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TITLE 38 > PART IV > CHAPTER 53 > § 5310
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Source
(Added Pub. L. 87–825, § 4(a), Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 950, § 3110; amended Pub. L. 98–160, title VII, § 703(3), Nov. 21, 1983, 97 Stat. 1010; renumbered § 5310 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L. 104–275, title V, § 506(a), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3343; Pub. L. 105–114, title IV, § 401(f), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2294.)
Amendments
1997—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 105–114 substituted “under paragraph (1)” for “under this paragraph” before period at end of first sentence.
1996—Pub. L. 104–275 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section
3110 of this title as this section and substituted “5110(d)” for “3010(d)”.
1983—Pub. L. 98–160 substituted “surviving spouse” for “widow”, and “the death of the veteran” for “his death”.
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Section 506(b) of Pub. L. 104–275 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to the death of compensation and pension recipients occurring after December 31, 1996.”
Effective Date
Section effective first day of second calendar month which begins after Oct. 15, 1962, see section 7 of Pub. L. 87–825, set out as an Effective Date of 1962 Amendment note under section
110 of this title.
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