2018 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part II - General Benefits
Chapter 11 - Compensation for Service-Connected Disability or Death
Subchapter V - Peacetime Death Compensation
Sec. 1142 - Rates of peacetime death compensation

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Citation 38 U.S.C. § 1142 (2018)
Section Name §1142. Rates of peacetime death compensation
Section Text

For the purposes of section 1141 of this title, the monthly rates of death compensation payable shall be those specified in section 1122 of this title.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1124, §342; Pub. L. 93–295, title II, §206(a), May 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 183; renumbered §1142 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1991—Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), renumbered section 342 of this title as this section.

Pub. L. 102–83, §5(c)(1), substituted "1141" for "341" and "1122" for "322".

1974—Pub. L. 93–295 substituted "those specified in section 322 of this title" for "equal to 80 per centum of the rates prescribed by section 322 of this title, adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar, counting fifty cents and over as a whole dollar".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 93–295 effective May 1, 1974, see section 401 of Pub. L. 93–295, set out as a note under section 1114 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 II - GENERAL BENEFITS
CHAPTER 11 - COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
SUBCHAPTER V - PEACETIME DEATH COMPENSATION
Sec. 1142 - Rates of peacetime death compensation
Contains section 1142
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 72 Stat. 1124
88 Stat. 183
105 Stat. 406
Public Law References Public Law 85-857, Public Law 93-295, Public Law 102-83
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