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 PUBLIC LAW 94-169—DEC. 23, 1975

89 STAT. 1013

Public Law 94-169 94th Congress An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code to liberalize the provisions relating to payment of disability and death pension and dependency and indemnity compensation, to increase income limitations, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Veterans and Survivors Pension Interim Adjustment Act of 1975". TITLE I—INTERIM ADJUSTMENTS IN CURRENT STATUTORY PENSION PROVISIONS SEC. 101. Effective January 1, 1976, title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) chapter 1 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking out in paragraph (3) of section 101 "widow", "woman", "wife", "his", "him", "man", and "herself" each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof "surviving spouse", "person of the opposite sex", "spouse", "the veteran's", "the veteran", "person", and "himself or herself", respectively; (B) by striking out in the second sentence of paragraph (4) of section 101 "his support" and "his spouse" and inserting in lieu thereof "the person's support" and "the veteran's spouse", respectively; (C) by striking out in paragraph (5) of section 101 "his" and inserting in lieu thereof "the veteran's"; (D) by striking out in paragraph (13) of section 101 "widow" and inserting in lieu thereof "surviving spouse"; (E) by striking out in paragraph (14) of section 101 "widow" each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "surviving spouse"; (F) by striking out in paragraph (15) of section 101 "widow" and inserting in lieu thereof "surviving spouse"; and (G) by adding at the end of section 101 the following new paragraph: "(31) The term 'spouse' means a person of the opposite sex who is a wife or huband and the term 'surviving spouse' means a person of the opposite sex who is a widow or widower."; and (2) chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (A) by inserting in subsection (a) of section 503 "and" after the semicolon at the end of clause (16) of such subsection; (B) by striking out in subsection (a) of section 541 "widow" and inserting in lieu thereof "surviving spouse" and by striking out "his" preceding the word "death";

Dec. 23, 1975 [H.R. 10355]

Veterans and Survivors Pension Interim Adjustment Act of 1975. 38 USC 101 note. Effective date. 38 USC 101 et

"Spouse." "Surviving spouse." 38 USC 501 et seq.

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