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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2u SESS.-CHS. 504, 505 -JULY 11, 15 , 1942 the existence or continuance of total disability was due to circum- stances beyond his control, the Administrator may grant waiver or continuance of waiver of premiums. Premium rates shall be calcu- lated without charge for the cost of the waiver of premiums herein provided and no deduction from benefits otherwise payable shall be made on account thereof." SEC. 6. Section 617 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 is hereby amended to read as follows: "In the event of a disagreement as to a claim arising under this Part, suit may be brought in the same manner and subject to the same conditions and limitations as are applicable to United States Govern- ment Life (converted) Insurance under the provisions of sections 19 and 500 of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended: Pro- vided, That in any such suit the decision of the Administrator as to waiver or nonwaiver of premiums under this Act as now or hereafter amended shall be conclusive and binding on the court." SEC. 7 . Section 601 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, approved October 8, 1940, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection: "(f) The terms 'parent', 'father', and 'mother' include a father, mother, father through adoption, mother through adoption, and per- sons who have stood in loco parentis to a member of the military or naval forces at any time prior to entry into active service for a period of not less than one year." SEC. 8 . Section 602 (g) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, approved October 8, 1940, is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following: "(including person in loco parentis if designated as beneficiary by the insured)". SEC. 9. Section 602 (h) (3) (C) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, approved October 8, 1940, is hereby amended to read as follows: "(C) if no widow, widower, or child, to the parent or parents of the insured who last bore that relationship, if living, in equal shares;". SEC. 10. Effective the first day of the month next following the enactment of this Act, in no event shall monthly payments of yearly renewable term or automatic, or National Service Life Insurance serve to reduce amounts of compensation or pension otherwise payable under existing compensation or pension laws. Section 5, Act of July 19, 1939 (38 U. S . C . 472b), as amended by section 2, Act of August 21, 1941 (Public Law Numbered 242, Seventy-seventh Congress), is modified accordingly. Approved, July 11, 1942. [CHAPTER 505] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Disabled American Vet- erans of the World War", approved June 17, 1932, so as to change the name to "Disabled American Veterans", and to extend membership eligibility therein to American citizens, honorably discharged from the active military or naval forces of the the United States, or of some country allied with the United States, who have been either wounded, injured, or disabled by reason of such active service during time of war. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sen- tence of section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Disabled American Veterans of the World War", approved June 17, 1932 (47 Stat. 320; title 36, U. S. C., 1940 edition, sec. 90a), is hereby amended to read as follows: "The name of this corporation shall be the 'Disabled American Veterans'." 659 54 Stat. 1014 . 38 U..S. C. 817. Bringing of suit. 43 Stat. 612, 628. 38U..C.§.445, 551. Proviso. Decision of Admin. istrator. 54 Stat. 1008 . 38U.S.C., 801. "Parent," "father," "m other." Beneficiaries. 54 Stat. 1010 . 38 U.S. o. 802 (g). Paymentof benefits. 54 Stat. 1010 . 38U..C.1802 (h) (3) (C). Reduction of com- pensation or pension, restriction. 53 Stat. 1070. 55 Stit. 6oS. 38 U.S. C., Supp.I, §472b. July 15, 1942 [H. R. 7282] [Public Law 668] Disabled American Veterans. New corporate name.

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