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38 U.S.C. § 7601 — Establishment of program; purpose

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38 U.S.C. § 7601 — Establishment of program; purpose

**(a)** There is hereby established a program to be known as the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Educational Assistance Program”). The program consists of— (1) the scholarship program provided for in subchapter II of this chapter; (2) the tuition reimbursement program provided for in subchapter III of this chapter; (3) the Selected Reserve member stipend program provided for under subchapter V of this chapter; (4) the employee incentive scholarship program provided for in subchapter VI of this chapter; (5) the education debt reduction program provided for in subchapter VII of this chapter; (6) the specialty education loan repayment program provided for in subchapter VIII of this chapter; and (7) the readjustment counseling service scholarship program provided for in subchapter IX of this chapter. **(b)** The purpose of the Educational Assistance Program is to assist in providing an adequate supply of trained health-care personnel for the Department and the Nation.

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38 U.S.C. § 4301 — Purposes; sense of Congress

**(a)** The purposes of this chapter are— (1) to encourage service in the uniformed services by eliminating or minimizing the disadvantages to civilian careers and employment which can result from such service; (2) to minimize the disruption to the lives of persons performing service in the uniformed services as well as to their employers, their fellow employees, and their communities, by providing for the prompt reemployment of such persons upon their completion of such service; and (3) to prohibit discrimination against persons because of their service in the uniformed services. **(b)** It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should be a model employer in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

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38 U.S.C. § 101 — Definitions

For the purposes of this title— (1) The terms “Secretary” and “Department” mean the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs, respectively. (2) The term “veteran” means a person who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable. (3) The term “surviving spouse” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title) a person who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran’s death, and who lived with the veteran continuously from the date of marriage to the date of the veteran’s death (except where there was a separation which was due to the misconduct of, or procured by, the veteran without the fault of the spouse) and who has not remarried. (4) (A) The term “child” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title (other than with respect to a child who is an insurable dependent under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 1965(10) of such chapter) and [section 8502(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8502/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) a person who is unmarried and— (i) who is under the age of eighteen years; (ii) who, before attaining the age of eighteen years, became permanently incapable of self-support; or (iii) who, after attaining the age of eighteen years and until completion of education or training (but not after attaining the age of twenty-three years), is pursuing a course of instruction at an approved educational institution; and who is a legitimate child, a legally adopted child, a stepchild who is a member of a veteran’s household or was a member at the time of the veteran’s death, or an illegitimate child but, as to the alleged father, onl

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38 U.S.C. § 7601 — Establishment of program; purpose

Page 1263 TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS § 7601 1991—Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(c)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 239, renumbered items 4301 to 4355 as 7601 to 7655, respectively. 1990—Pub. L. 101–366, title II, § 205(a)(2), Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 440, added heading for subchapter V and items 4351 to 4355. SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL § 7601. Establishment of program; purpose (a) There is hereby established a program to be known as the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the ‘‘Educational Assistance Program’’). The program consists of— (1) the scholarship program provided for in subchapter II of this chapter; (2) the tuition reimbursement program pro- vided for in subchapter III of this chapter; (3) the Selected Reserve member stipend pro- gram provided for under subchapter V of this chapter; (4) the employee incentive scholarship pro- gram provided for in subchapter VI of this chapter; (5) the education debt reduction program provided for in subchapter VII of this chapter; (6) the specialty education loan repayment program provided for in subchapter VIII of this chapter; and (7) the readjustment counseling service scholarship program provided for in sub- chapter IX of this chapter. (b) The purpose of the Educational Assistance Program is to assist in providing an adequate supply of trained health-care personnel for the Department and the Nation. (Added Pub. L. 100–322, title II, § 216(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 518, § 4301; amended Pub. L. 101–366, title II, § 205(c)(1), Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 441; renumbered § 7601, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(2)(B)(vi), (3), (4), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat.

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