10 U.S.C. § 2183: Educational assistance…

Summary

The Secretary can pay a former captive, either in advance or by reimbursing them, for school costs. Payments can cover living costs, tuition, fees, supplies, books, equipment, and other education expenses. The education must occur after the person is freed. Payments are allowed for any semester or quarter that starts within 10 years after release (and may continue through that term). For schools without semesters, payments cover courses that began within that 10-year period but stop at the course end or 16 weeks after the 10-year date, whichever is earlier. Payments are only made to the extent another law does not already pay them.

Title 10, §2183

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(a)In order to respond to special circumstances, the Secretary concerned may pay (by advancement or reimbursement) a person who is a former captive for expenses incurred, while attending an educational or training institution, for—

(1)subsistence;

(2)tuition;

(3)fees;

(4)supplies;

(5)books;

(6)equipment; and

(7)other educational expenses.

(b)Except as provided in section 2184 of this title, payments shall be available under this section for a person who is a former captive for education or training that occurs—

(1)after the termination of the status of that person as a captive; and

(2)on or before—

(A)the end of any semester or quarter (as appropriate) that begins before the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date on which the status of that person as a captive terminates; or

(B)if the educational or training institution is not operated on a semester or quarter system, the earlier of the end of any course that began before such date or the end of the 16-week period following that date.

(c)Payments shall be available under this section only to the extent that such payments are not otherwise authorized by law.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section applicable with respect to persons whose captive status begins after Jan. 21, 1981, see section 806(d)(3) of Pub. L. 99–399, set out as a note under 2181 of this title.

§2183 Educational Assistance: Former Captives

Summary

Title 10, §2183

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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