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

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Citation 38 U.S.C. § 5311 (2017)
Section Name §5311. Prohibition of certain benefit payments
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(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.)

Editorial Notes 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 53 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS
Sec. 5311 - Prohibition of certain benefit payments
Contains section 5311
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 76 Stat. 558
84 Stat. 790
105 Stat. 238
Public Law References Public Law 87-674, Public Law 91-376, Public Law 102-40
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