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Increase in Rates Payable Under the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve
A Rule by the Defense Department, the Coast Guard, and the Veterans Affairs Department on 07/21/2003
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- 07/21/2003
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- Department of Defense
- Coast Guard
- Department of Veterans Affairs
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- Document Citation:
- 68 FR 42977
- Page:
- 42977-42978 (2 pages)
- CFR:
- 38 CFR 21
- RIN:
- 2900-AL41
- Document Number:
- 03-18435
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- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
- Administrative Procedure Act
- Executive Order 12866
- Paperwork Reduction Act
- Regulatory Flexibility Act
- Unfunded Mandates
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Numbers
- List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 21
- PART 21—VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION
- Subpart L—Educational Assistance for Members of the Selected Reserve
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AGENCIES:
Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security (Coast Guard), and Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION:
Final rule.
SUMMARY:
By statute, the monthly rates of basic educational assistance payable to reservists under the Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve must be adjusted each fiscal year. In accordance with the statutory formula, the regulations governing rates of basic educational assistance payable under the Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve for Fiscal Year 2003 (October 1, 2002, through September 30, 2003) are changed to show a 1.5% increase in these rates.
DATES:
Effective Date: This final rule is effective July 21, 2003.
Applicability Date: The changes in rates are applied retroactively to conform to statutory requirements. For more information concerning the dates of application, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynn M. Cossette, Education Adviser, Education Service (225C), Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, telephone (202) 273-7294.
End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental InformationSUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Under the formula mandated by 10 U.S.C. 16131(b) for Fiscal Year 2003, the rates of basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve payable to students pursuing a program of education full time, three-quarter time, and half time must be increased by 1.5%, which is the percentage by which the total of the monthly Consumer Price Index-W for July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002, exceeds the total of the monthly Consumer Price Index-W for July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001.
10 U.S.C. 16131(b) requires that full-time, three-quarter time, and half-time rates be increased as noted above. In addition, 10 U.S.C. 16131(d) requires that monthly rates payable to reservists in apprenticeship or other on-the-job training must be set at a given percentage of the full-time rate. Hence, there is a 1.5% raise for such training as well.
10 U.S.C. 16131(b) also requires that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pay reservists training less than half time at an appropriately reduced rate. Since payment for less than half-time training became available under the Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve in Fiscal Year 1990, VA has paid less than half-time students at 25% of the full-time rate. Changes are made consistent with the authority and formula described in this paragraph.
A nonsubstantive correction is made in 38 CFR 21.7636 to designate the table as paragraph (a)(2)(i).
The changes set forth in this final rule are effective from the date of publication, but the changes in rates are applied from October 1, 2002, in accordance with the applicable statutory provisions discussed above.
Administrative Procedure Act
Substantive changes made by this final rule merely reflect statutory requirements and adjustments made based on previously established formulas. Accordingly, there is a basis for dispensing with prior notice and comment and delayed effective date provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553.
Executive Order 12866
This document has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This document contains no provisions constituting a collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521).
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses requirements of sections 603 and 604 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, are not applicable to this rule, because a notice of proposed rulemaking is not required for this rule. Even so, the Secretary of Defense, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs hereby certify that this final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities as they are defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act. This final rule directly affects only individuals and does not directly affect small entities. Therefore, this final rule is also exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b) from the initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses requirements of sections 603 and 604.
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The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that agencies prepare an assessment of anticipated costs and benefits before developing any rule that may result in an expenditure by State, local, or tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 million or more in any given year. This rule would have no consequential effect on State, local, or tribal governments.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Numbers
There is no Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for the program affected by this final rule.
Start List of SubjectsList of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 21
- Administrative practice and procedure
- Armed forces
- Civil rights
- Claims
- Colleges and universities
- Conflict of interests
- Defense Department
- Education
- Employment
- Grant programs-education
- Grant programs-veterans
- Health programs
- Loan programs-education
- Loan
Anthony J. Principi,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sally Brice-O'Hara,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Assistant Commandant for Human Resources.
Charles S. Abell,
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness).
For the reasons set out above, 38 CFR part 21, subpart L, is amended as set forth below.
End Amendment Part Start PartPART 21—VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION
Subpart L—Educational Assistance for Members of the Selected Reserve
End Part Start Amendment Part1. The authority citation for part 21, subpart L, continues to read as follows:
End Amendment Part Start AuthorityAuthority: 10 U.S.C. ch. 1606; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), ch. 36, unless otherwise noted.
End Authority Start Amendment Part2. Section 21.7636 is amended by:
End Amendment Part Start Amendment Parta. Revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2)(i) introductory text and table.
End Amendment Part Start Amendment Partb. In paragraph (a)(3), removing “September 30, 2001, and before October 1, 2002,” and adding, in its place, “September 30, 2002, and before October 1, 2003,”.
End Amendment PartThe revisions read as follows:
(a) Monthly rate of educational assistance. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or in § 21.7639, the monthly rate of educational assistance payable for training that occurs after September 30, 2002, and before October 1, 2003, to a reservist pursuing a program of education is the rate stated in this table:
Training | Monthly rate |
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Full time | $276.00 |
3/4 time | 207.00 |
1/2 time | 137.00 |
1/4 time | 69.00 |
(2)(i) The monthly rate of basic educational assistance payable to a reservist for apprenticeship or other on-the-job training full time that occurs after September 30, 2002, and before October 1, 2003, is the rate stated in this table:
Training period | Monthly rate |
---|---|
First six months of pursuit of training | $207.00 |
Second six months of pursuit of training | 151.80 |
Remaining pursuit of training | 96.60 |
[FR Doc. 03-18435 Filed 7-18-03; 8:45 am]
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