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 PUBLIC LAW 95-476—OCT. 18, 1978

92 STAT. 1497

Public Law 95-476 95th Congress An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the iiousing benefits programs of the Veterans' Administration, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay an allowance to a State for expenses incurred in the burial of eligible veterans in cemeteries owned and operated by or for such State solely for the interment of veterans, to authorize a program of grant assistance to States for the establishment, expansion, and improvement of State veterans' cemeteries, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) this Act may be cited as the "Veterans' Housing Benefits Act of 1978". (b) Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States Code.

Oct. 18, 1978 [H.R. 12028]

Veterans' Housing Benefits Act of 1978. 38 USC 101 note.

TITLE I—VETERANS' HOUSING B E N E F I T S ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS

SEC. 1 0 1. S e c t i o n 802 is amended by striking o u t " $ 2 5, 0 0 0 " and inserting in lieu thereof "$30,000".

38 USC 802.

BASIC ENTITLEMENT FOR H O M E, CONDOMINIUM, AND MOBILE HOME LOANS

38 USC 1802. SEC. 102. (a) Subsection (a) of section 1802 is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking out "World War II or the Korean conflict" both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "World War II, the Korean conflict, or the Vietnam era"; and (2) in the second sentence, by striking out "Entitlement" and all that follows through "World War II, has" and inserting in lieu thereof "In the case of any veteran who served on active duty during two or more of the periods specified in the preceding sentence, or in section 1818 of this title, for which eligibility for the 38 USC 1818. benefits under this chapter may be granted, entitlement derived from service during the most recent such period (1) shall cancel any unused entitlement derived from service during any earlier such period, and (2) shall be reduced by the amount by which entitlement from service during any earlier such period has", 38 USC 1802. (b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (1) in the firsit sentence, by inserting " (A) " after "(1)", redesignating clause (2) as subclause (B), and redesignating clause (3) as clause (2); and (2) in the second sentence, by striking out "clauses (1) and (2) above" and inserting in lieu thereof "clause (1) of the preceding sentence".

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