit in the Veterans' Administration."; and (2) inserting in the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter "246. Veterans' cost-of-instruction payments to institutions of higher learning." below , "245.

Report to Congress.". HOUSING SOLAR ENERGY AND WEATHERIZATION STUDY

SEC. 311. In accordance with the national policy to conserve energy and promote the maximum utilization of solar energy, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall conduct a study to determine the most effective specific methods of using the programs carried out under, or amending the provisions oi, chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, in order to aid and encourage present and prospective veteran homeowners to install in their homes solar heating, solar heating and cooling, or combined solar heating and cooling, and to apply residential energy conservation measures. The report of such study shall include a description of plans for administrative action to carry out such national policy as well as such recommendations for legislative action as the Administrator deems appropriate, and shall be submitted to the President and the Congress not later than March 1, 1978.

Study.

38 USC 1820 note.

38 USC 1801.

Report to President and Congress. Legislative recommendations.

TITLE IV—WOMEN'S AIK FORCES SERVICE P I L O T S Sec. 401. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the service of any person as a member of the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots (a group of Federal civilian employees attached to the United States Army A i r Force during W o r l d W a r II), or the service of any person in any other similarly situated group the members of which rendered service to the Armed Forces of the United States in a capacity considered civilis^n employment or contractual service at the time such service was rendered, shall be considered active duty for the purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration if the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe— (A) after a full review of the historical records and all other available evidence pertaining to the service of any such group, determines, on the basis of judicial and other appropriate precedent, that the service of such group consituted active military service, and (B) in the case of any such group with respect to which such Secretary has made an affirmative determination that the service of such group constituted active military service, issues to each member of such group a discharge from such service under honor-

Active duty status. 38USe 106note.

Record review,

Discharge.

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