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 96 STAT. 714

Stipend; limitations.

Maximum stipend.

Scholarship award period extension.

38 USC 4143.

PUBLIC LAW 97-251—SEPT. 8, 1982 (B) by striking out "years; and" in division (iv)(II) and inserting in lieu thereof "years (or, in the case of a participant who is a part-time student, one calendar year);"; (C) by inserting "and" at the end of division (v); and (D) by adding at the end the following new division: "(vi) in the case of a participant who is a part-time student, to maintain employment, while enrolled in such course of training, as a Veterans' Administration employee permanently assigned to a Veterans' Administration health-care facility;"; (3) in subsection (f)— (A) by inserting a comma and "except that a stipend may not be paid to a participant who is a full-time employee of the Veterans' Administration and the stipend of a participant who is a part-time student shall be adjusted as provided in subsection (g)(2) of this section" before the period at the end of paragraph (1)(B); and (B) by inserting "maximum" after "The" in paragraph (3); (4) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively; (5) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection (g): "(g)(1) To be accepted as a participant as a part-time student, an individual must be a full-time Veterans' Administration employee permanently assigned to a Veterans' Administration health-care facility on the date on which such individual submits the application referred to in subsection (a)(2) of this section and on the date on which such individual becomes a participant in the Scholarship Program. "(2) If a participant in the Scholarship Program is awarded a scholarship as a part-time student— "(A) the maximum amount of the stipend payable to such participant under subsection (f)(1)(B) of this section shall be reduced in accordance with the proportion that the number of credit hours carried by such participant bears to the number of credit hours required to be carried by a full-time student in the course of training being pursued by the participant; and "(B) a stipend may not be paid to such participant under such subsection for any month during which such participant is not actually attending the course of training in which such participant is enrolled. "(3) In the case of a participant who is a part-time student, the Administrator may extend the scholarship award period to a maximum of six school years if the Administrator determines that such an extension would be in the best interest of the United States."; and (6) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by clause (4))— (A) by inserting "by virtue of their participation in such program (1)" after "Program shall not'; (B) by striking out "and shall not" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and "or (2)"; (C) by striking out "employment" and inserting in lieu thereof "personnel"; and (D) by striking out "while they" and all that follows through "clinical training". (b)(1) Section 4143(b) is amended—

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