38 U.S.C. § 3500 — Purpose

Page 775 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 program’’, item 1725 ‘‘Period of operation for approval’’, and item 1737 ‘‘Specialized vocational training courses’’. 1970—Pub. L. 91–219, title II, § 207(b), Mar. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 82, inserted item 1763. 1968—Pub. L. 90–631, § 2(a)(2), (h)(1), Oct. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 1332, 1333, inserted ‘‘AND WIDOWS’ ’’ after ‘‘WAR ORPHANS’ ’’ in chapter heading, and added item 1700. 1966—Pub. L. 89–613, § 2, Sept. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 862, added heading of Subchapter VII ‘‘PHILIPPINE COM- MONWEALTH ARMY AND PHILIPPINE SCOUTS’’ and items 1765 and 1766. Pub. L. 89–358, § 3(a)(10), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 21, struck out items 1726, 1763 to 1768, and subchapter VII heading and items 1771 to 1778 thereunder. 1963—Pub. L. 88–126, § 5, Sept. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 163, added heading of Subchapter VII ‘‘STATE APPROVING AGENCIES’’ and items 1771 to 1778. SUBCHAPTER I—DEFINITIONS § 3500. Purpose The Congress hereby declares that the edu- cational 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 dis- ease or injury incurred or aggravated in the Armed Forces after the beginning of the Span- ish-American War, and for the purpose of aiding such children in attaining the educational sta- tus 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 sur- viving spouses of veterans who died of service- connected disabilities and to spouses of veterans with a service-connected total disability perma- nent 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 serv- ice disability, could have expected to provide for the veteran’s family. (Added Pub. L. 90–631, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 1331, § 1700; amended Pub. L. 94–502, title III, § 310(1), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2391; renum- bered § 3500, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1700 of this title as this section. 1976—Pub. L. 94–502 substituted ‘‘surviving spouses’’ for ‘‘widows’’, ‘‘spouses’’ for ‘‘wives’’, and ‘‘the vet- eran’s’’ for ‘‘his’’ in two places. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 94–502 effective Oct. 15, 1976, see section 703(b) of Pub. L. 94–502, set out as an Effec- tive Date note under section 3693 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 90–631, § 6(a), Oct. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 1335, pro- vided that: ‘‘The amendments made by the first section and sections 2, 3, and 5 of this Act [see Tables for classi- fication] shall take effect on the first day of the second calendar month which begins after the date of the en- actment of this Act [Oct. 23, 1968].’’ § 3501. Definitions (a) For the purposes of this chapter and chap- ter 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 sus- tained 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 sec- tion 556 of title 37 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) cap- tured 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 result- ing from a service-connected disability sus- tained during a period of qualifying service,