United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 38. VETERANS’ BENEFITS |
Part II. GENERAL BENEFITS |
Chapter 11. COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH |
SubChapter V. PEACETIME DEATH COMPENSATION |
§ 1142. Rates of peacetime death compensation
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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.
(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.)
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 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–295 effective