38 USC § 7651 - Authority for program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s7651"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 7651 - Authority for program"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "7651"
section_name: "Authority for program"
chapter_number: 76
chapter_name: "HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "STIPEND PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 101–366, title II, § 205(a)(1), Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 439, § 4351; renumbered § 7651, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238.)"
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# § 7651. Authority for program

**(a)** As part of the Educational Assistance Program, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may select qualified individuals to receive assistance under this subchapter.

**(b)** To be eligible to receive assistance under this subchapter, an individual must be accepted for enrollment or be enrolled as a full-time student at a qualifying educational institution in a course of education or training that is approved by the Secretary and that leads toward completion of a degree in a health profession involving direct patient care or care incident to direct patient care.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 101–366, title II, § 205(a)(1), Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 439, § 4351; renumbered § 7651, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section.