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 90 STAT. 1374

PUBLIC LAW 94-433—SEPT. 30, 1976

Public Law 94-433 94th Congress An Act Sept. 30, 1976 [H.R. 14299]

Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act of 1976. 38 USC 101 note.

Rate adjustment. 38 USC 314 note. 38 USC prec. 101. 38 USC 301, et seq.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans; to increase the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for their survivors; 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 Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act of 1976". TITLE I—VETERANS DISABILITY COMPENSATION SEC. 101. (a) Section 314 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out in subsection (a) "$35" and inserting in lieu thereof "$38'^; (2) by striking out in subsection (b) "$65" and inserting in lieu thereof "$70'^; (3) by striking out in subsection (c) "$98" and inserting in lieu thereof "$106"; (4) by striking out in subsection (d) "$134" and inserting in lieu thereof'|$145"; (5) by striking out in subsection (e) "^ " and inserting in lieu thereof "$203"; (6) by striking out in subsection (f) "^ " and inserting in lieu thereof "$255"; (7) by striking out in subsection (g) "$280" and inserting in lieu thereof "$302"; (8) by striking out in subsection (h) "$324" and inserting in lieu thereof "$350"; (9) by striking out in subsection (i) "$364" and inserting in lieu thereof "$393"; (10) by striking out in subsection (j) "$655" and inserting in lieu thereof "$707"; (11) by striking out in subsection (k) "$52" and "$814" and "$1,139" each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof "$56" and "$879" and "$1,231", respectively; (12) by striking out in subsection (1) "$814" and inserting in lieu thereof "$879"; (13) by striking out in subsection (m) "$896" and inserting in lieu thereof "$968^'; (14) by striking out in subsection (n) "$1,018" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,099"; (15) by striking out in subsection (o) and (p) "$1,139" each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,231"; (16) by striking out in subsection (r) "$489" and inserting in lieu thereof "$528"; and (17) by striking out in subsection (s) " $732" and inserting in lieu thereof "$791". (b) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may adjust administratively, consistent with the increases authorized by this section, the rates of disability compensation payable to persons within the purview of section 10 of Public Law 85-857 who are not in receipt of compensation payable pursuant to chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code.

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