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VA RIN: 2900-AO10 Publication ID: 2012 
Title: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program--Changes to Subsistence Allowance 
Abstract: This document adopts as final, without change, the interim final rule amending regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reflect changes made by the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010, effective August 1, 2011, that affect payment of vocational rehabilitation benefits for certain service-disabled veterans. Pursuant to these changes, a veteran, who is eligible for a subsistence allowance under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, and educational assistance under chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, may participate in a rehabilitation program under chapter 31 and elect to receive a payment equal in amount to an applicable military housing allowance payable under title 37, United States Code, instead of the regular subsistence allowance under chapter 31. In addition, payments of subsistence allowances during periods between school terms are discontinued, and payments during periods of temporary school closings are modified. 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 21.264    38 CFR 21.270    38 CFR 21.274   
Legal Authority: 38 USC 501(a)    38 USC ch 18    38 USC ch 31    38 USC 3108(a), (b), (f)    PL 111-377    124 Stat 4106    38 USC 3115(a)(1)    PL 103-446    38 USC 3015    38 USC 3022    38 USC 3680    ...   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  sec 205, PL 111-377  08/01/2011 

Overall Description of Deadline: Section 205 of Public Law 111-377 reads that the "election for receipt of alternate subsistence allowance for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities undergoing training and rehabilitation" changes "shall take effect on August 1, 2011."

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  08/01/2011  76 FR 45697   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  08/31/2011 
Final Action  01/12/2012  77 FR 1872   
Final Action Effective  01/12/2012 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Alvin Bauman
Senior Policy Analyst, VR&E (28)
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 461-9613
Email: alvin.bauman1@va.gov