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title: "38 U.S.C. § 7697"
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title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 7697 - Relationship to Educational Assistance Program

## Text

Assistance under the Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program may be in addition to other assistance available to individuals under the Educational Assistance Program.

(Added Pub. L. 115–182, title III, § 303(a), June 6, 2018, 132 Stat. 1466.)