38 U.S.C. § 5311

Current through P.L. 118-64 (published on www.congress.gov on 05/24/2024), except for [P. L. 118-63]

Section 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.

38 U.S.C. § 5311

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)5311,, 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.

AMENDMENTS1991- Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 3111 of this title as this section.