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PUBLIC LAW 881-AUG. 1, 1956

[70 S T A T.

by inserting immediately after "payment of compensation,"' the following: "dependency and indemnity compensation,-'. (2) The first sentence of paragraph (3) of such section is amended by inserting immediately after "the compensation," the following: "dependency and indemnity compensation,". (i) The paragraph under the heading "Transfer of Appropriations" which begins "Army of the Philippines," in the Act of February 18, 1946 (60 Stat. 14), as amended (38 U.S.C. 38), is amended by striking out all beginning with "and (2)", and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(2) laws administered by the Veterans' Administration providing for the payment of compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation on account of service-connected disability or death, and (3) the Missing Persons Act (56 Stat 143) as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 1001 and the following): Provided further, That such compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid at the rate of one Philippine peso for each dollar authorized to be paid under the laws providing for such compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation, and where annual income is a factor in entitlement to benefits, the dollar limitations in the laws specifying such annual income shall apply at the rate of one Philippine peso for each dollar: Provided further, That any payments heretofore made under any such law to or with respect to any member of the military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines who served in the services of the Armed Forces of the United States shall not be deemed to be invalid by reason of the circumstances that his service was not service in the military or naval forces of the United States or any component thereof within the meaning of such law." (j) The paragraph beginning "Finance Service, Army," under title II of the Act of May 27, 1946 (60 Stat. 223), is amended by striking out paragraphs (6) and the proviso immediately following such paragraph, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(6) The provisions of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration for the payment of compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation on account of service-connected disability or death: Provided further, That payments made under the provisions of any law referred to in clauses (5) and (6) above shall be paid at the rate of one Philippine peso for e^ch dollar authorized by such law: Provided further, That where annual income is a factor in entitlement to benefits, the dollar limitations in the laws specifying such annual income shall apply at the rate of one Philippine peso for each dollar:". (k) Paragraph V of part I of Veterans Regulation Numbered 2 38 USC ch. 12A. (Ia) is amended by inserting immediately after "compensation" each place it occurs therein (except paragraph (a)) the following: ", dependency and indemnity compensation'. (1) Section 11 of the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act 67 Stat. 504. ^f ^953 (37 xj. S. C, sec. 380) is amended by inserting immediately after "be considered income" the following: "(except as provided in Ante, p. 863. section 205(g) of the Servicemen's and Veterans' Survivor Benefits Act)". (m) The second sentence of paragraph X III of Veterans Regulation asuscch. 12A. Numbered 10 is amended to read as follows: "The receipt of pension, compensation, or dependency and indemnity compensation by a widow, child, or parent on account of the death of any person, or receipt by any person of pension or compensation on account of his own service, shall not bar the payment of pension, compensation, or dependency and indemnity compensation on account of the death or disability of any other person."

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