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PUBLIC LAW 86-5ft-JUNE 17, 1957
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38 USC ch. 12A. and "paragraph VII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 10, as amended" and inserting in lieu of each "section 101 of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 19.57". 66 Stat. 678. (24) Subsection (a) of section 261 of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 (88 U.S.C. sec. 971) is amended by striking out all beginning with "The Administrator" through "payments" and inserting "Payments". 70 Stat. 885. (25) Paragraph (18) of section 121(a) of the Internal Revenue / Code of 1954 is amended to read as follows: "(18) Benefits under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, see section 1001 of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957." 70 Stat. 411. (26) Paragraph (8) of section 102 of the War Orphans' Educational Assistance Act of 1956 (38 IT. S. C, sec. 1082) is amended by striking out "section 21 of the World War Veterans Act, 1924, as amended (88 U.S.C. sec. 450)," and inserting in lieu thereof "section 1502 of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957,". 70 Stat. 419. (27) Subsection (a) of section 501 of the W a r Orphans* Educational Assistance Act of 1956 (38 U.S.C., sec. 1088), is amended by striking out all beginning with "The Administrator" through "payments" and inserting "Payments". 70 Stat. 420. (28) Subsection (a) of section 502 of the W a r Orphans' Educational Assistance Act of 1956 (38 IT. S. C, sec. 1034), is amended by inserting immediately after "compensation" each time it occurs the following: ", dependency and indemnity compensation,". 70 Stat. 860. (29) Paragraph (7) of section 102 o*f the Servicemen's and Veterans' Survivor Benefits Act (38IJ. S. C, sec. 1101) is amended to read as follows: "(7) Except for purposes of title IV, the terms 'child' and 'parent' have the meanings assigned to them by section 101 of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957." 70 Stat. 867. (gQ) ( ^) Subsection (a) of section 209 of the Servicemen's and Veterans' Survivor Benefits Act (88 U.S.C. sec. 1119) is amended by striking out the second and third sentences. (B) Such section is further amended by striking out subsections (b) and (f). 70Astat. 91. (31)(A) Chapter 61 of title 10 of the United States Code is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:
- § 1218. Explanation of rights before discharge
" (a) No person may be discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces until his certificate of discharge or release from active duty and his final pay (or a substantial portion of his final pay) are ready for delivery to him or to his next of kin or legal representative. "(b) No person may be discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces on account of disability until he has executed (or refused to execute) a claim for compensation, pension, or hospitalization, to be filed with the Veterans' Administration, or has signed (or refused to sign) a statement that he has had explained to him his right to file such claim. Refusal or failure to file such a claim shall not prejudice any right such person may thereafter assert. "(c) This section does not preclude the immediate transfer of any person to a Veterans' Administration facility for necessary hospital care. "§ 1219. Statement against interest void "No person in the Armed Forces may be required to sign a statement of any nature relating to the origin, incurrence, or aggravation of any disease or injury he may have. Any such statement against his own interest, whenever signed, is of no force and effect.
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