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PUBLIC LAW 90-77-AUG. 31, 1967

[81 STAT.

TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS STATUTORY AWARDS

72 Stat. 1120.

SEC. 401. Section 314(k) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to I'ead as follows: " (k) if the veteran, as the result of service-connected disability, has suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of one or more creative organs, or one foot, or one hand, or both buttocks, or blindness of one eye, having only light perception, or has suffered complete organic aphonia with constant inability to communicate by speech, or deafness of both ears, having absence of air and bone conduction, the rate of compensation therefor shall be $47 per month for each such loss or loss of use independent of any other compensation provided in subsections (a) through (j) or subsection (s) of this section but in no event to exceed $400 per month; and in the event the veteran has suffered one or more of the disabilities heretofore specified in this subsection, in addition to the requirement for any of the rates specified in subsections (1) through (n) of this section, the rate of compensation shall be increased by $47 per month for each such loss or loss of use, but in no event to exceed $600 per month;". B U R I A L FLAGS TOR CERTAIN I N - SERVICE D E A T H S

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70A Stat. 113.

SEC. 402. Section 901 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding a new subsection " (d) " at the end thereof to read as follows: " (d) In the case of any person who died while in the active military, naval, or air service after May 27, 1941, the Administrator shall furnish a flag to the next of kin, or to such other person as the Administrator deems most appropriate, if such next of kin or other person is not otherwise entitled to receive a flag under this section, or under section 1482(a) of title 10, United States Code." E X T E N S I O N OF LOAN PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS

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SEC. 403. (a) The second sentence of section 1802(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "July 26, 1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 26, 1970". (b) Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 1803(a)(3)(A) of such title are each amended by striking out "July 25, 1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 25, 1970". (c) The World W a r II loan benefit entitlement of any veteran whose period of entitlement as computed under the provisions of section 1803(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, as amended by this section, extended beyond July 25, 1967, shall not be deemed to expire earlier than ninety days after the effective date of this section. INCREASE I N A M O U N T OF DIRECT LOANS

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SEC. 404. (a) Section 1811(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: "; except that the Administrator may increase the $17,500 limitations specified in this paragraph to an amount not to exceed $25,000 where he finds that cost levels so require". (b) Section 1811(d)(3) of such title is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: "; except that the Administrator may increase such aggregate amount to an amount not to exceed $25,000 where he finds that cost levels so require".

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