38 USC § 3493 - Effect on educational entitlement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s3493"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 3493 - Effect on educational entitlement"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "3493"
section_name: "Effect on educational entitlement"
chapter_number: 34
chapter_name: "VETERANS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 91–219, title II, § 204(a)(4), Mar. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 80, § 1693; renumbered § 3493 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 3493. Effect on educational entitlement

section 3461(a) of this title

The educational assistance allowance or cost of individualized tutorial assistance authorized by this subchapter shall be paid without charge to any period of entitlement the veteran may have earned pursuant to .

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 91–219, title II, § 204(a)(4), Mar. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 80, § 1693; renumbered § 3493 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section and substituted “3461(a)” for “1661(a)”.