reporting fee

reporting fee Sec. 308. (a) Section 1784 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by— (1) adding at the end of the catchline the following: reporting fee”: (2) striking out “Educational” at the beginning of such section and inserting in lieu thereof: “(a) Educational”; and (3) adding at the end thereof a new subsection (b) as follows: “(b) The Administrator may pay to any educational institution furnishing education under either chapter 34 or 35 of this title, a reporting fee which will be in lieu of any other compensation or reimbursement for reports or certifications which such educational institution is required to report to him by law or regulation. Such reporting fee shall be computed for each calendar year by multiplying $3 by the number of eligible veterans enrolled under chapter 34 of this title, plus the number of eligible persons enrolled under chapter 35 of this title, on October 31 of that year; except that the Administrator may, where it is established by the educational institution that eligible veteran plus eligible person enrollment on such date varies more than 15 per centum from the peak eligible veteran plus eligible person enrollment in such institution during such calendar year, establish such other date as representative of the peak enrollment as may be justified for that institution. The reporting fee shall be paid to the educational institution as soon as feasible after the end of the calendar year for which it is applicable.” (b) The table of sections at the head of chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out: “1784. Reports by institutions.”. and inserting in lieu thereof: “1784. eports by institutions; reporting fee.”.