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38 U.S.C. § 3500 — Purpose
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The Congress hereby declares that the educational program established by this chapter is for the purpose of providing opportunities for education to children whose education would otherwise be impeded or interrupted by reason of the disability or death of a parent from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in the Armed Forces after the beginning of the Spanish-American War, and for the purpose of aiding such children in attaining the educational status which they might normally have aspired to and obtained but for the disability or death of such parent. The Congress further declares that the educational program extended to the surviving spouses of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities and to spouses of veterans with a service-connected total disability permanent in nature is for the purpose of assisting them in preparing to support themselves and their families at a standard of living level which the veteran, but for the veteran’s death or service disability, could have expected to provide for the veteran’s family.
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The Congress hereby declares that the educational program established by this chapter is for the purpose of providing opportunities for education to children whose education would otherwise be impeded or interrupted by reason of the disability or death of a parent from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in the Armed Forces after the beginning of the Spanish-American War, and for the purpose of aiding such children in attaining the educational status which they might normally have aspired to and obtained but for the disability or death of such parent. The Congress further declares that the educational program extended to the surviving spouses of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities and to spouses of veterans with a service-connected total disability permanent in nature is for the purpose of assisting them in preparing to support themselves and their families at a standard of living level which the veteran, but for the veteran’s death or service disability, could have expected to provide for the veteran’s family.
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**(a)**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall conduct an annual compliance survey of educational institutions and training establishments offering one or more courses approved for the enrollment of eligible veterans or persons if at least 20 such veterans or persons are enrolled in any such course. The Secretary shall—
(A) design the compliance surveys to ensure that such institutions or establishments, as the case may be, and approved courses are in compliance with all applicable provisions of chapters 30 through 36 of this title;
(B) survey each such educational institution and training establishment not less than once during every 2-year period; and
(C) assign not fewer than 1 education compliance specialist to work on compliance surveys in any year for each 40 compliance surveys required to be made under this section for such year.
(2) The Secretary, in consultation with the State approving agencies, shall—
(A) annually determine the parameters of the surveys required under paragraph (1); and
(B) not later than September 1 of each year, make available to the State approving agencies a list of the educational institutions and training establishments that will be surveyed during the fiscal year following the date of making such list available.
**(b)** The Secretary may waive the requirement in subsection (a)(1) for a compliance survey with respect to an educational institution or training establishment if the Secretary determines, based on the record of compliance of such institution or establishment with all the applicable provisions of chapters 30 through 36 of this title, that the waiver would be appropriate and in the best interest of the United States Government.
**(c)** To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary, or
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**(a)**
(1)
(A) The Secretary shall pay monthly to each living person whose name has been entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll, and a copy of whose certificate has been delivered to the Secretary under subsection (d) of [section 1134a of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1134a&num=0&edition=prelim), a special pension at the rate described in subparagraph (B), as adjusted from time to time under subsection (e),11 See Special Benefit Allowance Rates note below. beginning as of the date on which the person’s name is entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll under subsection (b) of such section.
(B) The rate described in this subparagraph is equal to the amount of monthly compensation paid to a veteran without dependents under subsection (m) of [section 1114 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1114&num=0&edition=prelim), increased to the next intermediate rate under subsection (p) of such section.
(2)
(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary shall pay special pension under this section to the surviving spouse of a person whose name has been entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll and a copy of whose certificate has been delivered to the Secretary under [section 1134a(d) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1134a/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) No special pension shall be paid to a surviving spouse of a person under this section unless such surviving spouse was married to such person—
(i) for one year or more prior to the veteran’s death; or
(ii) for any period of time if
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**(a) Entitlement.—** Except as provided in subsection (c) and in the second sentence of this subsection, each eligible veteran shall be entitled to educational assistance under this chapter or chapter 36 for a period of one and one-half months (or the equivalent thereof in part-time educational assistance) for each month or fraction thereof of the veteran’s service on active duty after January 31, 1955. If an eligible veteran has served a period of 18 months or more on active duty after January 31, 1955, and has been released from such service under conditions that would satisfy the veteran’s active duty obligation, the veteran shall be entitled to educational assistance under this chapter for a period of 45 months (or the equivalent thereof in part-time educational assistance). In the case of any person serving on active duty on December 31, 1976, or a person whose eligibility is based on section 3452(a)(1)(B) of this chapter, the ending date for computing such person’s entitlement shall be the date of such person’s first discharge or release from active duty after December 31, 1976.
**(b) Entitlement Limitations.—** Whenever the period of entitlement under this section of an eligible veteran who is enrolled in an educational institution regularly operated on the quarter or semester system ends during a quarter or semester, such period shall be extended to the termination of such unexpired quarter or semester. In educational institutions not operated on the quarter or semester system, whenever the period of eligibility ends after a major portion of the course is completed such period shall be extended to the end of the course or for twelve weeks, whichever is the lesser period.
**(c) Duration of Entitlement.—** Except as provided in subsection (b) and in subchapter
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**(a)**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), (c), or (g) of this section, or [section 3687 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3687&num=0&edition=prelim), while pursuing a program of education under this chapter of half-time or more, each eligible veteran shall be paid the monthly educational assistance allowance set forth in column II, III, IV, or V (whichever is applicable as determined by the veteran’s dependency status) opposite the applicable type of program as shown in column I: Column IColumnIIColumnIIIColumnIVColumn V Type ofprogramNodependentsOnedependentTwodependentsMore thantwodependents The amount in column IV, plus the following for each dependent in excess of two: Institutional training: Full-time$376$448$510 $32 Three-quarter time283336383 24 Half-time188224255 17 Cooperative304355404 23
(2) A “cooperative” program, other than a “farm cooperative” program, means a full-time program of education which consists of institutional courses and alternate phases of training in a business or industrial establishment with the training in the business or industrial establishment being strictly supplemental to the institutional portion.
**(b)** The educational assistance allowance of an individual pursuing a program of education—
(1) while on active duty, or
(2) on less than a half-time basis,
shall be computed at the rate of (A) the established charges for tuition and fees which the institution requires similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same program to pay, or (B) $376 per month for a full-time course, whichever is the lesser. An individual’s entitlement shall be charged for institutional courses on the basis of the applicable monthly training time rate as determined under [section 36
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**(a)** For the purposes of this chapter and chapter 36 of this title—
(1) The term “eligible person” means any of the following:
(A) A child of a person who, as a result of qualifying service—
(i) died of a service-connected disability; or
(ii) has a total disability permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability, or who died while a disability so evaluated was in existence.
(B) The surviving spouse of any person who died of a service-connected disability sustained during a period of qualifying service.
(C) The spouse or child of any member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who, at the time of application for benefits under this chapter is listed, pursuant to [section 556 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section556&num=0&edition=prelim) and regulations issued thereunder, by the Secretary concerned in one or more of the following categories and has been so listed for a total of more than ninety days: (i) missing in action, (ii) captured in line of duty by a hostile force, or (iii) forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign government or power.
(D)
(i) The spouse of any person who has a total disability permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability sustained during a period of qualifying service, or (ii) the surviving spouse of a veteran who died while a disability so evaluated was in existence.
(E) The spouse or child of a person who—
(i) at the time of the Secretary’s determination under clause (ii), is a member of the Armed Forces who is hospitalized or receiving outpatient medical care, services, or treatment;
(ii) the Secretary determines has a total disability permanent in nature incurred or aggravated in the line
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**(a)**
(1) Each eligible person, whether made eligible by one or more of the provisions of [section 3501(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3501/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be entitled to educational assistance under this chapter—
(A) in the case of a person who first enrolls in a program of education using such entitlement before August 1, 2018, for an aggregate period not in excess of 45 months (or to the equivalent thereof in part-time training); or
(B) in the case of a person who first enrolls in a program of education using such entitlement on or after August 1, 2018, for an aggregate period not in excess of 36 months (or to the equivalent thereof in part-time training).
(2)
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or chapter 36 of this title, any payment of an educational assistance allowance described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall not—
(i) be charged against the entitlement of any individual under this chapter; or
(ii) be counted toward the aggregate period for which [section 3695 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3695&num=0&edition=prelim) limits an individual’s receipt of assistance.
(B) The payment of the educational assistance allowance referred to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph is the payment of such an allowance to an individual for pursuit of a course or courses under this chapter if the Secretary finds that the individual—
(i) had to discontinue such course pursuit as a result of being ordered to serve on active duty under section 688, 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 12302, or 12304 of title 10 or of being involuntarily ordered to full-time National Guard duty under [sec
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**(a)** Except as provided in subsection (g), the educational assistance to which an eligible person whose eligibility is based on the death or disability of a parent or on a parent being listed in one of the categories referred to in [section 3501(a)(1)(C) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3501/a/1/C&num=0&edition=prelim) is entitled under [section 3511 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3511&num=0&edition=prelim) or subchapter V of this chapter may be afforded the person during the period beginning on the person’s eighteenth birthday, or on the successful completion of the person’s secondary schooling, whichever first occurs, and ending on the person’s twenty-sixth birthday, except that—
(1) if the person is above the age of compulsory school attendance under applicable State law, and the Secretary determines that the person’s best interests will be served thereby, such period may begin before the person’s eighteenth birthday;
(2) if the person has a mental or physical handicap, and the Secretary determines that the person’s best interests will be served by pursuing a program of special restorative training or a specialized course of vocational training approved under [section 3536 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3536&num=0&edition=prelim), such period may begin before the person’s eighteenth birthday, but not before the person’s fourteenth birthday;
(3) if the Secretary first finds that the parent from whom eligibility is derived has a service-connected total disability permanent in nature, or if the death of the parent from whom eligibility is derived occurs, after the eligible person’s eightee
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The Secretary may, upon request, arrange for educational or vocational counseling for persons eligible for benefits under this chapter to assist such persons in selecting their educational, vocational, or professional objectives and in developing their programs of education.
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**(a)** The aggregate period for which any person may receive assistance under two or more of the provisions of law listed below may not exceed 48 months (or the part-time equivalent thereof):
(1) Parts VII or VIII, Veterans Regulation numbered 1(a), as amended.
(2) Title II of the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952.
(3) The War Orphans’ Educational Assistance Act of 1956.
(4) Chapters 30, 32, 33, 34, and 36.
(5) Chapters 107, 1606, 1607, and 1611 of title 10.
(6) Section 903 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 (Public Law 96–342, [10 U.S.C. 2141](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2141&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
(7) The Hostage Relief Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–449, [5 U.S.C. 5561](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5561&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
(8) The Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–399).
**(b)** No person may receive assistance under chapter 31 of this title in combination with assistance under any of the provisions of law cited in subsection (a) of this section in excess of 48 months (or the part-time equivalent thereof) unless the Secretary determines that additional months of benefits under chapter 31 of this title are necessary to accomplish the purposes of a rehabilitation program (as defined in [section 3101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3101&num=0&edition=prelim)) in the individual case.
**(c)** The aggregate period for which any person may receive assistance under chapter 35 of this title, on the one hand, and any of the provisions of law referred to in subsection (a), on the other hand, may not exceed 81 months (or the part-time equiv
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 3501
Sec.
SUBCHAPTER VII—PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH
ARMY AND PHILIPPINE SCOUTS
3565.
Children of certain Philippine veterans.
3566.
Definitions.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2000—Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 111(f)(1)(B), Nov. 1, 2000,
114 Stat. 1831, added item 3564.
1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(b)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406,
renumbered items 1700 to 1766 as 3500 to 3566, respec-
tively.
1989—Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, §§ 406(a)(2), 423(b)(1)(A),
Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2082, 2092, added item 1737 and
substituted ‘‘Secretary’’ for ‘‘Administrator’’ in item
1761.
1988—Pub. L. 100–689, title I, § 124(c)(2), Nov. 18, 1988,
102 Stat. 4175, struck out items 1737 ‘‘Education loans’’
and 1738 ‘‘Accelerated payment of educational assist-
ance allowances’’.
1986—Pub. L. 99–576, title III, § 314(b)(3), Oct. 28, 1986,
100 Stat. 3274, amended items 1720 and 1721 generally.
1977—Pub. L. 95–202, title II, § 201(c)(2), Nov. 23, 1977, 91
Stat. 1438, added item 1738.
1976—Pub. L. 94–502, title III, § 309(a), Oct. 15, 1976, 90
Stat. 2391, substituted ‘‘SURVIVORS’ AND DEPEND-
ENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE’’ for ‘‘WAR OR-
PHANS’ AND WIDOWS’ EDUCATION ASSISTANCE’’
in chapter heading.
1974—Pub. L. 93–508, title III, § 303(b), Dec. 3, 1974, 88
Stat. 1592, added item 1737.
1972—Pub. L. 92–540, title IV, § 405, Oct. 24, 1972, 86
Stat. 1091, substituted in item 1733 ‘‘Special assistance
for the educationally disadvantaged’’ for ‘‘Measure-
ment of courses’’, in item 1734 ‘‘Apprenticeship or other
on-job training; correspondence courses’’ for ‘‘Over-
charges by educational institutions’’, and in item 1736
‘‘Specialized vocational training courses’’ for ‘‘Dis-
continuance of allowances’’, and struck out item 1722
‘‘Change of progra
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