38 U.S.C. § 3482
Computation of educational assistance allowances
United States · Title 38 — VETERANS’ BENEFITS · Status: effective
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Column I
Column
II
Column
III
Column
IV
Column V
Type of
program
No
dependents
One
dependent
Two
dependents
More than
two
dependents
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 time
283
336
383
24
Half-time
188
224
255
17
Cooperative
304
355
404
23
The educational assistance allowance of an individual pursuing a program of education—
An eligible veteran who is enrolled in an educational institution for a “farm cooperative” program consisting of institutional agricultural courses prescheduled to fall within 44 weeks of any period of 12 consecutive months and who pursues such program on—
Column I
Column
II
Column
III
Column
IV
Column V
Basis
No
dependents
One
dependent
Two
dependents
More than
two
dependents
The amount in column IV, plus the following for each dependent in excess of two:
Full-time
$304
$355
$404
$23
Three-quarter time
228
266
303
18
Half-time
152
178
202
12
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase vocational rehabilitation subsistence allowances, educational and training assistance allowances, and special allowances paid to eligible veterans and persons under chapters 31, 34, and 35 of such title; to improve and expand the special programs for educationally disadvantaged veterans and servicemen under chapter 34 of such title; to improve and expand the veteran student services program; to establish an education loan program for veterans and persons eligible for benefits under chapter 34 or 35 of such title; to make other improvements in the educational assistance program and in the administration of educational benefits; to promote the employment of veterans and the wives and widows of certain veterans by improving and expanding the provisions governing the operation of the Veterans Employment Service, by increasing the employment of veterans by Federal contractors and subcontractors, and by providing for an action plan for the employment of disabled and Vietnam era veterans within the Federal Government; to codify and expand veterans reemployment rights; and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Columbia, Missouri, as the "Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital"; to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance and special training allowances paid to certain eligible veterans and persons; and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans Health Care Amendments of 1983House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Amendments of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Veterans Affairs Codification ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000House: 417–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally