§ 5311. — Prohibition of certain benefit payments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 38USC5311]
TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 53--SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS
Sec. 5311. Prohibition of certain benefit payments
There shall be no payment of dependency and indemnity compensation,
death compensation, or death pension which, because of a widow's
relationship with another man before enactment of Public Law 87-674,
would not have been payable by the Veterans' Administration under the
standard for determining remarriage applied by that agency before said
enactment.
(Added Pub. L. 91-376, Sec. 8(b), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 790,
Sec. 3111; renumbered Sec. 5311, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV,
Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238.)
References in Text
Public Law 87-674, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 87-674, Sept. 19,
1962, 76 Stat. 558, which was enacted Sept. 19, 1962, and amended
sections 101, 103, and 3010 [now 5110] of this title to provide for the
restoration of certain widows and children to the benefit rolls upon
annulment of their marriages or remarriages.
Amendments
1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 3111 of this title as this
section.
