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[71 Stat. 105]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1957
[71 Stat. 105]

71 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 85-66-JUNE 17, 1957 PART B — V E T E R A N S ' PENSIONS SUBPART I

SERVICE PENSION

I N D I A N WAR VETERANS

SEC. 411. (a) The Administrator shall pay to each veteran of the Indian Wars who meets the service requirements of this section a pension at the following monthly rate: (1) $101.59; or (2) $135.45 if the veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance. (b) A veteran meets the service requirements of this section if he served in one of the Indian Wars— (1) for thirty days or more; or (2) for the duration of such Indian W a r; in any military organization, whether or not such service was the result of regular muster into the service of the United States, if such service was under the authority or by the approval of the United States or any State or Territory. S P A N I S H - AMERICA N WAR VETERANS

SEC. 412. (a)(1) The Administrator shall pay to each veteran of the Spanish-American W a r who meets the service requirements of this subsection a pension at the following monthly rate: (A) $101.59; or (B) $135.45 if the veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance. (2) A veteran meets the service requirements of this subsection if he served in the active military or naval service— (A) for ninety days or more during the Spanish-American War; (B) during the Spanish-American W a r and was discharged or released from such service for a service-connected disability; or (C) for a period of ninety consecutive days or more and such period began or ended during the Spanish-American W a r. (b)(1) The Administrator shall pay to each veteran of the Spanish-American W a r who does not meet the service requirements of subsection (a), but who meets the service requirements of this subsection, a pension at the following monthly r a t e: (A) $67.73; or (B) $88.04 if the veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance. (2) A veteran meets the service requirements of this subsection if he served in the active military or naval service— (A) for seventy days or more during the Spanish-American W a r; or (B) for a period of seventy consecutive days or more and such period began or ended during the Spanish-American W a r. SUBPART II — N O N - SERVICE - C O N N E C T E D DISABILITY P E N S I O N VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, OR THE KOREAN CONFLICT

SEC. 421. (a) The Administrator shall pay to each veteran of World W a r I, World W a r II, or the Korean conflict, who meets the service requirements of this section, and who is permanently and totally

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