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 [57 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 233-JULY 13, 1943 the eighteenth birthday and until completion of education or training (but not after such child reaches the age of twenty-one years), to any child who is or may hereafter be pursuing a course of instruction at a school, college, academy, seminary, technical institute, or university, particularly designated by him and approved by the Administrator, which shall have agreed to report to the Administrator the termina- tion of attendance of such child, and if any such institution of learning fails to make such report promptly the approval shall be with- drawn." 3s .S .C . notefoil. SEC. 8. Paragraph VII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 10 is 6 724. hereby amended to read as follows: "Parent," "father," "VII. The terms 'parent' 'father', and 'mother' include a father, and "mother." mother, father through adoption, mother through adoption, and persons 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: Provided, That not more than one father and one mother, as defined, shall be recognized in any case, and preference shall be given to such father or mother who actually exercised parental relationship at the time of or most nearly prior to the date of entry into active service by the person who served." Extension of bene- SEC. 9. (a) Paragraph I (a), part I, Veterans Regulation Num- 38U. s.C. note foil. bered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended, (a) by inserting after 5724. "April 1, 1920;" the phrase "or during an enlistment or employment entered into on or after December 7, 1941, and before the termination of hostilities incident to the present war as determined by proclama- tion of the President or by concurrent resolution of the Congress"; and (b) by inserting after the phrase "or active service in the World War" the phrase "or in World War II". 38 u..S . note foll. (b) Paragraph I (b), part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), 6 724. as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: Presumption of "(b) For the purposes of paragraph I (a) hereof every person sound condition. employed in the active military or naval service shall be taken to have been in sound condition when examined, accepted, and enrolled for service except as to defects, infirmities, or disorders noted at time of the examination, acceptance, and enrollment, or where clear and unmistakable evidence demonstrates that the injury or disease existed prior to acceptance and enrollment and was not aggravated by such active military or naval service." Service as cadet or SEC. 10. Service as a cadet at the United States Military Academy mdshipman. or s a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy or as a cadet at the United States Coast Guard Academy on or after Decem- ber 7, 1941, and before termination of hostilities incident to the present war as determined by proclamation of the President or by concurrent resolution of the Congress shall be considered active mili- tary or naval service in World War II for the purposes of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. SEC. 11. Section 1 (c) of the Act of June 28, 1934, as amended s53tat. 109s. by section 1 of the Act of July 19, 1939 (Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Congress, U. S . C., title 38, sec. 503 (c)), is hereby amended to read as follows: mestrictio on.pay- "(c) Payment of compensation under the provisions of this Act shall not be made to any widow without child, or a child, whose annual income exceeds $1,000, or to a widow with a child or children whose annual income exceeds $2,500. In determining annual income any payments by the United States Government because of disability or death under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration Pamentto child hall not be considered: Provided. That where payments to a widow widow. are disallowed or discontinued hereunder, payment to a child or children of the deceased veteran may be made as though there is no widow." 556

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