97 STAT. 452 PUBLIC LAW 98-77 —AUG. 15, 1983 29 USC 1721 note. TERMINATION OF PROGRAM SEC. 17. (a) Except as provided under subsection (b), assistance may not be paid to an employer under this Act— (1) on behalf of a veteran who applies for a program of job training under this Act after September 30, 1984; or (2) for any such program which begins after December 31, 1984. (b) If funds are not both appropriated under section 16 and made available by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the Veterans' Administration on or before October 1, 1983, for the purpose of making payments to employers under this Act, assistance may be paid to an employer under this Act on behalf of a veteran if the veteran— (1) applies for a program of job training under this Act within one year after the date on which funds so appropriated are made available to the Veterans' Administration by the Director; and (2) begins participation in such program within fifteen months after such date. Vocational education program. 29 USC 1721 note. EXPANSION OF TARGETED DELIMITING DATE EXTENSION SEC. 18. (a) Subject to the limitation on the availability of funds set forth in subsection (b), an associate degree program which is pre- dominantly vocational in content may be considered by the Admin- istrator, for the purposes of section 1662(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code, to be a course with an approved vocational objective if such degree program meets the requirements established in such title for approval of such program. (b) Funds for the purpose of carrying out subsection (a) shall be derived only from amounts appropriated pursuant to the authoriza- tions of appropriations in section 16. Not more than a total of $25,000,000 of amounts so appropriated for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 shall be available for that purpose. 29 USC 1721 note. EFFECTIVE DATE SEC. 19. This Act shall take effect on October 1, 1983. Approved August 15, 1983. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2355 (S. 1033): HOUSE REPORT No. 98 -116 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 98-132 accompanying S. 1033 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): June 6, 7, considered and passed House. June 15, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1033. Aug. 2, House concurred in Senate amendments with amendments. Aug. 3, Senate concurred in House amendments.
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