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Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits

Part III · Chapter 30 — All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program

§ 3019. Tutorial assistance

Statutory text

(a)

An individual entitled to an educational assistance allowance under this chapter shall also be entitled to benefits provided an eligible veteran under section 3492 of this title, subject to the conditions applicable to an eligible veteran under such section.

(b)

The amount of such benefits payable under this section may not exceed $100 per month, for a maximum of twelve months, or until a maximum of $1,200 is utilized. This amount is in addition to the amount of educational assistance allowance payable to the individual under this chapter.

(c)
(1)

An individual’s period of entitlement to educational assistance under this chapter shall be charged only with respect to the amount of tutorial assistance paid to the individual under this section in excess of $600.

(2)

An individual’s period of entitlement to educational assistance under this chapter shall be charged at the rate of one month for each amount of assistance paid to the individual under this section in excess of $600 that is equal to the amount of the monthly educational assistance allowance which the individual is otherwise eligible to receive for full-time pursuit of an institutional course under this chapter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Veterans’ Benefits and Programs Improvement Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–689 title I § 107(a)(1) · 102 Stat. 4161

    Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 3019

    Added Pub. L. 100–689, title I, § 107(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4167, § 1419

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 100–689, title I, § 107(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4167, § 1419

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Subchapter II of chapter 30 is amended by adding at the end the following new section (after the section added by section 103(a) of this Act): “§ 1419. Tutorial assistance “(a) An individual entitled to an educational assistance allowance under this chapter shall also be entitled to benefits provided an eligible veteran under section 1692 of this title, subject to the conditions applicable to an eligible veteran under such section. “(b) The amount of such benefits payable under this section may not exceed $100 per month, for a maximum of twelve months, or until a maximum of $1,200 is utilized. This amount is in addition to the amount of educational assistance allowance payable to the individual under this chapter. “(c) (1) An individual’s period of entitlement to educational assistance under this chapter shall be charged only with respect to the amount of tutorial assistance paid to the individual under this section in excess of $600. “(2) An individual’s period of entitlement to educational assistance under this chapter shall be charged at the rate of one month for each amount of assistance paid to the individual under this section in excess of $600 that is equal to the amount of the monthly educational assistance allowance which the individual is otherwise eligible to receive for full-time pursuit of an institutional course under this chapter.”.

  2. Pub. L. 102–83 § 5(a) · 105 Stat. 378

    Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 3019

    Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 1419 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 1419 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Redesignation of Sections to Conform to Chapter Numbers.— Each section contained in any of chapters 11 through 23 is redesignated by replacing the first digit of the section number with the number of the chapter containing that section. Each section contained in any of chapters 24 through 42 is redesignated so that the first two digits of the section number of that section are the same as the chapter number of the chapter containing that section.

  3. Pub. L. 102–83 § 5(c)(1) · 105 Stat. 378

    Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 3019(a)

    Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3492” for “1692”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3492” for “1692”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Each provision of title 38, United States Code, that contains a reference to a section redesignated by subsection (a) is amended so that the reference refers to the section as redesignated.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 1419 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3492” for “1692”.

Credits

1988–1991 · 2 acts
  1. 1988Added Pub. L. 100–689, title I, § 107(a)(1), , 102 Stat. 4167, § 1419
  2. 1991renumbered § 3019 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), , 105 Stat. 406.
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(Added Pub. L. 100–689, title I, § 107(a)(1), , 102 Stat. 4167, § 1419; renumbered § 3019 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), , 105 Stat. 406.)

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