8 1 marriage) has not since the death of the veteran, and after 2 enactment of the 1962 amendment to this paragraph, lived 3 with another man and held herself out openly to the public 4 to be the wife of such other man." 5 SEC. 12. Section 103 of this title is amended by strik6 ing out subsection (d) and by redesignating subsection 7 "(e)" as subsection "(d)". 8 SEC. 13. (a) Except for section 9, this Act shall take 9 effect on the first day of the first calendar month which be10 gins after the date of its enactment. 11 (b) Section 9 of this Act shall apply with respect to 12 increases in monthly rates of pension or dependency and 13 indemnity compensation payable under title 38, United 14 States Code, or the first sentence of section 9 (b) of the 15 Veterans' Pension Act of 1959 for months in and after the 16 second calendar quarter beginning after the date of the 17 enactment of this Act. 91ST CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 7629 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 25, 1969 Mr. ZwACH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to relieve certain persons 1 from filing the annual income questionnaire in connection with non-service-connected pensions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 Section 506 (a) (2) of title 38, United States Code, is 4 amended by striking out the comma after “child” and insert 5 ing in lieu thereof "or a person who has attained seventy 6 years of age and has been paid pension thereunder for two 7 calendar years,". I 91ST CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 7702 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 26, 1969 Mr. DON H. CLAUSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide survivor benefits for military career personnel. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That section 410 (a) of title 38, United States Code, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 "(a) When any veteran dies after December 31, 1956, 6 from a service-connected or compensable disability, the 7 Administrator shall pay dependency and indemnity com8 pensation to his widow, children, and parents. The stand9 ards and criteria for determining whether or not a disability 10 is service connected shall be those applicable under chapter 11 11 of this title: Provided, however, That, for purposes of 2 1 this section and chapter 11, a veteran entitled to the re2 ceipt of retired or retainer pay at the time of his death 3 shall, if such entitlement to retired or retainer pay is 4 based upon either twenty or more years of active military 5 service or service-connected disability rated at 50 per centum 6 or more, be conclusively presumed to have died of a service7 connected disability." 91ST CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 7790 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 26, 1969 Mr. WAMPLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To prohibit the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs from requiring an annual income statement from certain pensioners who are seventy-two years of age or older. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may not, in the 4 administration of the provisions of title 38, United States 5 Code, or of any other veterans' benefit law with respect to 6 pension or disability or indemnity compensation, require a 7 report, statement, or any other form of declaration with 8 9 respect to annual income from a person who has attained the age of seventy-two years, if such person continuously re10 ceived pension or disability or indemnity compensation under |