HR 5461 · 98th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Veterans Readjustment Act of 1984
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(1984-04-12)
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Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1984 - Title I: Education and Training Rate Increases - Increases the rates of educational and subsistence allowances for eligible veterans and their dependents and survivors. Title II: Educational Assistance Program Adjustments - Amends the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program to provide assistance to eligible veterans pursuing a farm cooperative apprenticeship or other on-job training program in the same manner as provided to those pursuing correspondence training. Permits the Administrator to pay accelerated education assistance benefits when an eligible individual is pursuing a short-term, high-cost program. Tolls the ten-year delimiting period for the provision of educational assistance if an otherwise eligible veteran was prevented from completing the chosen program of education because of a physical or mental disability beyond the control of such veteran. Extends eligibility for educational assistance to certain graduates of a service academy who served on active duty within a specified period. Requires the Secretary of Defense to reimburse the Administrator of Veterans Affairs for assistance paid or administrative expenses …
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