PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.

SEC. 413. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. (a) Section 1788 is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after “three hours” in clause (C) of the penultimate sentence the following: “(or three 50-minute periods)”; and (2) in subsection (c), by inserting after “three hours” in the second sentence the following: “(or three 50-minute periods)”. (b) Through July 1, 1990, no provision of law shall preclude the Department of Veterans Affairs, in making determinations of the active-duty or Selected Reserve status, or the character of service, of individuals receiving benefits under chapter 30 or 32 of title 38, United States Code, or chapter 106 of title 10, United States Code, from continuing to use any category of information provided by the Department of Defense or Department of Transportation that the Department of Veterans Affairs was using prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, if the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that the information has proven to be sufficiently reliable in making such determinations.