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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 57. 1921. 155 i‘ (2a) The Veterans’ Bureau is hereby authorized to pay the bene- G§§j;°§;$j;§‘#°d ‘°“‘° ficiary or other person or persons in whose name an action may have been commenced or prosecuted, and to all witnesses in such action, fees and mileage, the same as is now paid and allowed to witnesses tB;“{;°“t °’ W““°S*`· in the United States courts, in going to, remaining at, and returning ' from place of trial, and without any regard to whether the action, i anly, is brought or prosecuted m a court of the United States or some ` ot er court. "In all cases of assignment of causes of action under this section R°‘“$ig“m°“‘· *° whether the assignment be heretofore or hereafter made, where it meucmaumonm shall appear to the director to be to the best interests of the bene- · iiciary so to do, the director, acting for and in the name of the United {gates, maayi assign the oause’ of action back to the beneficiary or to s person representatives. . Sec. 22. A new section is hereby added to Article III of the War ,,,l£°1·4°*p‘4°8*“m°“‘1‘ %%1sk Insurance Act to be known as section 315, and to read as folows: _ "Sec. 315. That no person admitted into the military or naval ,,,f§°,§,’;,§,‘§,*@S,,“{§{§‘};, ‘},"§;; forces of the United States after six months from the passage of this zgggmegemz Safviw amendatory Act shall be entitled to the compensation or any other ` benevférts or privileges provided under tllgel provisions of Article III of the ar Risk Insmance Act, as amen . _ _ Sec. 23. Section 402 of the War Risk Insurance Act is hereby ]”““’“°° p°'“"°"· amended by adding thereto a subsection to be known as subsection and to re d oll : a" (a) Wheriie aalsienefibivszgt the time of designation by the insured ,,,§.‘;,Y§';°’},} {,‘;,,'}u°',§§§§ is within the permitted c of beneficiaries and is the designated <=1¤¤¤w¤¤¤ <i¤¤iz¤¤¢¤d- beneficiary at the time of the maturity of the msurance because of the death of the insured, such beneficiary shall be deemed to be within {lhs  cl:::1s,even though the status of such beneficiary shall ave een. . Snqi 214. n  of the War Risk Insurance Act is hereby aid-m»P·*1°·¤m¤¤d· amen e to rea as o ows: "Sec. 404. During thfeuperiod of the war and thereafter until con- I gg? wi:;¤r:tg¤¤<1¤¤- verted the insurance sh be term insurance for successive terms of ’ ' one year each. Not later than five years after the date of the termi- mg>:gg¤i¤¤ ¤f¤¤r¢¤r- nation of the war as declared by proclamation of the President of the ` United States the term insurance shall be converted, without medical examination, into such form or forms of insurance as may be prescribed by regulations and as the msured mayrequest. Regulations “g°°"°"*°“ **8**** shall provide for the right to convert mto ordinary life, twenty-pay- ment life, endowment maturing at age sixtgyl-two, and into other usual forms of insurance, and shall prescribe e time and method of payment of the premiums thereon, but payments of premiums m advance shall not be required for periods 0 more than one- month each and may be deducted from the pay or deposit of the insured or b th de at his election. _ _ ' ei) In lblgifivgiie an insured whose yearly renewable term insurance ,,§‘§,‘;‘,§*}“(‘f§,,b‘§‘,§}°Q,‘lf°° has matured by reason of total permanent disability is found and ,,§gg;2¤gr gi¤g=_!%;;fd declared to be no longer permanently and totally disabled, and where the insured is required under regulations to renew payment of premiums on said term insurance, and where this contingency is extended beyond the five—yea1‘ period during which said yearlyl renewable term insurance otherwise must be converted, there sha be given such insured an additional period of two years from the date on which he is required to renew payment of premiums in which to convert 'd t insur nce as hereinbefore prov1ded." _ . _ Sabnoirg. A ngw section is hereby added to Article IV of the War N" S°°“°"’ Risk Insurance Act to be known assection 406, and to read as follows; Hmm due on ___ "Sec. 406. Whenever benefits under United States Government .,,,u,,,.,;m,,.s.:gi life insurance (converted insurance) become or have become payable g;_?sf’°*° '°Y U