115 STAT. 976 PUBLIC LAW 107-103—DEC. 27, 2001 Dec. 27, 2001 [H.R. 1291] Public Law 107-103 107th Congress An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify and improve authorities relating to education benefits, compensation and pension benefits, housing benefits, burial benefits, and vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans, to modify certain authorities relating to the United States Court of Appeeds for Veterans Claims, and for other purposes. Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001. 38 USC 101 note. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE. — This Act may be cited as the "Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. TITLE I—EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS Sec. 101. Increase in rates of basic educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill. Sec. 102. Increase in rates of survivors' and dependents' educational assistance. Sec. 103. Restoration of certain education benefits of individuals being ordered to active duty. Sec. 104. Accelerated payments of educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry. Sec. 105. Eligibility for Montgomery GI Bill benefits of certain additional Vietnam era veterans. Sec. 106. Increase in maximum allowable annual Senior ROTC educational assistance for eligibility for benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill. Sec. 107. Expansion of work-study opportunities. Sec. 108. Eligibility for survivors' ana dependents' educational assistance of spouses and surviving spouses of veterans with total service-connected disabilities. Sec. 109. Expansion of special restorative training benefit to certain disabled spouses or surviving spouses. Sec. 110. Inclusion of certain private technology entities in definition of educational institution. Sec. 111. Distance education. TITLE II—COMPENSATION AND PENSION PROVISIONS Sec. 201. Modification and extension of authorities on presumption of service-connection for herbicide-related disabilities of Vietnam veterans. Sec. 202. Payment of compensation for Persian Gulf War veterans with certain chronic disabilities. Sec. 203. Preservation of service connection for undiagnosed illnesses to provide for participation in research projects by Persian Gulf War veterans. Sec. 204. Repeal of limitation on payments of benefits to incompetent institutionalized veterans. Sec. 205. Extension of round-down requirement for compensation cost-of-living adjustments. Sec. 206. Expansion of presumptions of permanent and total disability for veterans applying for nonservice-connected pension.
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