PUBLIC LAW 95-588—NOV. 4, 1978
92 STAT. 2499
as a 'surviving child'), of any person with whom such child is residing who is legally responsible for such child's support; " (2) shall require that any such applicant or recipient file each year with the Veterans' Administration (on such form as may be prescribed for such purpose by the Administrator) a report showing— "(A) the annual income which such applicant or recipient (and any such spouse or dependent child) received during the preceding year, the corpus of the estate of such applicant or recipient (and of any such spouse or dependent child) at the end of such year, and in the case of a surviving child, the income and corpus of the estate of any person with whom such child is residing who is legally responsible for such child's support; "(B) such applicant's or recipient's estimate for the then current year of the annual income such applicant or recipient (and any such spouse or dependent child) expects to receive and of any expected increase in the value of the corpus of the estate of such applicant or recipient (and for any such spouse or dependent child); and "(C) in the case of a surviving child, an estimate for the then current year of the annual income of any person with whom such child is residing who is legally responsible for such child's support and of any expected increase in the value of the corpus of the estate of such person; "(3) shall require that any such applicant or recipient promptly file a revised report whenever there is a material change in the estimated annual income of such applicant or recipient (or of any such spouse or dependent child) or a material change in such applicant's or recipient's estimate of the value of the corpus of the estate of such applicant or recipient (or of any such spouse or dependent child), and in the case of a surviving child, a material change in the estimated annual income or value of the corpus of the estate of any person with whom such child is residing who is legally responsible for such child's support; and "(4) shall require that any such applicant or recipient apply- Notification, ing for or in receipt of increased pension on account of a person who is a spouse or child of such applicant or recipient promptly notify the Administrator if such person ceases to meet the applicable definition of spouse or child.". FREQUENCY OF P A Y M E N T OF PENSION BENEFITS
SEC. 104. (a) Chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 507 the following new section: "§ 508. Frequency of payment of pension benefits "(a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, benefits under sections 521, 541, and 542 of this title shall be paid monthly. "(b) Under regulations which the Administrator shall prescribe, benefits under sections 521, 541, and 542 of this title may be paid less frequently than monthly if the amount of th^ annual benefit is less than 4 per centum of the maximum annual rate payable to a veteran under section 521(b) of this title.". (b) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 507 a new item as follows: "508. Frequency of payment of pension benefits.".
38 USC 501. 38 USC 508. Post, pp. 2500, 2503, 2504.
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