PUBLIC LAW 97-66—OCT. 17, 1981
95 STAT. 1035
"(a) The Administrator shall set aside, when available, suitable areas in national cemeteries to honor the memory of members of the Armed Forces and veterans— "(1) who are missing in action; "(2) whose remains have not been recovered or identified; "(3) whose remains were buried at sea, whether by the member's or veteran's own choice or otherwise; "(4) whose remains were donated to science; or "(5) whose remains were cremated and the ashes scattered without interment of any portion of the ashes.". MINIMUM ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICE REQUIREMENT FOR BENEFITS
SEC. 604. (a)(1) Chapter 53 is amended by inserting after section 3103 the following new section: "§ 3103A. Minimum active-duty service requirement 38 USC 3103A. "(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any requirements for eligibility for or entitlement to any benefit under this title or any other law administered by the Veterans' Administration that are based on the length of active duty served by a person who initially enters such service after September 7, 1980, shall be exclusively as prescribed in this title. "(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a person described in paragraph (2) of tms subsection who is discharged or released from a period of active duty before completing the shorter of— "(A) 24 months of continuous active duty, or "(B) the full period for which such person was called or ordered to active duty, is not eligible by reason of such period of active duty for any benefit under this title or any other law administered by the Veterans' Administration. "(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection applies— "(A) to any person who originally enlists in a regular component of the Armed Forces after September 7, 1980; and "(B) to any other person who enters on active duty on or after the date of the enactment of the Veterans' Disability Compensation, Housing, and Memorial Benefits Amendments of 1981 and ^"^^' P 1^26. has not previously completed a continuous period of active duty of at least 24 months or been discharged or released from active duty under section 1171 of title 10. "(3) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply— "(A) to a person who is discharged or released from active duty under section 1171 or 1173 of title 10; "(B) to a person who is discharged or released from active duty for a disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty; "(C) to a person who has a disability that the Administrator has determined to be compensable under chapter 11 of this title; 38 USC 30i et "(D) to the provision of a benefit for or in connection with a ^^iservice-connected disability, condition, or death; or "(E) to benefits under chapter 19 of this title. 38 USC 70i et "(c)(l) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, no *^^ dependent or survivor of a person as to whom subsection (b) of this section requires the denial of benefits shall, by reason of such person's period of active duty, be provided with any benefit under this title or any other law administered by the Veterans' Administration.
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