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Public Law 91-207
91st Congress, H. R. 11651

March 12, 1970

An Act

To amend the National School Lunch Act, as amended, to provide funds and authorities to the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of providing free or reduced-price meals to needy children not now being reached.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1752) is amended by inserting after section 13 the following new section:

"TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO NEEDY CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS

"SEC. 13A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, under such terms and conditions as he deems in the public interest, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to use an additional amount, not to exceed $30,000,000, of funds from section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), to supplement funds heretofore made available to carry out programs during the fiscal year 1970 to improve the nutrition of needy children in public and nonprofit private schools participating in the national school lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.)."

Approved March 12, 1970.

84 STAT. 51

National School
Lunch Act,
amendment.
60 Stat. 230.
42 USC 1751-
1761.

49 Stat. 774.

80 Stat. 885.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 91-379 (Comm. on Education & Labor).
SENATE REPORT No. 91-707 (Comm. on Agriculture & Forestry).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

Vol. 115 (1969): July 21, Considered and passed House.
Vol. 116 (1970): Feb. 20, Considered and passed Senate,

amended.

Feb. 26, House concurred in Senate

amendment.

91st Congress, H. R. 11959
March 26, 1970

An Act

84 STAT. 76

To amend chapters 31, 34, and 35 of title 38, United States Code, in order to increase the rates of vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, and special training allowance paid to eligible veterans and persons under such chapters; to amend chapters 34, 35, and 36 of such title to make certain improvements in the educational programs for eligible veterans and dependents; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Veterans Education and Training Amendments Act of 1970".

TITLE I-INCREASE IN EDUCATIONAL AND VOCA-
TIONAL REHABILITATION SUBSISTENCE ALLOW-
ANCES

SEC. 101. Section 1504 (b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

"(b) The subsistence allowance of a veteran-trainee is to be determined in accordance with the following table, and shall be the monthly amount shown in column II, III, or IV (whichever is applicable as determined by the veteran's dependency status) opposite the appropriate type of training as specified in column I:

Veterans
Education and
Training Act of
1970.

79 Stat. 576; 82 Stat 447.

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Where any full-time trainee has more than two dependents and is not eligible to receive additional compensation as provided by section 315 or section 335 (whichever is applicable) of this title, the subsistence allowance prescribed in column IV of the foregoing table shall be increased by an additional $6 per month for each dependent in excess of two."

SEC. 102. The last sentence of section 1677(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out in the last sentence thereof "$130" and inserting in lieu thereof "$175".

SEC. 103. (a) The table (prescribing educational assistance allowance rates for eligible veterans pursuing educational programs on half

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84 STAT, 77

81 Stat. 184.

time or more basis) contained in paragraph (1) of section 1682 (a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

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82 Stat. 1333.

(b) Section 1682 (b) of such title is amended by striking out "$130" and inserting in lieu thereof "$175".

(c) Section 1682 (c) (2) of such title is amended by striking out "$130" and inserting in lieu thereof "$175".

(d) The table (prescribing educational assistance allowance rates for eligible veterans pursuing a farm cooperative program) contained in section 1682 (d) (2) of such title is amended to read as follows:

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81 Stat. 186.

(e) The table (prescribing educational assistance allowance rates for eligible veterans pursuing an apprenticeship or other on-job training) contained in section 1683 (b) of such title is amended to read as follows:

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Allowance computation. 72 Stat. 1198; 79 Stat. 896.

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SEC. 104. (a) Section 1732 (a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

"(a) (1) The educational assistance allowance on behalf of an eligible person who is pursuing a program of education consisting of institutional courses shall be computed at the rate of (A) $175 per month if pursued on a full-time basis, (B) $128 per month if pursued on a three-quarter-time basis, and (C) $81 per month if pursued on a half-time basis.

"(2) The educational assistance allowance on behalf of an eligible person pursuing a program of education on less than a half-time basis

84 STAT. 78

shall be computed at the rate of (A) the established charges for tuition and fees which the institution requires other individuals enrolled in the same program to pay, or (B) $175 per month for a full-time course, whichever is the lesser."

(b) Section 1732 (b) of such title is amended by striking out "$105" 72 Stat. 11981 and inserting in lieu thereof "$141",

(c) Section 1742 (a) of such title is amended to read as follows:
(a) While the eligible person is enrolled in and pursuing a full-
time course of special restorative training, the parent or guardian shall
be entitled to receive on his behalf a special training allowance com-
puted at the basic rate of $175 per month. If the charges for tuition
and fees applicable to any such course are more than $55 per calendar
month the basic monthly allowance may be increased by the amount
that such charges exceed $55 a month, upon election by the parent or
guardian of the eligible person to have such person's period of entitle-
ment reduced by one day for each $6.80 that the special training allow-
ance paid exceeds the basic monthly allowance."

TITLE II-MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO VETER-
ANS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATION PROGRAMS

SEC. 201. (a) Subsection (b) of section 1652 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence as follows: "Such term also means any curriculum of unit courses or subjects pursued at an educational institution which fulfill require, ments for the attainment of more than one predetermined and identified educational, professional, or vocational objective if all the objectives pursued are generally recognized as being reasonably related to a single career field."

79 Stat. 896. Special training

allowance.

"Program of

Education."

80 Stat. 13.

(b) Subsection (c) of section 1652 of such title is amended to read "Educational as follows:

"(c) The term 'educational institution' means any public or private elementary school, secondary school, vocational school, correspondence school, business school, junior college, teachers' college, college, normal school, professional school, university, or scientific or technical institution, or other institution furnishing education for adults." SEC. 202. Section 1673 (a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible veteran in—

"(1) any bartending course or personality development course; "(2) any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training within a specific vocational field, unless the eligible veteran or the institution offering such course submits justification showing that at least one-half of the persons completing such course over the preceding two-year period have been employed in the sales or sales management field; or

"(3) any type of course which the Administrator finds to be avocational or recreational in character unless the veteran submits justification showing that the course will be of bona fide use in the pursuit of his present or contemplated business or occupation."

SEC. 203. (a) Subsection (a) of section 1677 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out the material preceding clause (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

institution."

Certain courses, disapproval.

Flight training. 81 Stat. 185.

84 STAT, 79

81 Stat. 185.

82 Stat. 1331.

81 Stat. 188. Allowance computation. 80 Stat. 18.

Post, p.

80 Stat. 12; 81 Stat. 186. 38 USC 16511687.

80 Stat. 15.

"(a) The Administrator may approve the pursuit by an eligible veteran of flight training where such training is generally accepted as necessary for the attainment of a recognized vocational objective in the field of aviation or where generally recognized as ancillary to the pursuit of a vocational endeavor other than aviation, subject to the following conditions:".

(b) Section 1677 (a) (1) of such title is amended by deleting "or must have satisfactorily completed the number of hours of flight training instruction required for a private pilot's license,”.

SEC. 204. (a) Chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by

(1) striking out "section 1678 of this title" in section 1661 (c) and inserting "subchapters V and VI of this chapter";

(2) striking out section 1678;

(3) inserting immediately after the period at the end of section 1682(b) the following: "Notwithstanding provisions of section 1681 of this title, payment of the educational assistance allowance provided by this subsection may, and the educational assistance allowance provided by section 1696 (b) shall, be made to an eligible veteran in an amount computed for the entire quarter, semester, or term during the month immediately following the month in which certification is received from the educational institution that the veteran has enrolled in and is pursuing a program at such institution."; and

(4) adding at the end of chapter 34 the following new subchapters:

"Subchapter V-Special Assistance for the Educationally Disadvantaged

❝g 1690. Purpose

"It is the purpose of this subchapter (1) to encourage and assist veterans who have academic deficiencies to attain a high school education or its equivalent and to qualify for and pursue courses of higher education, (2) to assist eligible veterans to pursue postsecondary education through tutorial assistance where required, and (3) to encourage educational institutions to develop programs which provide special tutorial, remedial, preparatory, or other educational or supplementary

assistance to such veterans.

"§ 1691. Elementary and secondary education and preparatory
educational assistance

"(a) In the case of any eligible veteran not on active duty who-
"(1) has not received a secondary school diploma (or an equiv-
alency certificate) at the time of his discharge or release from
active duty, or

"(2) in order to pursue a program of education for which he would otherwise be eligible, needs refresher courses, deficiency courses, or other preparatory or special educational assistance to qualify for admission to an appropriate educational institution, the Administrator may, without regard to so much of the provisions of section 1671 as prohibit the enrollment of an eligible veteran in a program of education in which he is 'already qualified', approve the enrollment of such veteran in an appropriate course or courses or other special educational assistance program.

"(b) The Administrator shall pay to an eligible veteran pursuing

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