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[70 Stat. 863]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 863]

70

STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW

881-AUG.

1. 1956

(e) The amount determined under subsection (a) shall, after increase (if any) under subsection (b), be adjusted by the Administrator to the next higher dollar. The amount referred to in paragraph (2) (A) or (B) or paragraph (2)(C) of subsection (c) shall be determined by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, or the Kailroad Retirement Board, as the case may be, and shall be certified to the Administrator upon his request. DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION TO CHILDREN

SEC. 203. (a) Whenever there is no widow of a deceased person entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation under this title, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to the children of the deceased person at the following rates: (1) One child, $70 per month. (2) Two children, $100 per month. (3) Three children, $130 per month. (4) More than three children, $130 per month, plus $25 per month for each child in excess of three. (b) Dependency and indemnity compensation prescribed by this section shall be paid to eligible children in equal shares. SUPPLEMENTAL DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION TO CHILDREN

SEC. 204. (a) I n the case of a child entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation who has attained the age of eighteen and who, while under such age, became permanently incapable of self-support, the dependency and indemnity compensation paid monthly to him shall be increased by $25. (b) If dependency and indemnity compensation is payable monthly to a woman as a "widow" and there is a child (of her deceased husband) who has attained the age of eighteen and who, while under such age, became permanently incapable of self-support, dependency and indemnity compensation shall De paid monthly to each such child, concurrently with the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the widow, in the amount of $70. (c) If dependency and indemnity compensation is payable monthly to a woman as a "widow" and there is a child (of her deceased husband) who has attained the age of eighteen and who, while under the age of twenty-one, is pursuing a course of instruction at an approved educational institution, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid monthly to each such child, concurrently with the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the widow, in the amount of $35. D E P E N D E N C Y AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION TO PARENTS

SEC. 205. (a) Dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paia monthly under this title to parents of a deceased person in the amounts prescribed by this section. (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), if there is only one parent, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to him

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