Periods of eligibility

Except as provided in subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), or (h)  1 1

See References in Text note below. of this section, a rehabilitation program may not be afforded to a veteran under this chapter after the end of the twelve-year period beginning on the date of such veteran’s discharge or release from active military, naval, air, or space service.

(Added Pub. L. 96–466, title I, § 101(a) , Oct. 17, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2173 , § 1503; amended Pub. L. 99–576, title III, § 333(b)(2) , Oct. 28, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3279 ; Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(b)(1)(A) , Dec. 18, 1989 , 103 Stat. 2092 ; Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(d)(1) , May 7, 1991 , 105 Stat. 239 ; renumbered § 3103 and amended, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a) , (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(d)(8) , Nov. 2, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4684 ; Pub. L. 104–275, title I, § 101(c) , Oct. 9, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3324 ; Pub. L. 107–103, title I, § 103(c)(2) , Dec. 27, 2001 , 115 Stat. 979 ; Pub. L. 107–330, title III, § 308(h) , Dec. 6, 2002 , 116 Stat. 2829 ; Pub. L. 112–56, title II, § 233(b) , Nov. 21, 2011 , 125 Stat. 720 ; Pub. L. 115–48, title IV, § 402 , Aug. 16, 2017 , 131 Stat. 996 ; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(42) , Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 3830 ; Pub. L. 116–315, title I, § 1025(a) , Jan. 5, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4960 ; Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title II, § 233 , Dec. 29, 2022 , 136 Stat. 5457 ; Pub. L. 117–333, § 3(c)(1) , Jan. 5, 2023 , 136 Stat. 6126 .)