Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 80 Part 1.djvu/1195

 80 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 89-730-NOV. 2, 1966

SEC. 3. Seotion 3012(b)(4), title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ", except that when a change in income is due to an increase in payments under a public or private retirement plan or program the effective date of a reduction or discontinuance resulting therefrom shall be the last day of the calendar year in which the change occurred". SEC. 4. Section 413, title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "$77" in paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "$80'^; (2) by striking out "$110" in paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof "$115"; (3) by striking out "$143" in paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting in lieu thereof "$149"; and (4) by striking out "$28" in paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof "$29". SEC. 5. Section 414, title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "$28" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "$29'^ (2) by striking out "$77" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "$80'^: and (3) by striking out "$39" in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof " $ 4 1 ' \ SEC. 6. (a) Subsection (a) of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, in order to provide special indemnity insurance for members of the Armed Forces serving in combat zones, and for other purposes", approved September 29, 1965 (79 Stat. 886), is amended by striking out the remaming portion of such subsection beginning with "but only if" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "but only if application is made for such death gratuity within one year after the date of enactment of this Act.". (b) Paragraph (1) of section 3(c) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(1) The death gratuity authorized by this section shall be $5,000 reduced by the aggregate amount of United States Government Life Insurance and National Service Life Insurance paid or payable on account of the death of such veteran." (c) Paragraph (2) of section 3(c) of such Act is repealed. (d) Paragraph (3) of section 3(c) of such Act is redesignated as paragraph (2). (e) Any waiver of future benefits executed by any person under section 3(a) of the Act of September 29, 1965 (79 Stat. 886), as in effect prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be of no effect. (f) In any case in which the death gratuity paid to any person under section 3 of the Act of September 29, 1965, was reduced pursuant to clause (B) of subsection (c)(1) of such section, as in effect prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall pay to such person an amount equal to the amount by which such death gratuity was reduced. (g) Notwithstanding the time limitation prescribed in section 3(a) of the Act of September 29, 1965, any application for death gratuity filed under such section shall be valid if filed within one year after the date of enactment of this Act.

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38 USC 776 note.

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