§ 1537.
Whenever there is no surviving spouse entitled to pension under section 1536 of this title, the Secretary shall pay to the children of each Spanish-American War veteran who met the service requirements of section 1512(a) of this title a pension at the monthly rate of $73.13 for one child, plus $8.13 for each additional child, with the total amount equally divided.
([Pub. L. 85–857], Sept. 2, 1958, [72 Stat. 1138], § 537; [Pub. L. 94–169, title I, § 106(39)], Dec. 23, 1975, [89 Stat. 1019]; renumbered § 1537 and amended [Pub. L. 102–83], §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, [105 Stat. 404–406].)