VETERANS’ AND RESERVISTS’ WORK-STUDY PROGRAM.

SEC. 405. VETERANS’ AND RESERVISTS’ WORK-STUDY PROGRAM. (a) Criteria for Determining Work-Study Allowance.—(1) Section 1685(a) is amended— (A) in the second sentence, by striking out “Such” and all that follows through “other applicable enrollment period,” and inserting in lieu thereof “Such work-study allowance shall be paid in an amount equal to the applicable hourly minimum wage times the number of hours worked during the applicable period, in return for such individual’s agreement to perform services, during or between periods of enrollment, aggregating not more than a number of hours equal to 25 times the number of weeks in the semester or other applicable enrollment period,”; (B) by striking out the third and fourth sentences; (C) by inserting “(1)” after “(a)”; and 103 STAT. 2081 (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the term ‘applicable hourly minimum wage’ means (A) the hourly minimum wage under section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)), or (B) the hourly minimum wage under comparable law of the State in which the services are to be performed, if such wage is higher than the wage referred to in clause (A) and the Secretary has made a determination to pay such higher wage.”. (2) Section 1685(b) is amended by striking out “subsection (a)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (a)(1)”. (b) Selected Reservists’ Work-Study Assignments.—The second sentence of section 1685(a), as amended by subsection (a)(1)(A), is further amended— (1) in clause (3), by striking out “or” at the end; and (2) by striking out the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof “, or (5) in the case of an individual who is receiving educational assistance under chapter 106 of title 10, activities relating to the administration of such chapter at Department of Defense facilities.”. (c) Eligibility.—Section 1685(b) is amended— (1) in the first sentence by striking out “veteran-students who are pursuing” and all that follows through the period and inserting in lieu thereof “individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under chapter 30, 31, 32, or 34 of this title or chapter 106 of title 10, at a rate equal to at least three-quarters of that required of a full-time student.”; and (2) in the last sentence by striking out “the veteran ceases to be” through “the veteran” and inserting in lieu thereof “an individual ceases to be at least a three-quarter-time student before completing such agreement, the individual”. (d) Technical Amendments.—(1) Section 1685(b) is amended by striking out “per centum” and inserting in lieu thereof “percent”. (2) Section 1685 is amended— (A) by striking out “Veteran-students” in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof “Individuals”; (B) by striking out “veteran-students” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “individuals”; (C) by striking out “A veteran-student” in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof “An individual”; (D) by striking out “veteran-student’s” in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof “individual’s”; (E) by striking out “veterans” in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof “individuals”; (F) by striking out “veteran” each place it appears, other than in subsection (c)(4), and inserting in lieu thereof “individual”; and (G) by striking out “veteran’s” in subsection (c)(2) and inserting in lieu thereof “individual’s”. (3) Section 2136(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out “and 1683” and inserting in lieu thereof “1683, and 1685”. (4)(A) The section heading of section 1685 is amended to read as follows; 103 STAT. 2082 “§ 1685. Work-study allowance”. (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 34 is amended by striking out the item for section 1685 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “1685. Work-study allowance.”. (e) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on May 1, 1990, and shall apply to services performed on or after that date.