Pub. L. 94-502, tit. V, sec. 513

Sec. 513. (a) Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out in section 1771(a) “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “such”; (2) by striking out in section 1775(a) “he” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Commissioner”; (3) by striking out in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1777 “he”, “Kim”, “his” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “the veteran or person”, “the veteran or person”, and “such veteran’s or person’s”, respectively; (4) by striking out in section 1779(b) “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator’s”; (5) by striking out in subsections (a) and (b) of section 1780 “his”, “wife or widow”, and “wife’s or widow’s” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran’s or person’s”, “spouse or surviving spouse”, and “spouse’s or surviving spouse’s”, respectively; (6) by striking out in subsections (c) and (d) of section 1780 “his” and “he” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran’s or person’s” and “the veteran or person”, respectively; (7) by inserting “may” immediately before “need” in section 1780(d)(1); (8) by inserting immediately after the fourth sentence in section 1780(d) (2) the following new sentence: “An advance pay-90 STAT. 2403ment may not be made under this subsection to any veteran or person unless the veteran or person requests such payment and the Administrator finds that the educational institution at which such veteran or person is accepted or enrolled has agreed to, and can satisfactorily, carry out the provisions of paragraphs 5(B) and (C) and (6) of this subsection.” (9) by striking out section 1780(e) and the heading thereto ; (10) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) of section 1780 as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively, and by adding at the end of such subsection (g) (as so redesignated) the following : “Subject to such reports and proof as the Administrator may require to show an eligible veteran’s or eligible person’s enrollment in and satisfactory pursuit of such person’s program, the Administrator is authorized to withhold the final payment of benefits to such person until the required proof is received and the amount of the final payment is appropriately adjusted.”; (11) by striking out in section 1780(f) “him” and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran or person”; (12) by striking out in section 1780(h) “he” the first time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator” and by striking out “he” the second time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “the veteran or person” ; (13) by striking out in section 1781 “him” and inserting in lieu thereof “such person”; (14) by striking out in section 1783(a) “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “such officer’s or employee’s”; (15) by striking out in section 1783(b) “he” the first time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “such person” and by striking out “he” the second time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator”; (16) by striking out in section 1783(d) “he” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator”: (17) by striking out in subsections (a) and (b) of section 1784 “him” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator”; (18) by striking put in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 1786 “wife and widow” and “his” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “spouse or surviving spouse” and “such veteran’s or spouse’s”, respectively ; (19) by striking out in subsections (a), (b),and (d) of section 1790 “he” each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator”; (20) by striking out in subsections (a), (b). and (c) of section 1791 “his” and “he” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “the veteran’s or person’s” and “the Administrator”, respectively; (21) by striking out in section 1794 “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator’s”; (22) by striking out in section 1796(c) (as redesignated by section 513(1) of this Act) “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator’s”; (23) by striking out in section 1798(b) (1) “he” and inserting in lieu thereof “the veteran or person” and by striking out in section 1798(e)(1) “he” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator” ; and 90 STAT. 2404 (24) by striking out in section 1799(d) “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator’s”. (b) The amendments made by paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10) of subsection (a) shall take effect June 1, 1977, and shall apply with respect to educational assistance allowances and subsistence allowances paid under title 38, United States Code, for months after May 1977.