legislation: 100-s-2328
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| 100-s-2328 | 100 | s | 2328 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to toll the time limitation for eligibility for and entitlement to educational assistance and training and rehabilitation services and assistance for any period during which the applicant suffers from alcoholism. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1988-04-27 | 1988-04-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 1 | Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions concerning eligibility and entitlement under the All-Volunteer Educational Assistance program to provide that, for a veteran suffering from alcoholism, the ten-year delimiting period during which a veteran is entitled to such educational benefits shall not begin to run until such veteran has recovered from such alcoholism. Provides the same time limitation exception, with respect to a veteran suffering from alcoholism, in the case of a veteran's eligibility for the following benefits: (1) veterans' training and rehabilitation assistance for veterans with service-connected disabilities; (2) post-Vietnam Era veterans' educational assistance; (3) veterans' educational assistance; and (4) survivors' and dependents' educational assistance. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z |