Pub. L. 82-550, tit. II, pt. I, sec. 201

Sec. 201. For the purposes of this title— (1) the term “basic service period” means the period beginning on June 27, 1950, and ending on such date as shall be determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress; (2) the term “eligible veteran” means any person who is not in the active service in the Armed Forces and who— (A) has served in the active service in the Armed Forces at any time during the basic service period, (B) has been discharged or released from such active service under conditions other than dishonorable, and (C) has served in the active service in the Armed Forces for ninety days or more (exclusive of any period he was assigned by the Armed Forces to a civilian institution for a course of education or training which was substantially the same as established courses offered to civilians, or as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies), or has been discharged or released from active service by reason of an actual service-incurred injury or disability; (3) the term “program of education or training” means any single unit course or subject, any curriculum, or any combination of unit courses or subjects, which is generally accepted as necessary to fulfill 66 Stat. 664requirements for the attainment of a predetermined and identified educational, professional, or vocational objective; (4) the term “course” means an organized unit of subject matter in which instruction is offered within a given period of time or which covers a specific amount of related subject matter for which credit toward graduation or certification is usually given; (5) the term “dependent” means— (A) a child (as defined in paragraph VI of Veterans Regulation Numbered 10, as amended) of an eligible veteran, (B) a parent (as defined in paragraph VII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 10, as amended) of an eligible veteran, if the parent is in fact dependent upon the veteran, and (C) the wife of an eligible veteran, or, in the case of an eligible veteran who is a woman, her husband if he is in fact dependent upon the veteran; (6) the term “educational institution” means any public or private elementary school, secondary school, vocational school, correspondence school, business school, junior college, teachers college, college, normal school, professional school, university, scientific or technical institution, or other institution furnishing education for adults; (7) the term “training establishment” means any business or other establishment providing apprentice or other training on the job, including those under the supervision of a college or university or any State department of education, or any State apprenticeship agency, or any State board of vocational education, or any joint apprentice committee, or the Bureau of Apprenticeship established in accordance with Public Law 308, Seventy-fifth Congress, or any agency of the Federal Government authorized to supervise such training; (8) the term “Armed Forces” means the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard of the United States; (9) the term “State” means the several States, the Territories and possessions of the United States, and the District of Columbia; (10) the term “Administrator” means the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs; (11) the term “Commissioner” means the United States Commissioner of Education.