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 PUBLIC LAW 98-525—OCT. 19, 1984

98 STAT. 2563

Treasury. Funds for the payment by the Administrator of benefits under this chapter that are to be paid from appropriations made to the Department of Transportation shall be transferred to the Veterans' Administration as necessary. The Administrator and the Secretary of Transportation shall enter into an agreement for the manner in which such transfers are to be made. "§ 1436. Reporting requirement 38 USC 1436. "(a) The Secretary of Defense and the Administrator shall submit to the Congress at least once every two years separate reports on the operation of the program provided for in this chapter. "(b) The Secretary shall include in each report submitted under this section— "(1) information indicating (A) the extent to which the benefit levels provided under this chapter are adequate to achieve the purposes of inducing individuals to enter and remain in the Armed Forces and of providing an adequate level of financial assistance to help meet the cost of pursuing a program of education, and (B) whether it is necessary for the purposes of maintaining adequate levels of well-qualified active-duty personnel in the Armed Forces to continue to offer the opportunity for educational assistance under this chapter to individuals who have not yet entered active-duty service; and "(2) such recommendations for administrative and legislative changes regarding the provision of educational assistance to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and their dependents, as the Secretary considers appropriate. "(c) The Administrator shall include in each report submitted under this section— "(1) information concerning the level of utilization of educational assistance and of expenditures under this chapter; and "(2) such recommendations for administrative and legislative changes regarding the provision of educational assistance to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and their dependents, as the Administrator considers appropriate. "(d)(1) The first report by the Secretary of Defense under this section shall be submitted not later than January 1, 1986. "(2) The first report by the Administrator under this section shall be submitted not later than January 1, 1988.". (2) The tables of chapters at the beginning of such title and at the beginning of part III of such title are each amended by inserting above the item relating to chapter 31 the following new item: "30. All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program

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(b) Subchapter III of chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on July 1, 1986. (c) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the desirability and the feasibility of permitting members of the Armed Forces entitled to educational assistance under chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), to transfer entitlement to such assistance to dependents of such members.

Effective date. ^8 USC I42i "° ^

Ante, p. 2553.

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