PUBLIC LAW 102-568—OCT. 29, 1992

106 STAT. 4321

Sec. 317. Clarification of permitted changes in programs of education.

Sec. 318. Authority of members of Selected Reserve to receive tutorial assistance.

Sec. 319. Requirement of attendance certification in apprenticeship program under

the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve program.
Sec. 320. Technical amendments.

TITLE IV—VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND PENSION PROGRAMS

Sec. 401. Permanent authority for program of vocational rehabilitation for certain
service-disabled veterans.

Sec. 402. Extension of program of vocational training for certain pension recipients.

Sec. 403. Permanent authority for protection of health-care eligibility for certain
pension recipients.

Sec. 404. Vocational rehabilitation for certain service-disabled veterans with seri-
ous employment handicaps.

Sec. 405. Increase in subsistence allowance for veterans participating in a rehabili-
tation program.

TITLE V-^JOB COUNSELING, TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT SERVICES FOR

VETERANS

Sec. 501. Improvement of disabled veterans' outreach program.

Sec. 502. Repeal of delimiting date relating to treatment of veterans of the Vietnam

Era for disabled veterans' outreach program purposes.
Sec. 503. Disabled veterans' outreach program priorities.
Sec. 504. Repeal of requirement that to be represented on advisory committee on

veterans employment and training a veterans organization must have a

Federal charter.
Sec. 505. Expansion and extension of veterans readjustment appointments with the

Federal Government.
Sec. 506. Redesignation of sections of chapter 43.

TITLE VI—OTHER VETERANS' PROGRAMS

Sec. 601. Extension of limitation on pension for veterans receiving medicaid-cov-
ered nursing home care; applicability to surviving spouses; and facility
expenses.

Sec. 602. Extension of authority to carry out income verification.

Sec. 603. Access to information necessary for the administration of certain veterans
benefits laws.

Sec. 604. Extension of expiring cost-recovery authority.

Sec. 605. Exclusion for low-income veterans from medication copayment require-
ment.

Sec. 606. Extension of copayment programs.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act
an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment
to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title
38, United States Code.

TITLE I—REFORM OF THE DEPEND-
ENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSA-
TION PROGRAM 1992

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the "Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation Reform Act of 1992".

SEC. 102. REFORM IN PAYMENT FORMULA.

(a) SURVIVING SPOUSE BASIC RATE.—Subsection (a) of section
1311 is amended by striking out the matter preceding the table
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"(a)(l) Dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid
to a surviving spouse at the monthly rate of $750.

38 USC 101 note.