Veterans' Administration Benefit Rate Increase and Program Improvement Act of 1984: hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on S. 2267, S. 2268, S. 2451, S. 2736, S. 2737, S. 2759, S. 2760, and related bills, June 27, 1984

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Page 407 - Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
Page 115 - Any person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made, or conspire, combine, aid, or assist in, agree to, arrange for, or in any wise procure the making or presentation of a false or fraudulent affidavit, declaration, certificate, statement, voucher, or paper, or writing purporting to be such...
Page 466 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE RY THE BILL, AS REPORTED In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic...
Page 269 - SIMPSON, with an amendment and an amendment to the title [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] A BILL To amend...
Page 115 - IV hereof, shall forfeit all rights, claims, and benefits under said titles, and, in addition to any and all other penalties imposed by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each such offense.
Page 466 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW In compliance with subsection (4) of rule XXIX of the Standing Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill (S. 307), as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): ACT OF AUGUST 13, 1946 (60 STAT.
Page 402 - Veteran of the Vietnam era" means a person (1) who (i) served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days, any part of which occurred...
Page 499 - The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill? There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on...
Page 328 - DIG rates, were amended to provide for automatic annual adjustments at the same time and by the same percentage as social security benefits. Under section 410 (b) of title 38, benefits are also paid at DIG rates to the surviving spouses and children of veterans whose deaths are not determined to be service connected where the veteran received compensation at the 100-percent rate over an extended...
Page 466 - Where a widow has been legally married to a veteran more than once, the date of original marriage will be used in determining whether the statutory requirement as to date of marriage has been met.

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