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PUBLIC LAW 85-56-JUNE 17, 1957

[71 S T A T.

FORFKlTl^RE FOR TRKASON

SEC. 1104. (a) Any person shown by evidence satisfactoiy to the Administrator to be guilty of mntiny, treason, sabotage, or rendering assistance to an enemy of the United States or of its allies shall forfeit all accrued or future gratuitous benefits under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. (b) The Administrator, in his discretion, may apportion and pay any part of benefits forfeited under subsection (a) to the dependents of the person forfeiting such benefits. No dependent of any person shall receive benefits by reason of this subsection in excess of the amount to which he would be entitled if such person were dead. TITLE X II — D I S C L O S U R E O F INFORMATION AND FITRNISHING COPIES OF RECORDS; INVESTIGATIONS PART A—DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAIi NATURE OF CLAIMS

43 Stat. 607.

38 USC 421. 54 Stat. 1008. 38 USC 818.

SEC. 1201. All files, records, reports, and other papers and documents pertaining to any claim under any of the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration shall be confidential and privileged, and no disclosure thereof shall be made except as f ollows: (1) To a claimant or his duly authorized agent or representative as to matters concerning himself alone when, in the judgment of the Administrator, such disclosure would not be injurious to the physical or mental health of the claimant; (2) When required by process of a United States court to be produced in any suit or proceeding therein pending or when such production is deemed by the Administrator to be necessary in any suit or proceeding brought under the World War Vetcraus' Act, 1924, or the National Service Life Insurance Act of iciArs 1940;

(3) When required by any department or other agency of the United States Government; (4) In all proceedings in the nature of an inquest into the mental competency of a claimant; (5) In any judicial proceeding when in the judgment of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs such disclosure is deemed necessary and proper; (6) The amount of pension, compensation, or dependency and indemnity compensation of any beneficiary shall be made known to any person who applies for such information, and the Administrator, with the approval of the President, upon determination that the public interest warrants or requires, may, at any ti]iie and in any manner, publish any or all information of record pertaining to any claim; (7) The Administrator in his discretion may authorize an inspection of Veterans' Administration records by duly authorized representatives of recognized organizations; (8) The Administrator may release information, statistics, or reports to individuals or organizations when in his judgment such release would serve a useful purpose.

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