completion of education or training to any child who is or may hereafter be pursuing a course of instruction, entered into before said child reached his or her twenty-first birthday, at a school, college, academy, seminary, technical institute, or university, particularly designated by him and approved by the Administrator, which shall have agreed to report to the Administrator the termination of attendance of such child, and if any such institution of learning fails to make such report promptly the approval shall be withdrawn.

SEC. 4. That payment shall be effective from the date of enactment of this Act in all cases where application under Public Law Numbered 484, Seventythird Congress, as amended, is on file in the Veterans' Administration prior to the date of enactment of this Act, and in all other cases payment shall be made from the date the application of the widow, child, or children, in the form prescribed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, is filed in the Veterans' Administration.

SEC. 5. This Act may be cited as the "World War Widows' and Dependent Children's Act, 1940".

[H. R. 7707, 76th Cong., 3d sess.]

A BILL To make temporary disability ratings of World War veterans permanent after ten years

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when the rating as to the degree of disability of any World War veteran to whom disability compensation has been or is hereafter allowed under the Act of Congress approved March 20, 1933, as amended and supplemented (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 38, ch. 1; Supp. II, title 38, ch. 12), has been in effect for a period of ten years, such rating shall become permanent, except in case of fraud affecting the rating and in which the veteran has participated. Such rating may be increased upon the initiative of either the veteran or the Veteran's Administration.

[H. R. 2289, 76th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To amend existing law to restore 100 per centum of compensation previously payable to veterans under the World War Veterans' Act

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That that part of the second proviso, section 28, Public Law Numbered 141, Seventy-third Congress, March 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 524; U. S. C., title 38, sec. 722), which limits payment of compensation thereunder to 75 per centum of the payments otherwise authorized, is hereby repealed and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby authorized and directer to pay 100 per centum of the compensation otherwise authorized under Public Law Numbered 141, Seventy-third Congress.

[H. R. 7705, 76th Cong., 3d sess.]

A BILL To provide minimum ratings for service-connected disabilities incurred during the World War

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby authorized and directed to insert in the rating schedule of the Veterans' Administration a minimum rating of permanent partial 1 per centum for any service-connected disability incurred during the World War.

SEC. 2. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby further authorized and directed to insert in the rating schedule of the Veterans' Administration a minimum rating of permanent partial 10 per centum for wounds incurred in line of duty in active service during the World War.

[H. R. 7873, 76th Cong., 3d sess.]

A BILL To permit post-mortem ratings and payment thereon of accrued awards of compensation, pension, or emergency officers' retirement pay

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph V of part I of Veterans

Regulation Numbered 2 (a), as amended, is hereby amended by striking the last sentence thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "Pending claims for compensation, pension, or emergency officers' retirement pay may be adjudicated upon the evidence in file at the time of death or furnished within the period for filing and completing claim as herein prescribed, and any amount found due shall be awarded and paid in the manner hereinbefore provided, except that the aggregate sum allowed in any one case under this paragraph shall not exceed $1,000."

[H. R. 2650, 76th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 6 (a), as amended, to authorize hospital care and treatment for American veterans residing in foreign countries, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph IV, Veterans Regulation Numbered 6 (a), as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 38, ch. 12, appendix), is hereby amended to read as follows:

"IV. No person shall be entitled to receive domiciliary, medical, or hospital care, including treatment, who resides outside of the continental limits of the United States or its Territories or possessions, unless such person is a citizen of the United States and is suffering from a disability due to service in the armed forces of the United States. As to such persons the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to furnish hospital care, including medical treatment, when necessary for the relief of such service-connected disabilities, in such manner as the Administrator shall by regulation prescribe."

A BILL To repeal the restriction in section 5 of Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Congress, July 19, 1939, pertaining to receipt of yearly renewable term or automatic insurance

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sentence in section 5 of Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved July 19, 1939, which reads, "The amount of compensation herein authorized shall be paid in the event the monthly payment of compensation under Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (g) and the monthly payment of yearly renewable term or automatic insurance does not aggregate or exceed the amount of compensation herein authorized", is hereby repealed.

[H. R. 7894, 76th Cong., 3d sess.]

A BILL To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 10 (a), section 1, paragraph VI, defining the term "child"

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Veterans Regulation Numbered 10 (a), section 1, paragraph VI, be amended to read as follows:

"VI, The term 'child' shall include a legitimate child; a child legally adopted; a foster child; a stepchild, if a member of the household of the person who served; an illegitimate child, but, as to the father only, if acknowledged in writing signed by him, or if he has been judicially ordered or decreed to contribute to such child's support, or has been judicially decreed to be the putative father of such child; unmarried and under the age of eighteen, unless prior to reaching the age of eighteen the child becomes or has become permanently incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical defect, except that the payment of compensation or pension shall be further continued after the age of eighteen years and until completion of education or training to any child who is or many hereafter be pursuing a course of instruction entered into before said child reached his or her twenty-first birthday at a school, college, academy, seminary, technical institute, or university, particularly designated by him and approved by the Administrator, which shall have agreed to report to the Administrator the termination of attendance of such child, and if any such institution of learning fails to make such report promptly the approval shall be withdrawn."

[H. R. 7896, 76 Cong., 3d sess.]

A BILL To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 10, paragraph VII, to define the term "parent"

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Veterans Regulation Numbered 10, paragraph VII, be amended to read as follows:

"VII. The term 'parent' shall mean the natural mother or father, mother or father through adoption, the natural grandmother or grandfather, and persons who have stood in loco parentis to the person who served. The natural mother or father shall take precedence over the stepmother or stepfather unless the natural mother or father, in the judgment of the Administrator, failed to accept the responsibility of caring for the child."

[H. R. 7939, 76th Cong., 3d sess.]

A BILL To provide for a statutory award of $35 per month in addition to any compensation payable to a World War veteran for the loss of the use of one or more feet or hands

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after the date of enactment of this Act, World War veterans otherwise entitled to the statutory award under the provisions of the last paragraph of section 202 (3), World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended, for the loss of the use of one or more feet or hands, shall be paid $35 per month additional compensation in lieu of $25 per month previously authorized.

AN ACT Relating to the funeral costs and transportation of bodies of certain deceased veterans

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraphs II, III, and IV of Veterans Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended, be further amended to read as follows:

"II. Where an honorably discharged veteran of any war or a veteran of any war in receipt of pension or compensation dies after discharge, the Administrator, in his discretion and with due regard to the circumstances in each case, shall pay, for burial and funeral expenses and transportation of the body (including preparation of the body) to the place of burial, a sum not exceeding $100 to cover such items and to be paid to such person or persons as may be prescribed by the Administrator. The Administrator may, in his discretion, make contracts for burial and funeral services within the limits of the amount herein allowed without regard to the laws prescribing advertisement for proposals for supplies and services for the Veterans' Administration. No deduction shall be made from the burial allowance because of any contribution from any source toward the burial and funeral (including transportation) unless the amount of expenses incurred is covered by the amount actually paid for burial and funeral (including transportation) purposes by a State, county, or other political subdivision, Workmen's Compensation Commission, State Industrial Accident Board, employer, burial association or Federal Agency: Provided, That no claim shall be allowed for more than the difference between the entire amount of the expenses incurred, and the amount paid by any or all of the foregoing agencies or organizations: Provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed to cause the denial of or a reduction in the amount of the burial allowance otherwise payable because of a cash contribution made by a burial association to any person other than the person rendering burial and funeral services: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to cause payment of the burial allowances or any part thereof in any case where specific provision is otherwise made for payment of expenses of funeral, transportation and interment under any other Act.

"III. Where death occurs in a Veterans' Administration facility within the continental limits of the United States, the Veterans' Administration will (a) assume the actual cost (not to exceed $100) of burial and funeral and (b) transport the body to the place of burial within the continental limits of the

United States or to the place of burial in Alaska if the veteran was a resident of Alaska and had been brought to the United States as a beneficiary of the Veterans' Administration for hospital or domiciliary care. Where a veteran dies while hospitalized under authority of the Veterans' Administration in a territory or possession of the United States the Veterans' Administration will (a) assume the actual cost (not to exceed $100) of burial and funeral and (b) transport the body to the place of burial within the territory or possession. "IV. Claims for reimbursement must be filed within 2 years subsequent to the date of burial of the veteran. In the event the claimant's application is not complete at the time of original submission, the Veterans' Administration will notify the claimant of the evidence necessary to complete the application and if such evidence is not received within one year from the date of the request therefor no allowance may be paid: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized and directed to adjudicate any unpaid claim filed within 2 years after the enactment of this Act where death occurred on or after March 20, 1933, and claim was not filed within the regulatory period, and to grant burial allowance under the laws and regulations in effect on the date of adjudication after the enactment of this Act, if all other requirements are met."

SEC. 2. That paragraph III of Veterans Regulation Numbered 6 (a), as amended, be further amended to read as follows:

"III. To persons unable to defray the cost thereof, transportation and other necessary expenses incidental thereto will be supplied to cover travel to a Veterans' Administration facility for domiciliary or hospital care; to cover return travel to the place from which the person proceeded to the facility, when he is regularly discharged upon completion of such care; and to cover travel involved in a transfer, deemed necessary, from one Veterans' Administration facility to another. All such travel will be subject to grant of prior authorization therefor. In the event of death of any such person within the continental limits of the United States prior to his discharge from such care, transportation expenses (including preparation of the body) for the return of the body to the place of burial within the continental limits of the United States or to the place of burial in Alaska if the veteran was a resident of Alaska, and had been brought to the United States as a beneficiary of the Veterans' Administration for hospital or domiciliary care, may be paid in the discretion of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, when deemed necessary and as an administrative necessity. In the event of death of any such person in a territory or possession of the United States transportation expenses (including preparation of the body) for the return of the body to place of burial within the territory or possession may be paid."

SEC. 3. This Act shall be applied to any claim for burial benefits pending in the Veterans' Administration on the date of its enactment.