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PUBLIC LAW 92-199-DEC. 15, 1971

73 Stat. 435.

81 Stat. 180. Children.

Annual income determinations. 73 Stat. 432; 84 Stat. 1584.

76 Stat. 949. 84 Stat. 1583. 38 USC 521 note.

73 Stat. 436. 38 USC 521 note, 84 Stat. 1584. 81 Stat. 18 2,

Effective date.

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monthly rate payable to the widow under the foregoing formula is less than the amount which would be payable to the child under section 542 of this title if the widow were not entitled, the widow will be paid at the child's rate. Xo pension shall be paid if the annual income exceeds $3,800." (e) Subsection (d) of such section 541 is amended by striking out "$16" and inserting in lieu thereof "$17". (f) Subsection (a) of section 542 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "$40" and "$16" and inserting in lieu thereof ' ^ 2 " and "$17", respectively. SEC. 2. Section 503 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by (a) inserting " (a) " immediately preceding " I n " at the beginning of such section, and (b) adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: " (b) Where a fraction of a dollar is involved, annual income shall be fixed at the next lower dollar. "(c) The Administrator may provide by regulation for the exclusion from income under this chapter of amounts paid by a veteran, widow, or child for unusual medical expenses." SEC. 3. Paragraph (2) of section 3012(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "month" and inserting in lieu thereof "calendar year". SEC. 4. Section 4 of Public Law 90-275 (82 Stat. 68) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. The annual income limitations governing payment of pension under the fii*st sentence of section 9(b) of the Veterans' Pension Act of 1959 hereafter shall be $2,200 and $3,500, instead of $1,900 and $3,200, respectively." SEC. 5. (a) Paragraph (30) of section 101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking the phrase "for ninety days or more". (b) Paragraph (3) of subsection 521(g) of such title 38 is amended by inserting immediately before "World W a r I " the phrase "the Mexican border period or". SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 1972. Approved December 15, 1971.

Public Law 92-199 December 15, 1971

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Water resources development projects. Feasibility studies.

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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in certain feasibility investigations.

Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to engage in feasibility studies of the following potential water resources development projects: (a) North Side Pumping Division Extension, Minidoka project, Jerome and Minidoka Counties, Idaho. (b) Dickinson Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program, North Dakota. (c) Upper J o h n Day project, on the John Day River in Grant and Wheeler Counties, Oregon. (d) A plan to rehabilitate the distribution system of the Red Bluff project, Texas. (e) Rogue River Basin project, Grants Pass Division, Josephine and Jackson Counties, Oregon.

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