§ 3500. Purpose

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. 1968

   Pub. L. 90–631 § 2(a)(1) · 82 Stat. 1331

   Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 3500

   Added Pub. L. 90–631, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 1331, § 1700

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 90–631, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 1331, § 1700

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 38, United States 72 Stat. 1193. 38 USC 1701. Code, is amended by inserting immediately before section 1701 the following new section: “§ 1700. Purpose War orphans’ educational assistance. “The Congress hereby declares that the educational program established by this chapter is for the purpose of providing opportunities for education to children whose education would otherwise be impeded or interrupted by reason of the disability or death of a parent from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in the Armed Forces after the beginning of the Spanish-American War, and for the purpose of aiding such children in attaining the educational status which they might normally have aspired to and obtained but for the disability or death of such parent. The Congress further declares that the educational program extended to the widows of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities and to wives of veterans with st service-connected total disability permanent in nature is for the purpose of assisting them in preparing to support themselves and their families at a standard of living level which the veteran, but for his death or service disability, could have expected to provide for his family.”

2. 1976

   Veterans’ Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976

   Pub. L. 94–502 title III § 310(1) · 90 Stat. 2383

   1. Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 3500

      Pub. L. 94–502 substituted “surviving spouses” for “widows” in two places

   2. Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 3500

      Pub. L. 94–502 substituted “spouses” for “wives” in two places

   3. Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 3500

      Pub. L. 94–502 substituted “the veteran’s” for “his” in two places

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–502 substituted “surviving spouses” for “widows”, “spouses” for “wives”, and “the veteran’s” for “his” in two places.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by striking out in section 1700 “widows”, “wives”, and “his” 38 USC 1700. each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouses”, “spouses”, and “the veteran’s”, respectively;

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 94–502 effective Oct. 15, 1976, see section 703(b) of Pub. L. 94–502, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3693 of this title.

3. 1991

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

   Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 3500

   Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1700 of this title as this section

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1700 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.

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