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 PUBLIC LAW 89-730-NOV. 2, 1966

80 STAT.]

1157

Public Law 89-730 AN ACT To liberalize the iH'ovisioiis for payment to parents and children of dependency and indemnity iK>mpensation. and for other pni"ix)ses.

Be 'it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Am^rwa in Congress assembled, That (a) section 415(b), title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (b)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b)(2), if there is only one parent, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to him at a monthly rate equal to the amount under column II of the following table opposite his total annual income as shown in column I: Column II

^'Column I Total annual income More than—

but

pjqual to or less than— $800 1,100 1,300 1,500 1,800

$800 1,100 1,300 1,500 1,800

$87 69 52 35 18 No amount payable"

"(2) If there is only one parent, and he has remarried and is living with his spouse, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to him under either the table in subsection (b)(1) or the table in subsection (d), whichever is the greater. In such a case of remarriage the total combined annual income of the parent and his spouse shall be counted in determining the monthly rat« of dependency and indemnity compensation under the appropriate table." (b) The table in section 415(c), title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: Column II

"Column I ' Total annual income More than—

$800 1,100 1,300 1,500 1,800

but

Equal to or less than— $800 1,100 1,300 1,500 1,800

$58 46 35 23 12 No amount payable"

November 2, 1966

[H.R. 14347]

Veterans. Dependency and indemnity compensation. 72 Stat. 1129.

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