85 STAT. ]
663
PUBLIC LAW 92-198-DEC. 15, 1971
Public Law 92-198 AN ACT I'll.•iiiieiid title 3^ of the ruitetl ^^tates Code to liberalize the provisions relatins to payment of <lisability and death pension, and for other purposes.
Bt tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the I irtted states of Amer'ua in Congress assembled, That (a) subsection (b) of section 521 of title 88, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (b) If the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with .'ind not reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, pension shall be paid according to the following formula: If annual income is $300 or less, the monthly rate of pension shall be $130. For each $1 of amnial income in excess of $300 up to and including $1,000. the monthly rate shall be reduced 3 cents; for each $1 of amiual income in excess of $1,000 up to and including $1,500, the monthly rate shall be reduced 4 cents; for each $1 of annual income in excess of $1,500 up to and including $1,800, the monthly rate shall be reduced 5 cents; for each $1 of annual income in excess of $1,800 up to and including $2,200, the monthly rate shall be reduced 6 cents; and for each $1 of annual income in excess of $2,200 up to and including $2,600. the monthly rate shall be reduced 7 cents. Xo pension shall IK? paid if annual income exceeds $2,600," (b) Suljsection (c) of such section 521 is amended to read as follows:
- '(c) If the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children,
pension shall be paid according to the following formula: If annual income is $500 or less, the monthly rate of pension shall be $140 for a veteran and one dependent, $145 for a veteran and two dependents, and $150 for three or more dependents. For each $1 of annual income in excess of $500 up to and including $900, the particular monthly rate shall be reduced 2 cents; for each $1 of annual income in excess of $900 up to and including $3,200, the monthly rate shall be reduced 3 cents; and for each $1 annual income in excess of $3,200 up to and including $3,800, the monthly rate shall be reduced 5 cents. No pension shall be paid if annual income exceeds $3,800." (c) Subsection (b) of section 541 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (b) I f there is no child, pension shall be paid according to the following formula: If annual income is $300 or less, the monthly rate of pension shall be $87. For each $1 of annual income in excess of $300 up to and including $600, the monthly rate shall be reduced 1 cent; for each $1 of annual income in excess of $600 up to and including $1,900, the monthly rate shall be reduced 3 cents; and for each $1 of annual income in excess of $1,900 up to and including $2,600, the monthly rate shall be reduced 4 cents. No pension shall be paid if annual income exceeds $2,600." (d) Subsection (c) of such section 541 is amended to read as follows: "' (c) If there is a widow and one child, pension shall be paid according to the following formula: If annual income is $600 or less, the monthly rate of pension shall be $104. For each $1 of annual income in excess of $600 up to and including $1,400, the monthly rate shall be reduced 1 cent; for each $1 of annual income in excess of $1,400 up to and including $2,700, the monthly rate shall be reduced 2 cents; and for each $1 of annual income in excess of $2,700 up to and including $3,800, the monthly rate shall be reduced 3 cents. Whenever the
December IS, 1971 [H. R. 116S1]
Veterans. Disability and death pension, liberalization. 73 Stat, 433; 84 Stat. 1580.
Veterans with dependents.
Widows.
Widow with one child.
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