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 108 STAT. 4664 PUBLIC LAW 103-446—NOV. 2, 1994 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. — The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fee agreements entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 505. CODIFICATION OF HERBICIDE-EXPOSURE I^IESUMPTIONS ESTABLISHED ADMINISTRATIVELY. 38 USC 1116. Section 1116(a)(2) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: "(D) Hodglun's disease becoming manifest to a degree of disability of 10 percent or more. "(E) Porphyria cutanea tarda becoming manifest to a degree of disability of 10 percent or more within a year after the last date on which the veteran performed active military, naval, or air service in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era. "(F) Respiratory cancers (cancer of the lung, bronchus, larynx, or trachea) becoming manifest to a degree of 10 percent or more within 30 years after the last date on which the veteran performed active mihtary, naval, or air service in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era. "(G) Multiple myeloma becoming manifest to a degree of disability of 10 percent or more.". 38 USC 1101 SEC. 506. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INCOME OF ALASKA NATIVES FOR note. PURPOSES OF NEEDS-BASED BENEFITS. Any receipt by an individual from a Native Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.Cf. 1601 et seq.) of cash, stock, land, or other interests referred to in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 29(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1626(c)) (whether such receipt is attributable to the disposition of real property, profitsfi:x)mthe operation of real property, or otherwise) shall not be countable as income for purposes of any law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. SEC. 507. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR PAYMENT OF CERTAIN BENEFITS IN PHILIPPINE PESOS. (a) GENERAL RULE. — The second sentence of each of subsections 38 USC 107. (a) and (b) of section 107 is amended— (1) by striking out "rate in pesos as is equivalent to" and inserting in lieu thereof "rate of; and (2) by striking out "rate in Philippine pesos as is equivalent to" and inserting in lieu thereof "rate of. (b) SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. — 38 USC 3532, Sections 3532(d) and 3565(b)(1) are amended by striking out "a ^^"^- rate in Philippine pesos equivalent to" and inserting in lieu thereof "the rate of. 38 USC 107 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. — The amendments made by this section "****• shall apply with respect to payments made after December 31, 1994. SEC. 608. STUDY OF HEALTH CONSEQUENCES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF ATOMIC VETERANS OF EXPOSURE OF ATOMIC VETER- ANS TO IONIZING RADIATION. (a) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall enter into an agreement with the Medical Follow- Up Agency of the Institute of the Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences under which that agency shall convene a panel of

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