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Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits

Part III · Chapter 35 — Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance

§ 3537. Work-study allowance

Statutory text

(a)

Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall utilize, in connection with the activities described in section 3485(a) of this title, the services of any eligible person who is pursuing, in a State, at least a three-quarter-time program of education (other than a course of special restorative training) and shall pay to such person an additional educational assistance allowance (hereinafter in this section referred to as “work-study allowance”) in return for such eligible person’s agreement to perform such services. The amount of the work-study allowance shall be determined in accordance with section 3485(a) of this title.

(b)

The Secretary’s utilization of, and payment of a work-study allowance for, the services of an eligible person pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the same requirements, terms, and conditions as are set out in section 3485 of this title with regard to individuals pursuing at least three-quarter-time programs of education referred to in subsection (b) of such section.

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 Education and Employment Amendments of 1989

    Pub. L. 101–237 title IV § 406(a)(1) · 103 Stat. 2062

    Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 3537

    Added Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 406(a)(1), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2082, § 1737

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 406(a)(1), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2082, § 1737

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Subchapter IV of chapter 35 is amended by inserting after section 1736 the following new section: “§ 1737. Work-study allowance “(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall utilize, in connection with the activities described in section 1685(a) of this title, the services of any eligible person who is pursuing, in a State, at least a three-quarter-time program of education (other than a course of special restorative training) and shall pay to such person an additional educational assistance allowance (hereafter in this section referred to as ‘work-study allowance’) in return for such eligible person’s agreement to perform such services. The amount of the work-study allowance shall be determined in accordance with section 1685(a) of this title. “(b) The Secretary’s utilization of, and payment of a work-study allowance for, the services of an eligible person pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the same requirements, terms, and conditions as are set out in section 1685 of this title with regard to individuals pursuing at least three-quarter-time programs of education referred to in subsection (b) of such section.”.

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

    Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 3537

    Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 1737 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 1737 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. § 3537(a)

    Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3485(a)” for “1685(a)” in two places

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3485(a)” for “1685(a)” in two places.

    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.

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

    Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 3537(b)

    Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3485” for “1685”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3485” for “1685”.

    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.

  5. Veterans’ Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 2001

    Pub. L. 107–14 § 8(a)(16) · 115 Stat. 25

    Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 3537(a)

    Pub. L. 107–14 substituted “hereinafter” for “hereafter”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–14 substituted “hereinafter” for “hereafter”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (16) The following provisions are each amended by striking “hereafter” and inserting “hereinafter”: sections 545(a)(1), 1710B(e)(l), 3485(a)(l), 3537(a), 3722(a), 3763(a), 5121(a), 7101(a), 7105(b)(l), 7671, 7672(e)(l)(B), 7681(a)(1), 7801, and 8520(a).

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1991–2001 · 2 rounds

2001

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–14 substituted “hereinafter” for “hereafter”.

1991

Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 1737 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3485(a)” for “1685(a)” in two places.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3485” for “1685”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 406(b), , 103 Stat. 2082, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] shall take effect on .”

Credits

1989–2001 · 3 acts
  1. 1989Added Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 406(a)(1), , 103 Stat. 2082, § 1737
  2. 1991renumbered § 3537 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), , 105 Stat. 406
  3. 2001Pub. L. 107–14, § 8(a)(16), , 115 Stat. 35.
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(Added Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 406(a)(1), , 103 Stat. 2082, § 1737; renumbered § 3537 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), , 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 107–14, § 8(a)(16), , 115 Stat. 35.)

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