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 PUBLIC LAW 108–183—DEC. 16, 2003

117 STAT. 2651

Public Law 108–183 108th Congress An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Benefits Act of 2003’’. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Dec. 16, 2003 [H.R. 2297] Veterans Benefits Act of 2003. 38 USC 101 note.

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. Sec. 101. Sec. 102. Sec. 103. Sec. 104.

TITLE I—SURVIVOR BENEFITS Retention of certain veterans survivor benefits for surviving spouses remarrying after age 57. Benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans of certain service in Korea. Alternative beneficiaries for National Service Life Insurance and United States Government Life Insurance. Payment of benefits accrued and unpaid at time of death.

TITLE II—BENEFITS FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR AND FOR FILIPINO VETERANS SUBTITLE A—FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR Sec. 201. Presumptions of service-connection relating to diseases and disabilities of former prisoners of war. SUBTITLE B—FILIPINO VETERANS Sec. 211. Rate of payment of benefits for certain Filipino veterans and their survivors residing in the United States. Sec. 212. Burial benefits for new Philippine Scouts residing in the United States. Sec. 213. Extension of authority to maintain regional office in the Republic of the Philippines. TITLE III—EDUCATION BENEFITS, EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS, AND RELATED MATTERS Sec. 301. Expansion of Montgomery GI Bill education benefits for certain self-employment training. Sec. 302. Increase in rates of survivors’ and dependents’ educational assistance. Sec. 303. Restoration of survivors’ and dependents’ education benefits of individuals being ordered to full-time National Guard duty. Sec. 304. Rounding down of certain cost-of-living adjustments on educational assistance. Sec. 305. Authorization for State approving agencies to approve certain entrepreneurship courses. Sec. 306. Repeal of provisions relating to obsolete education loan program. Sec. 307. Six-year extension of the Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Education. Sec. 308. Procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

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