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 95 STAT. 1036 38 USC 701 ef seq., 1801 et seq. "Benefit." 38 USC 1601 et seq.

PUBLIC LAW 97-66—OCT. 17, 1981

"(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to benefits under chapters 19 and 37 of this title. "(d) For the purposes of this section, the term 'benefit' includes a right or privilege, but does not include a refund of a participant's contributions to the educational benefits program provided by chapter 32 of this title.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3103 the following: "3103A. Minimum active-duty service requirement.".

38 USC 3103A note.

38 USC 1801 et seq.

(b) Section 3103A of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall not apply with respect to the receipt by any person of any benefit provided by or pursuant to law before the date of the enactment of this Act. Notwithstanding such section, a person who before such date has received a certificate of eligibility from the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs for benefits under chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, is eligible for such benefits after such date. DELIMITING

38 USC 1712.

38 USC 1712 note.

DATES FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES OF CERTAIN SERVICECONNECTED DISABLED VETERANS

SEC. 605. (a) Section 1712(b)(1) is amended— (1) by inserting "of the following" after "whichever"; (2) by striking out "the date" in clause (A) and inserting in lieu thereof "The date"; (3) by striking out the comma and "or" at the end of clause (A) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (4) by striking out clause (B) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(B) The date of death of the spouse from whom eligibility is derived who dies while a total disability evaluated as permanent in nature was in existence. "(C) The date on which the Administrator determines that the spouse from whom eligibility is derived died of a service-connected disability.", (b) Subsection (f) of section 2 of Public Law 90-631 (82 Stat. 1331) is amended to read as follows: "(f)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, in the case of any person who is an eligible person by reason of subparagraph (B) or (D) of section 1701(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, if the date of death or the date of the determination of serviceconnected total disability permanent in nature of the person from whom eligibility is derived occurred before December 1, 1968, the 10-year delimiting period referred to in section 1712(b)(1) of such title shall run from such date. "(2) If the death of the person from whom such eligibility is derived occurred before December 1, 1968, and the date on which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs determines that such person died of a service-connected disability is later than December 1, 1968, the delimiting period referred to in section 1712(b)(1) of such title shall run from the date on which the Administrator makes such determination.".

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