Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/1134

 98 STAT. 3506

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—OCT. 5, 1984

(ii) strike out "initially" and insert in lieu thereof "first"; (B) strike out "the completion of the service establishing such eligibility" in subsection (a)(l)(B) and insert in lieu thereof 'Ttecember 31, 1976, and"; (C) strike out "subsection (c)" in subsection (b) and insert in lieu thereof "subsection (c)(l)"; and (D) insert "after December 31, 1976," in subsection (c)(2) after "Any individual who". (22) In section 1412 of title 38, United States Code, as proposed to be added by section 702— (A) in subsection (a)(l)(A)— (i) insert "first" before "becomes a member"; and (ii) strike out "initially" and insert in lieu thereof "first"; (B) strike out "the completion of the service establishing such eligibility" in subsection (a)(l)(B) and insert in lieu thereof 'Ttecember 31, 1976, and"; (C) strike out "years of continuous active duty" in subsection (a)(l)(B)(ii) and insert in lieu thereof "continuous years"; and (D) redesignate subsection (c) as paragraph (2), insert "after December 31, 1976," in that paragraph after "Any individual who", and insert immediately before that paragraph the following: "(c) The basic pay of any individual described in subsection (a)(l)(A) of this section who does not make an election under subsection (d)(1) of this section shall be reduced by $100 for each of the first 12 months that such individual is entitled to such pay. Amounts withheld from basic pay under this paragraph shall revert to the Treasury. "(d)(1) An individual described in subsection (a)(l)(A) of this section may make an election not to receive educational assistance under this chapter. Any such election shall be made at the time the individual initially enters on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces. Any individual who makes such an election is not entitled to educational assistance under this chapter. (23XA) In subsection (c) of section 1415 of title 38, United States Code, as proposed to be added by section 702, insert "the amount o f before any such increase". (B) In subsection (d) of that section— (i) strike out "In the case" and insert in lieu thereof "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, in the case"; (ii) insert "under this chapter" after "to such individual" the first place it appears; and (iii) add at the end the following new paragraph (2): "(2) The number of months for which the rate of the basic educational assistance allowance applicable to an individual is increased under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not exceed the number of months of entitlement to educational assistance under chapter 34 of this title that the individual had remaining on December 31, 1989.". (24) In section 1416 of title 38, United States (Dode, as proposed to be added by section 702, strike out "(a)". (25) In section 1422(b) of title 38, United States Code, as proposed to be added by section 702— (A) insert ", pursuant to regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary," after "by the Secretary concerned";

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