2017 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part IV - General Administrative Provisions
Chapter 53 - Special Provisions Relating to Benefits
Sec. 5311 - Prohibition of certain benefit payments
38 U.S.C. § 5311 (2017) |
§5311. Prohibition of certain benefit payments |
There shall be no payment of dependency and indemnity compensation, death compensation, or death pension which, because of a widow's relationship with another man before enactment of Public Law 87–674, would not have been payable by the Veterans' Administration under the standard for determining remarriage applied by that agency before said enactment. |
(Added Pub. L. 91–376, §8(b), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 790, §3111; renumbered §5311, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, §402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238.) |
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Public Law 87–674, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 87–674, Sept. 19, 1962, 76 Stat. 558, which was enacted Sept. 19, 1962, and amended sections 101, 103, and 3010 [now 5110] of this title to provide for the restoration of certain widows and children to the benefit rolls upon annulment of their marriages or remarriages. AMENDMENTS1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 3111 of this title as this section. |
United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS |
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Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS CHAPTER 53 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS Sec. 5311 - Prohibition of certain benefit payments |
section 5311 |
2017 |
January 12, 2018 |
Yes |
standard |
76 Stat. 558 84 Stat. 790 105 Stat. 238 |
Public Law 87-674, Public Law 91-376, Public Law 102-40 |