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Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
1477(a)
1477(b) | 38:1131(c) (less words in parentheses in clause (2)). 38:1134(d). 38:1101(7) (as applicable to children and as applicable to death gratuity). | Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 837, §§ 102(7) (as applicable to death gratuity), 301(c), (d), 304(d), 70 Stat. 860, 868, 869. |
| 38:1131(c) (words in parentheses in clause (2)). | |
1477(c) | 38:1101(7) (less applicability to children, as applicable to death gratuity). | |
1477(d) | 38:1131(d). | |
In subsection (a), the words “highest on the following list” are substituted for the words “first listed below”, in 38:1131(c). The words “as prescribed by subsection (b)” are inserted in clause (2) to reflect that subsection. The words “or persons in loco parentis, as prescribed by subsection (c)” are inserted in clauses (3) (A) and (4) to reflect the fact that certain persons who are not parents in the normal sense are included as eligible survivors.
In subsection (d), the words “the death gratuity” are substituted for the words “the amount to which he is entitled under this subchapter”. The words “next in the order prescribed” are substituted for the words “first listed under”.
2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–181, § 645(a)(3), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which required a death gratuity payable upon the death of a person covered by section 1475 or 1476 of this title to be paid to or for the living survivor highest on a specified list.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–181, § 645(a)(3), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (d).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–181, § 645(a)(3), added subsec. (c).
Pub. L. 110–181, § 645(a)(1), struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “Clauses (3) and (4) of subsection (a), so far as they apply to parents and persons in loco parentis, include fathers and mothers through adoption, and persons who stood in loco parentis to the decedent for a period of not less than one year at any time before he acquired a status described in section 1475 or 1476 of this title. However, only one father and one mother, or their counterparts in loco parentis, may be recognized in any case, and preference shall be given to those who exercised a parental relationship on the date, or most nearly before the date, on which the decedent entered that status.”
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–181, § 645(a)(2), redesignated subsec. (b) as (d) and substituted “Treatment of Children.—Subsection (b)(2)” for “Subsection (a)(2)” in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 110–181, § 645(a)(1), struck out subsec. (d) which read as follows: “During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection and ending on
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–417 inserted period at end.
Pub. L. 110–181, § 645(b), inserted heading and substituted “subsection (a) or (b)” for “subsection (a) or (d)” and “subsection (b)” for “subsection (a).”.
2007—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–28, § 3306(1), substituted “Subject to subsection (d), a death gratuity” for “A death gratuity”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–28, § 3306(3), added subsec. (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–28, § 3306(2), redesignated subsec. (d) as (e) and substituted “If a person entitled to all or a portion of a death gratuity under subsection (a) or (d) dies before the person” for “If an eligible survivor dies before he”.
1989—Subsec. (b)(5)(C). Pub. L. 101–189 substituted “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs”.
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VI, § 645(d), “(1) Not later than “(2) The regulations required by paragraph (1) shall include forms for the making of the designation contemplated by subsection (a) of section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, and instructions for members of the Armed Forces in the filling out of such forms.”
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VI, § 645(c),