§3100 Purposes

made by subsections (a) and (b) of section 101 [enacting this chapter] shall become effective on

April 1, 1981. “(2) The provisions of section 1508, 1512, 1516, 1518, 1519, 1520, and 1521 [now 3108, 3112, 3116, 3118, 3119, 3120, and 3121] of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 101(a), shall become effective on

October 1, 1980. “(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the provisions of chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 17, 1980] (other than section 1504, relating to subsistence allowances, and section 1507, relating to loans [former section 1504 and 1507 of this title, respectively]), shall continue in effect until

March 31, 1981. “(4) Effective on

October 1, 1980, section 1504 and 1507 [former section 1504 and 1507 of this title] are repealed. During the period beginning on

October 1, 1980, and ending on

March 31, 1981, the provisions of section 1508 and 1512 [now 3108 and 3112] of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 101(a), shall apply to veterans pursuing a program of vocational rehabilitation training under chapter 31 of such title in the same manner as section 1504 and 1507 of such title, respectively, applied to veterans pursuing a program of vocational rehabilitation training under such chapter on

September 30, 1980. “(5) Subsection (c) of section 101 [enacting provisions set out as a note under section 3108 of this title] shall become effective on

October 1, 1980. Subsection (d) of such section [enacting provisions set out as a note under section 3107 of this title] shall become effective on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 17, 1980].”