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38 U.S.C. § 7624 — Breach of agreement: liability
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**(a)** A participant in the Tuition Reimbursement Program who fails to maintain employment as a Department employee permanently assigned to a Department health-care facility—
(1) may not be provided reimbursement for tuition for the course or courses in which the participant is enrolled; and
(2) in lieu of any service obligation arising from participation in the program, shall be liable to the United States for the amount which has been paid or is payable to or on behalf of the participant under the agreement, reduced by the proportion that the number of days served for completion of the service obligation bears to the total number of days in the participant’s period of obligated service.
**(b)** Any amount of damages which the United States is entitled to recover under this section shall be paid to the United States within the one-year period beginning on the date of the breach of the agreement.
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**(a)** A participant in the Tuition Reimbursement Program who fails to maintain employment as a Department employee permanently assigned to a Department health-care facility—
(1) may not be provided reimbursement for tuition for the course or courses in which the participant is enrolled; and
(2) in lieu of any service obligation arising from participation in the program, shall be liable to the United States for the amount which has been paid or is payable to or on behalf of the participant under the agreement, reduced by the proportion that the number of days served for completion of the service obligation bears to the total number of days in the participant’s period of obligated service.
**(b)** Any amount of damages which the United States is entitled to recover under this section shall be paid to the United States within the one-year period beginning on the date of the breach of the agreement.
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**(a)**
(1) A person who receives from the Secretary a notification pursuant to section 4322(e) may request that the Secretary refer the complaint for litigation before the Merit Systems Protection Board. Not later than 60 days after the date the Secretary receives such a request, the Secretary shall refer the complaint to the Office of Special Counsel established by [section 1211 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section1211&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2)
(A) If the Special Counsel is reasonably satisfied that the person on whose behalf a complaint is referred under paragraph (1) is entitled to the rights or benefits sought, the Special Counsel (upon the request of the person submitting the complaint) may appear on behalf of, and act as attorney for, the person and initiate an action regarding such complaint before the Merit Systems Protection Board.
(B) Not later than 60 days after the date the Special Counsel receives a referral under paragraph (1), the Special Counsel shall—
(i) make a decision whether to represent a person before the Merit Systems Protection Board under subparagraph (A); and
(ii) notify such person in writing of such decision.
**(b)** A person may submit a complaint against a Federal executive agency or the Office of Personnel Management under this subchapter directly to the Merit Systems Protection Board if that person—
(1) has chosen not to apply to the Secretary for assistance under section 4322(a);
(2) has received a notification from the Secretary under section 4322(e);
(3) has chosen not to be represented before the Board by the Special Counsel pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A); or
(4) has received a notification of a decision from the Special Counsel under subsection (a)(2)(B) d
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 7624
may not exceed $2,000 per year (adjusted in ac-
cordance with section 7631 of this title).
(e) The Secretary may arrange with an edu-
cational institution pursuant to which such an
institution would provide a course or courses at
a Department health-care facility to partici-
pants in the Tuition Reimbursement Program.
Under such an arrangement, the Secretary may
agree to pay to the institution an amount not in
excess of an amount determined by multiplying
the number of participants in such a course by
the amount of tuition reimbursement each par-
ticipant would receive for enrolling and success-
fully completing such course.
(Added Pub. L. 100–322, title II, § 216(b), May 20,
1988, 102 Stat. 525, § 4322; renumbered § 7622 and
amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1),
(d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L.
102–54, § 14(e)(9), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 287; Pub.
L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991,
105 Stat. 404, 405; Pub. L. 103–446, title XII,
§ 1201(b), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4682.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1994—Subsecs.
(b)(1),
(c)(2)(A).
Pub.
L.
103–446,
§ 1201(b)(1), substituted ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion’’ for ‘‘Department of Medicine and Surgery’’.
Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 103–446, § 1201(b)(2), sub-
stituted ‘‘the Veterans Health Administration’’ for
‘‘such Department’’.
1991—Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(b)(1), renumbered section
4322 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted
‘‘Secretary’’ for ‘‘Administrator’’.
Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), substituted ‘‘Department’’
for ‘‘Veterans’ Administration’’ in two places.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted
‘‘Secretary’’ for ‘‘Ad
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