2012 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans Benefits
Part IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 5100 - 6308)
Chapter 53 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS (§§ 5301 - 5319)
Section 5311 - Prohibition of certain benefit payments

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 38 - VETERANS BENEFITS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 38 - VETERANS BENEFITS
PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 53 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS
Sec. 5311 - Prohibition of certain benefit payments
Containssection 5311
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded 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.
Statutes at Large References76 Stat. 558
84 Stat. 790
105 Stat. 238
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 87-674, Public Law 91-376, Public Law 102-40

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SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS - 38 U.S.C. § 5311 (2012)
§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.

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 3111 of this title as this section.

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