§ 3100. — Purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 38USC3100]
TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
CHAPTER 31--TRAINING AND REHABILITATION FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-
CONNECTED DISABILITIES
Sec. 3100. Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are to provide for all services and
assistance necessary to enable veterans with service-connected
disabilities to achieve maximum independence in daily living and, to the
maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and maintain
suitable employment.
(Added Pub. L. 96-466, title I, Sec. 101(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat.
2172, Sec. 1500; renumbered Sec. 3100, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug.
6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)
Amendments
1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 1500 of this title as this
section.
Effective Date
Section 802(a)(1)-(5) of Pub. L. 96-466 provided that:
``(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) of section 101 [enacting this chapter] shall
become effective on April 1, 1981.
``(2) The provisions of sections 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 sections 1504 and 1507 of this title, respectively]), shall
continue in effect until March 31, 1981.
``(4) Effective on October 1, 1980, sections 1504 and 1507 [former
sections 1504 and 1507 of this title] are repealed.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 sections 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 sections 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].''
