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[72 Stat. 1268]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 1268]

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10 USC 6160.

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38 USC 2103.

38 USC 2351.

38 USC 2901. 38 USC 2921. 38 USC 2121.

PUBLIC LAW 85-857-SEPT. 2, 1958

[72 S T A T.

(3) The analysis of such chapter 79 is amended by inserting immediately below "1552. Correction of military records: claims incident thereto." the following: "1553. Review of discharges and dismissals. "1554. Review of decisions of retiring boards and similar boards." (4) Effective as of January 1, 1958, section 6160 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "In the case of any initial award of naval pension granted before July 14, 1943, where the person granted the naval pension is also entitled to pension or compensation under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, such naval pension shall not exceed one-fourth of such pension or compensation." (w) Effective as of January 1, 1958, the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 is amended as follows: (1) By adding at the end of section 103 thereof the following new subsection: "(c) I n determining whether or not a woman is or was the wife of a veteran, their marriage shall be proven as valid for the purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration according to the law of the place where the parties resided at the time of the marriage or the law of the place where the parties resided when the right to benefits accrued." (2) By striking out "disability compensation" in section 351 and inserting "disability or death compensation". (3) By striking out "parts D and E " in section 352 and inserting "this title". (4) By striking out "under section 921" each place it occurs in section 901. (5) By inserting "day following the" immediately before "date of his discharge" in section 910(b). (6) By striking out "Pension" in section 921(a) and inserting "Except as provided in section 1503(a)(2)(A) and Public Law 828, Seventy-sixth Congress, pension". (7) By inserting in subsection (a) of section 2101 immediately after "vocational rehabilitation," the following: "counseling required by the Administrator pursuant to the W a r Orphans' Educational Assistance Act of 1956 or title II of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952,"; and by inserting "counseling" immediately after "vocational rehabilitation," in subsection (b) of such section. REPEALS

SEC. 14. The following provisions of law are repealed, except with respect to rights and duties that matured, penalties, liabilities, and forfeitures that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before January 1, 1959: (1) I n the Revised Statutes of the United States, sections 4825 (24 U.S.C. 7 1); 4826 (24 U.S.C. 7 3); 4827 (24 U.S.C. 74); 4829 (24 U.S.C. 91); 4830 (24 U.S.C. 7 7); 4831 (24 U.S.C. I l l); 4833 . (24 U.S.C. 133); and 4834 (24 U.S.C. 76). (2) The paragraph which begins "That so much" under the center heading " W A R DEPARTMENT " in the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 359; 24 U.S.C. I l l, 122). (3) The provisos in the paragraph which begins "Support of National Home" under the center heading " M I S C E L L A N E O U S OBJ E C T S U N D E R W A R DEPARTMENT " in the Act of March 3, 1879 (20 Stat. 390; 24 U.S.C. 80).