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PUBLIC L,AW 881-AUG. 1, 1956

[70 S T A T.

TITLE V—AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS AMENDMENTS

65 Stat. 36. 38 USC 821, Ante, p. 858.

38 USC 822.

38 USC 823.

43 Stat. 607.

3o u s e ^z i« Post, p p. 883, 885.

SEC. 501. (a)(1) Section 620 of the National Service Life Iiisurance ^^^ Q^ -j^Q^Q -g amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Any member of a uniformed service (as that term is defined in section 102 of the Servicemen's and Veterans' Survivor Benefits Act) while on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training (as those terms are defined in such section) shall be deemed to be in the active service for the purpose of applying for insurance under this section; however, as to persons incurring a disability under the conditions provided in section 102 (11) (E) of such Act, application for insurance must be filed under this section within one year after the incurrence of such disability." (2) Section 621 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(c) No insurance shall be granted to any person under this section on or after January 1, 1957, unless prior to such date an acceptable application accompanied by proper and valid remittances or authorizations for the payment of premiums (1) was received by the Veterans' Administration, (2) was placed in the mails properly directed to the Veterans' Administration, or (3) was delivered to an authorized representative of any of the uniformed services." ^3^ ^^^ Section 622 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 is amended by inserting " (a) " immediately after "SEC. 622.", and by adding at the end thereof the following: " (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), no application for waiver of premiums may be made after December 31, 1956, except applications therefor filed pursuant to the first proviso of subsection (a). " (B) Except as herein otherwise provided, where an individual dies on or after May 1, 1957, and at the time of his death has in effect a policy of national service life insurance or United States Government life insurance under waiver of premiums under section 62f2 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, no dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid under this Act to his widow, children, or parents by reason of his death, but death compensation may be paid under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration to such widow, children, or parents by reason of his death, notwithstanding the fact that such death occurred after December 31, 1956. I n no event shall the foregoing provision be applicable with respect to any person entitled to waiver of premiums under the first proviso to section 622 (a) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, whose death occurs prior to his return to military jurisdiction or within one hundred and twenty days thereafter. (4) The National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "SEC. 623. (a) Any person who surrendered a policy of National Service life insurance or United States Government life insurance on a permanent plan for its cash value while in the active service on or after April 25, 1951, and prior to January 1, 1957, may, upon application in writing made while in the active service or within one hundred and twenty days after separation from the active service, be granted, without medical examination, permanent plan insurance on the same plan not in excess of the amount surrendered for cash, or may reinstate such surrendered insurance upon payment of the required reserve and the premium for the current month. Waiver of premiums and total disability income benefits otherwise authorized under this Act or the World W a r Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended, shall not be denied in

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