Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1218

 92 STAT. 2498

26 USC 6012. 26 USC 143. 26 USC 2.

Repeal.

PUBLIC LAW 95-588—NOV. 4, 1978 (12) striking out clauses (16) and (17); and (13) adding at the end of such subsection the following new clauses: "(8) amounts equal to amounts paid by a veteran, veterans' spouse, or surviving spouse or by or on behalf of a veteran's child for unreimbursed medical expenses, to the extent that such amounts exceed 5 per centum of the maximum annual rate of pension (including any amount of increased pension payable on account of family members but not including any amount of pension payable because a person is in need of regular aid and attendance or because a person is permanently housebound) payable to such veteran, surviving spouse, or child; "(9) in the case of a veteran or surviving spouse pursuing a course of education or vocational rehabilitation or training, amounts equal to amounts paid by such veteran or surviving spouse for such course of education or vocational rehabilitation or training, including (A) amounts paid for tuition, fees, books, and materials, and (B) in the case of such a veteran or surviving spouse in need of regular aid and attendance, unreimbursed amounts paid for unusual transportation expenses in connection with the pursuit of such course of education or vocational rehabilitation or training, to the extent that such amounts exceed the reasonable expenses which would have been incurred by a nondisabled person using an appropriate means of transportation (public transportation, if reasonably available); and "(10) in the case of a child, any current-work income received during the year, to the extent that the total amount of such income does not exceed an amount equal to the sum of— "(A) the lowest amount of gross income for which an income tax return is required under section 6012(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, to be filed by an individual who is not married (as determined under section 143 of such Code), is not a surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a) of such Code), and is not a head of household (as defined in section 2(b) of such Code); and "(B) if the child is pursuing a course of postsecondary education or vocational rehabilitation or training, the amount paid by such child for such course of education or vocational rehabilitation or training, including the amount paid for tuition, fees, books, and materials.", (b) Subsection (c) of such section is repealed. INCOME AND N E T WORTH REPORTS

eondition. Post, pp. 2500, 2503, 2504.

SEC. 103. Subsection (a) of section 506 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) As a condition of granting or continuing pension under section 521, 541, or 542 of this title, the Administrator— "(1) may require from any person who is an applicant for or a recipient of pension such information, proofs, and evidence as the Administrator determines to be necessary in order to determine the annual income and the value of the corpus of the estate of such person, and of any spouse or child for whom the person is receiving or is to receive increased pension (such a child is hereinafter in this subsection referred to as a 'dependent child'), and, in the case of a child applying for or in receipt of pension under section 542 of this title (hereinafter in this subsection referred to

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