Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1230

 92 STAT. 2510

PUBLIC LAW 95-588—NOV. 4, 1978

ans' Affairs shall pay to such person an amount equal to the amount by which the amount of pension benefits such person would have received had such election been made on January 1, 1979, exceeds the amount of pension benefits actually paid to such person for the period beginning on January 1, 1979, and ending on the date preceding the date of such election. Publication in (e) Whenever there is an increase under subsections (a)(3) and Federal Register, (b)(4) i^i the annual income limitations with respect to persons being paid pension under subsections (a)(2) and (b)(3), the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall publish such annual income limitations, as increased pursuant to such subsections, in the Federal Register at the same time as the material required by section 215(i)(2)(D) of the 42 USC 415. Social Security Act is published by reason of a determination under section 215(i) of such Act. AMENDMENTS C O N C E R N I N G P E N S I O N FOR CERTAIN INSTITUTION A L I Z E D VETERANS

SEC. 307. Paragraph (1) of section 3203(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (1)(A) Where any veteran having neither spouse nor child is being furnished domiciliary care by the Veterans' Administration, no pension in excess of $60 per month shall be paid to or for the veteran for any period after the end of the second full calendar month following the month of admission for such care. " (B) Where any veteran having neither spouse nor child is being furnished hospital or nursing home care by the Veterans' Administration, no pension in excess of $60 per month shall be paid to or for the veteran for any period after the end of the third full calendar month following the month of admission for such care. " (C) No pension in excess of $60 per month shall be paid to or for a veteran having neither spouse nor child for any period after the month in which such veteran is readmitted for care described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph and furnished by the Veterans' Administration if such veteran is readmitted within six months of a period of care of not less than two full calendar months.". STUDY OF P E N S I O N

38 USC 521 note.

B E N E F I T S P A I D TO PERSONS

OVERSEAS

SEC. 308. (a) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall carry out a comprehensive study of the income characteristics of veterans of a period of war (as defined in section 101(11) of title 38, United States Code) and their survivors who are residing outside the fifty States and the District of Columbia, including those who are receiving pension benefits under 38 USC 3101. chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, or under section 9(b) of 38 USC 521 note, the Veterans' Pension Act of 1959, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. The Administrator shall include in such study (1) an analysis of the issues involved in the payment of non-serviceconnected pension benefits to such persons, (2) analyses of such aspects of the economy of each foreign country and each territory, possession, and commonwealth of the United States in which a substantial number of such persons reside as are relevant to such issues, such as the rate of inflation, the standard of living, and subsistence levels in such foreign country or such territory, possession, or commonwealth, and (3) estimates of the present and future costs of the payment of pension benefits to such persons.

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