103 STAT. 2086 PUBLIC LAW 101-237—DEC. 18, 1989 •' (2) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting before the period the following: "and the amount of expenses approved by the Sec- retary that are incurred in carrying out activities described in section 1774A(a)(4) of this title for such period (except for administrative overhead expenses allocated to such activities)", SEC. 415. PROOF OF SATISFACTORY PURSUIT OF A PROGRAM OF EDUCATION. (a) WITHHOLDING OP BENEFITS; FORM OF PROOF.—Section 1780(g) is amended by striking out "the Administrator is authorized" in the second sentence and all that follows through the period at the end of that sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "the Secretary may withhold payment of benefits to such eligible veteran or eligible person until the required proof is received and the amount of the payment is appropriately adjusted. The Secretary may accept such veteran's or person's monthly certification of enrollment in and satisfactory pursuit of such veteran's or person's program as suffi- cient proof of the certified matters.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1434 is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(D, by striking out "1780(g),"; (2) by striking out subsection (b); and (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b). SEC. 416. REPORTING FEES. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 1784 is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(l), by striking out "chapter 34" and inserting in lieu thereof "chapter 31, 34,"; (2) in subsection (b), by striking out "chapters 34" and insert- ing in lieu thereof "chapters 31, 34"; and (3) in subsection (c), by striking out "chapter 34" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "chapter 31, 34,". 38 USC 1784 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by this section shall ^°*^- take effect on January 1, 1990. SEC. 417. CLOCK-HOUR MEASUREMENT OF CERTAIN UNIT COURSES OR SUBJECTS CREDITABLE TOWARD A STANDARD COLLEGE DEGREE. • '.-'•'- Section 1788(e) is amended to read as follows: "(e)(1) For the purpose of measuring clock hours of attendance or net of instruction under clause (1) or (2), respectively, of subsection (a) of this section for a course— "(A) which is offered by an institution of higher learning, and "(B) for which the institution requires one or more unit courses or subjects for which credit is granted toward a stand- ard college degree pursued in residence on a standard quarter- or semester-hour basis, the number of credit hours (semester or quarter nours) represented by such unit courses or subjects shall, during the semester, quarter, or other applicable portion of the academic year when pursued, be converted to equivalent clock hours, determined as prescribed in paragraph (2) of this subsection. Such equivalent clock hours then shall be combined with actual weekly clock hours of training con- currently pursued, if any, to determine the total clock hours of enrollment. "(2) For the purpose of determining the clock-hour equivalency described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the total number of credit hours being pursued will be multiplied by the factor resulting
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