Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/930

 94 STAT. 2208

PUBLIC LAW 96-466—OCT. 17, 1980

(b) For the purposes of this section, veterans who during the Vietnam era served in Vietnam, in air missions over Vietnam, or in naval missions in the waters adjacent to Vietnam shall be considered to be veterans who served in the Vietnam theatre of operations. TITLE VI—COST-SAVING PROVISIONS REPEAL OP AUTHORITY TO PURSUE PREDISCHARGE EDUCATION PROGRAM (PREP) UNDER CHAPTER 32

38 USC 1695-1698. 38 USC 1661. 38 USC 1780.

38 USC 1784. 38 USC 1788. 38 USC 1789. 38 USC 1798.

SEC. 601. (a)(1) Subchapter VI of chapter 34 is repealed. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by striking out the item relating to subchapter VI and the items relating to sections 1695, 1696, 1697, and 1698. (b) Section 1661(c) is amended by striking out "subchapters V and VI" and inserting in lieu thereof "subchapter V". (c) Section 1780(d) is amended by— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) striking out "(other than under subchapter VI of chapter 34)"; and (B) striking out "paragraphs 5 (B) and (C) and (6)" and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraphs (4)(B) and (C) and (5)"; (2) striking out paragraph (3); (3) redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); (4) redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4) and striking out "paragraphs (2) and (3)" in such paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (2)"; and (5) redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5) and striking out "paragraph (5) in such paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (4)". (d) Section 1780 is amended by— (1) striking out "and (3)" in subsection (e); and (2) striking out "(except as provided by subsection (d)(3) of this section)" in subsection (0. (e) Section 1784(c), as redesignated by section 342(a)(2) of this Act, is amended by striking out "1780(d)(5)" and inserting in lieu thereof "1780(d)(4)'\ (f) Section 1788(a)(6) is amended by striking out "or 1696(a)(2)". (g) Section 1789(b)(5) is amended by striking out "or VI". (h) Section 1798(f)(2) is amended by striking out "1780(d)(5)" and inserting in lieu thereof "1780(d)(4)". LIMITATION OF PAYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCES TO INCARCERATED VETERANS AND INCARCERATED PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE

38 USC 1682.

SEC. 602. (a) Section 1682, as amended by section 310 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(g)(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, the amount of the educational assistance allowance paid to an eligible veteran who is pursuing a program of education under this chapter while incarcerated in a Federal, State, or local penal institution for conviction of a felony may not exceed such amount as the Administrator determines, in accordance with regulations which the Administrator shall prescribe, is necessary to cover the cost of established charges for tuition and fees required of similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same program and to cover the

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