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38 USC § 3318 - Additional assistance: relocation or travel assistance for individual relocating or traveling significant distance for pursuit of a program of education 

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title: "38 USC § 3318 - Additional assistance: relocation or travel assistance for individual relocating or traveling significant distance for pursuit of a program of education"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "3318"
section_name: "Additional assistance: relocation or travel assistance for individual relocating or traveling significant distance for pursuit of a program of education"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "POST–9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 110–252, title V, § 5003(a)(1), June 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2369; amended Pub. L. 111–275, title X, § 1001(g)(6), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2896.)"
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# § 3318. Additional assistance: relocation or travel assistance for individual relocating or traveling significant distance for pursuit of a program of education

**(a)** **Additional Assistance.—** Each individual described in subsection (b) shall be paid additional assistance under this section in the amount of $500.

**(b)** **Covered Individuals.—** An individual described in this subsection is any individual entitled to educational assistance under this chapter—

**(1)** who resides in a county (or similar entity utilized by the Bureau of the Census) with less than seven persons per square mile, according to the most recent decennial Census; and

**(2)** who—

**(A)** physically relocates a distance of at least 500 miles in order to pursue a program of education for which the individual utilizes educational assistance under this chapter; or

**(B)** travels by air to physically attend an institution of higher learning for pursuit of such a program of education because the individual cannot travel to such institution by automobile or other established form of transportation due to an absence of road or other infrastructure.

**(c)** **Proof of Residence.—** For purposes of subsection (b)(1), an individual may demonstrate the individual’s place of residence utilizing any of the following:

**(1)** DD Form 214, Certification of Release or Discharge from Active Duty.

**(2)** The most recent Federal income tax return.

**(3)** Such other evidence as the Secretary shall prescribe for purposes of this section.

**(d)** **Single Payment of Assistance.—** An individual is entitled to only one payment of additional assistance under this section.

**(e)** **No Charge Against Entitlement.—** Any amount paid an individual under this section is in addition to any other educational assistance benefits provided the individual under this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 110–252, title V, § 5003(a)(1), June 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2369; amended Pub. L. 111–275, title X, § 1001(g)(6), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2896.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010—Subsec. (b)(2)(B).  substituted “higher learning” for “higher education”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2008 Amendment note under , Armed Forces.