Supra. Ante, p. 188. 72 Stat. 1194. 79 Stat. 1313; 80 Stat. 861. 38 USC 1701 et seq. "1678. Special training for the educationally disadvantaged." (2) Section 1661 (b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after "subsection (c)" the following: "and in section 1678 of this chapter". (c) Where the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs finds that an eligible veteran has since June 1, 1966, and prior to the enactment of this section, received educational assistance while pursuing a course or courses of education to which he would have been entitled under section 1678 of title 38, United States Code, without charge to entitlement, he may restore to the veteran any period of entitlement expended in the pursuit of such course or courses. PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY, WAR ORPHANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SEC. 307. (a) Section 1712 (a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "twenty-third birthday" each place where it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "twenty-sixth birthday". (b) In the case of any eligible person (within the meaning of section 1701 (a) (1) or 1765(a) of title 38, United States Code) who is made eligible for educational assistance under the provisions of chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code, solely by virtue of the amendments made by subsection (a) of this section, and who on the effective date of this Act is below the age of twenty-six years, the period referred to in section 1712 of such title shall not end with respect to such person until the expiration of the five-year period which begins on the effective date of this Act, excluding from such five-year period any period of time which may elapse between the date on which application for benefits of such chapter 35 is filed on behalf of such person and the date of final approval of such application by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs; but in no event shall educational assistance under such chapter 35 be afforded to any eligible person beyond his thirty-first birthday by reason of this section. REPORTING FEE SEC. 308. (a) Section 1784 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by (1) adding at the end of the catchline the following: "; reporting fee"; (2) striking out "Educational" at the beginning of such section and inserting in lieu thereof: "(a) Educational": and (3) adding at the end thereof a new subsection (b) as follows: "(b) The Administrator may pay to any educational institution furnishing education under either chapter 34 or 35 of this title, a reporting fee which will be in lieu of any other compensation or reimbursement for reports or certifications which such educational institution is required to report to him by law or regulation. Such reporting fee shall be computed for each calendar year by multiplying $3 by the number of eligible veterans enrolled under chapter 34 of this title, plus the number of eligible persons enrolled under chapter 35 of this title, on October 31 of that year; except that the Administrator may, where it is established by the educational institution that eligible veteran plus eligible person enrollment on such date varies more than 15 per centum from the peak eligible veteran plus eligible person enrollment in such institution during such calendar year, establish such other date as representative of the peak enrollment as may be justified for that institution. The reporting fee shall be paid to the educational institution as soon as feasible after the end of the calendar year for which it is applicable." (b) The table of sections at the head of chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out: "1784. Reports by institutions." and inserting in lieu thereof: "1784. Reports by institutions; reporting fee." 7. PROPERTY LIMIT INCREASE FOR THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME (Public Law 90-79, approved Aug. 31, 1967) (NOTE. The act of Mar. 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1044), created a body corporate in the District of Columbia by the name of the American Academy in Rome, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining an institution to promote the study and practice of the fine arts, and to aid and stimulate the education and training of architects, painters, sculptors, and other artists by enabling such citizens of the United States, selected by competition from among those who have passed with honors through leading technical schools, to develop their powers and complete their training under the most favorable conditions of direction and surroundings. As originally enacted the corporation was empowered to hold real estate and personal property in the United States and in the Kingdom of Italy for the necessary use of the organization to an amount not to exceed $1 million. Subsequent acts of Congress, one in 1912, raised this amount to $3 million, and another in 1924, which further increased the amount to $10 million, enlarged the purposes of the Academy.) A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY S. 281 was introduced by Senator Jacob K. Javits, of New York, on January 12, 1967. The bill was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. It was reported in the Senate on May 17, 1967 (S. Rept. 238). It passed the Senate on May 19, 1967. It was referred to the Committee on House Administration on May 22, 1967. It was reported in the House on August 16, 1967 (H. Rept. 557). It passed the House, amended, on August 21, 1967. The Senate agreed to the House amendment on August 23, 1967. The act was approved by the President on August 31, 1967, and became Public Law 90-79. Administrative expenses. Program specifications. Notice to congressional committees. Scientific consultations. (18) Tracking and data acquisition, $290,000,000; (d) Appropriations for "Research and development" may be used (1) for any items of a capital nature (other than acquisition of land) which may be required for the performance of research and development contracts and (2) for grants to nonprofit institutions of higher education, or to nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is the conduct of scientific research, for purchase or construction of additional research facilities; and title to such facilities shall be vested in the United States unless the Administrator determines that the national program of aeronautical and space activities will best be served by vesting title in any such grantee institution or organization. Each such grant shall be made under such conditions as the Administrator shall determine to be required to insure that the United States will receive therefrom benefit adequate to justify the making of that grant. None of the funds appropriated for "Research and development" pursuant to this Act may be used for construction of any major facility, the estimated cost of which, including collateral equipment, exceeds $250,000, unless the Administrator or his designee has notified the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate and the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences of the Senate of the nature, location, and estimated cost of such facility. (e) When so specified in an appropriation Act, (1) any amount appropriated for "Research and development" or for "Construction of facilities" may remain available without fiscal year limitation, and (2) maintenance and operation of facilities, and support services contracts may be entered into under the "Administrative operations" appropriation for periods not in excess of twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year. (f) Appropriations made pursuant to subsection 1(c) may be used, but not to exceed $35,000, for scientific consultations or extraordinary expenses upon the approval or authority of the Administrator and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government. 6. VETERANS' PENSION AND READJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1967: PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION AND TRAINING (Public Law 90-77, approved Aug. 31, 1967) A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY S. 16, the Veterans' Pension and Readjustment Assistance Act of 1967, was introduced on January 11, 1967, by Senator Joseph M. Montoya, of New Mexico, and other Senators. The bill was referred to the Committee on Finance. It was reported in the Senate on January 31, 1967 (S. Rept. 7). It passed the Senate on February 7, 1967, and was referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on February 8, 1967. On March 2, 3, and 6, 1967, the Subcommittee on Pensions of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs held hearings on "Pension Bills and Bills to Provide Additional Wartime Benefits to Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict." H.R. 2068, a bill similar to S. 16, was introduced on March 15, 1967, by Representative Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn of South Carolina. This bill was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and was reported from that committee on March 15, 1967 (H. Rept. 130). Under suspension of the rules, the bill passed the House on March 20, 1967. On the same date, the proceedings were vacated, H.R. 2068 was laid on the table, and S. 16, as amended, was passed in lieu. (On March 20 and 21, 1967, the Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare held hearings on S. 9, the "Cold War GI Bill Amendments of 1967.") On June 1, 1967, the Senate agreed to the House amendment with an amendment to S. 16, and asked for a conference. On June 20, 1967, the House agreed to a conference. The conference report was filed on August 17, 1967 (H. Rept. 554). The House agreed to the conference report on August 17, 1967. The Senate agreed to the conference report August 23, 1967. The act was approved on August 31, 1967, and became Public Law 90-77. B. DIGEST OF PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION AND TRAINING Following is a summary of title III, which relates specifically to education and training. Title III: Education and Training.-The act increases the education benefits under Public Law 89-358 to $130 monthly (formerly $100) for a veteran without dependents attending school full time, $155 (formerly $125) for a veteran with one dependent, and $175 (formerly $150) for a veteran with two or more dependents, with proportional increases for veterans in less than full-time attendance. The act provides for educational assistance allowances for eligible veterans pursuing a program of flight training computed at 90 percent of the established charges for similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same flight training course, with each $130 paid to a veteran to cancel 1 month of training eligibility. The act permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to approve the pursuit of flight training by an eligible veteran only if the veteran (1) has a valid private pilot license or the equivalent in flight training hours, and (2) can meet the medical requirements necessary for a commercial pilot's license. The act authorizes educational assistance for eligible veterans receiving farm cooperative training consisting of institutional agricultural courses at a minimum of 12 clock hours per week at the following monthly rates: (1) for a veteran with no dependents, $105; (2) for a veteran with one dependent, $125; (3) for a veteran with two dependents, $145; (4) for a veteran with more than two dependents, $145 with $7 for each dependent in excess of two. winer similary circumstancet 191-veterans enroliet n the same be eligible to receive an econana na assistance allowance at the appropriate rane provided in the table in subsection of this sendan qonate the work Cooperative' under Column I of such table, if such eligible veteran is concurrently er gaged in agricultural employment which is relevant to such institutional agricultural courses as determined under standards prescribed by the Administrator.” APPRENTICESHIP OR OTHER ON-JOB TRAINING Sec. 304. (a) Chapter 34 of title 3s. United States Code, is amended by redesignating sections 1683, 1684, 1685, and 1686 as section 1684, 1685, 1686, and 1657, respectively, and by inserting immediately after section 1682 thereof the following new section: "1683. Apprenticeship or other on-job training "(a) Any eligible veteran may receive the benefits of this chapter while pursuing a full-time "(1) program of apprenticeship approved by a State approving agency as meeting the standards of apprenticeship published by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to Section 50a of title 29, United States Code, or "(2) program of other training on the job approved under the provisions of section 1777 of this title, subject to the conditions and limitations of this chapter with respect to educational assistance. "(b) The monthly training assistance allowance of an eligible veteran pursuing a program described under subsection (a) shall be as follows: |