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PUBLIC LAW 92-197-DEC. 15, 1971

[85 STAT.

subdivisions in the transit zone to make the agreed upon annual contributions. I t is the purpose of this section to reaffirm the aforementioned policy established by Congress with respect to the regional transit project and the contractual obligation of the District of Columbia to provide its share of the cost of the regional transit project. Approved December 15, 1971.

Public Law 92-197 December 15, 1971 [H. R. 11652]

Veterans. Dependency and indemnity comp e n s a t i o n, increase. 83 Stat. 144.

AN ACT To amend title 38 of the United States Code to liberalize the provisions relating to payment of dependency and indemnity compensation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 411 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (a) Dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to a widow, based on the pay ^rade of her deceased husband, at monthly rates set forth in the following table: "Pay grade E-1 E-2 E-3 E-4 E^5 E-6 E-7 E-8 E-9 W-1 W-2 W-3

Monthly rate $184 189 195 208 212 217 227 240 ^251 232 241 249

"Pay grade W-4 0-1 0-2 0-3 0-4 0-5 0-6 0-7 0-8 0-9 O-IO

Monthly rate $262 232 240 257 272 299 337 365 399 429 M69

"1 If the veteran served as sergeant major of the Army, senior enlisted adviser of the Navy, chief master sergeant of the Air Force, or sergeant major of the Marine Corps, at the applicable time designated by section 402 of this title, the widow's rate shall be $270. "2 If the veteran served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, or Commandant of the Marine Corps, at the applicable time designated by section 402 of this title, the widow's rate shall be $503.

Children. 84 Stat. 256.

"^b) If there is a Avidow with one or more children below the age of eignteen of a deceased veteran, the dependency and indemnity compensation paid monthly to the widow shall be increased by $22 for each such child. "(c) The monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to a widow shall be increased by $55 if she is (1) a patient in a nursing home or (2) helpless or blind, or so nearly helpless or blind as to need or require the regular aid and attendance of another person." SEC. 2. Section -113 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "Whenever there is no widow of a deceased veteran entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid in equal shares to the children of the deceased veteran at the following monthly rates:

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