Pub. L. 93-508, tit. I, sec. 105

Sec. 105. (a) The Administrator shall carry out directly a thorough study and investigation of the administrative difficulties and opportunities or abuse that would be occasioned by enactment of some form of variable tuition assistance allowance program, with reference to such difficulties and abuses experienced by the Veterans’ Administration after the end of World War II in carrying out the provisions of Veterans’ Regulation Numbered 1(a), relating to the payment of tuition and related expenses for veterans of World War II pursuing a program of education or training under the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, and to any such difficulties and abuses presently being experienced by the Veterans’ Administration in carrying out existing tuition assistance programs under title 38, United States Code, including chapter 31 vocational rehabilitation, correspondence courses, flight training and PREP, and of ways in which any such difficulties and abuses could be avoided or minimized through legislative or administrative action so as to ensure an expeditious, orderly, and effective implementation of any tuition assistance allowance program. (b) In carrying out the study and investigation required by subsection (a), the Administrator shall consult with and solicit the views and suggestions of interested veterans’ organizations, educational groups and associations, persons receiving assistance under chapters 31, 34, 35 and 36 of title 38, United States Code, other Federal departments and agencies, and other interested parties. (c) The Administrator shall report to the Congress and the President not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act on the results of the study and investigation carried out under this section, including any recommendations for legislative or administrative action.