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10-percent disability 20 percent Administration American Legion August 16 broadens the base Bureau date of death date of enactment date of marriage deal deceased World degree of disability designing women DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS disabled veterans Economy Act effective date effective prior enacted into law ENGEL entitled establish eligibility estimate favor fiction file a claim Gallup poll GRAY HALLECK HINES husband increase the cost June 28 KIRBY LANZETTA Law Numbered 304 limiting date matter MILLER non-service-connected disability passage pending bill pensions for veterans permanent and total person who served preceding his death present law prior to July proposed amendment proposed bill proposed legislation provisions of existing Public Law Numbered receive compensation result RICE ROGERS service organizations service-connected death Seventy-fifth Congress Spanish-American War straight pension bill suggested surviving a minor tion title 38 total disability veteran's death widows and children wife World War veterans
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Page 1 - That marriages, except such as are mentioned in section forty-seven hundred and five of the Revised Statutes, shall be proven in compensation or insurance cases to be legal marriages according to the law of the place where the parties resided at the...
Page 1 - ... is hereby amended by striking out all of the first sentence before the colon preceding the first proviso and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "For the purpose of payment of compensation or pension under laws administered by the Veterans...
Page 2 - widow" means (except for purposes of Chapter 19 of this title) a woman who was the wife of a veteran at the time of his death, and who lived with him continuously from the date of marriage to the date of his death...
Page 1 - No compensation or pension- shall be paid to a widow unless there was continuous cohabitation with the person who served from the date of marriage to date of death, except where there was a separation which was due to the misconduct of or procured by the person who served, without the fault of the widow.
Page 1 - To liberalize the provisions of existing laws governing death compensation benefits for widows and children of World War veterans, and for other purposes...
Page 17 - Rice has suggested. He proposed that the woman be required to be married to and live with the veteran for 3 years immediately preceding his death, or has surviving a minor or helpless child born as the result of such marriage, even though the marriage took place after the passage of the act. Mr.
Page 5 - ... legislation of such magnitude. We appreciate the attitude of members of this committee in giving careful consideration to what should be done; and this bill, as I said at the outset, certainly is reasonable in its demands, and if it can be held to those, I think it should be enacted into law. Mr. GRISWOLD. I do not know what the committee wants to do, but I want to ask you whether you have prepared any amendments along the lines you have suggested for HR 9704.