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PUBLIC LAW 634-JUNE 29, 1956

Public Law 634

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AN ACT June 29, 1956 To establish an educational assistance program for children of servicemen who —'•"• ^ ' — ^ ^ died as a result of a disability or disease incurred in line of duty during World W a r I, AVorld AA'ar II, or the Korean conflict.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Vnited States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "War Orphans' Kducatioiial Assistance Act of i95B'"

^^^lln^lliRls i s t a n c e Act of 1956.

TITLE I—STATEMENT OF POLICY: DEFINITIONS STATEMEXT OF POLICY

SEC. 101. The Congress hereby dechires that the educational program establislied by this Act is for the purpose of providing opportunities for education to children ^hose education would otherwise be impeded or interrupted by reason of the death of a parent from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in the Armed Forces during World W a r I, World W a r II, or the Korean conflict, and for the purpose of aiding such children in attaining the educational status which they might normally have aspired to and obtained but for the death of such parent. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 102. (a) For the purposes of this Act— (1) The term ''World War I " means the period beginning on April 6, 1917. and ending on November 11, 1918. (2) The term "World W a r II ' ' means the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1946. (3) The term "Korean conflict" means the period beginning on June 27, 1950, and ending on January 31, 1955. (4) The term "eligible person means a child of a person who died of a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty in the active service in the Armed Forces during World War I, World War II, or the.Korean conflict, but only if such service did not terminate under dishonorable conditions. The standards and criteria for determining incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury in line of duty shall be those applicable under disability compensation laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. (5) The term "child" means a legitimate or legally adopted child, a stepchild if he was a member of the household of the parent from whom eligibility is derived, or an illegitimate child if it is shown by evidence satisfactory to the Administrator that the person from whom eligibility is derived was the parent. (6) The term "Armed Forces means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard of the United States. (7) The term "duty with the Armed Forces" as used in section 203 means (A) full-time duty in the active military or naval service, other than for training purposes, (B) full-time active duty for training for a period of six or more consecutive months by a member of a reserve component (including the National Guard), or (C) active duty for training required by section 262(c)(1) of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952. (8) The term "parent or guardian'' means a father, a mother, a father through adoption, a mother through adoption, a fiduciary legally appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, or any person who is determined by the Administrator in accordance with section 21 of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended (38 U.S.C.

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