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Rate adjustments. 72 Stat. 1263. 38 USC p r e c. 101 note. 38 USC 301. Additional compensation for dependents. 79 Stat. 1154.
Certain dise a s e s and d i s abilities, presumptions.
PUBLIC LAW 91-376-AUG. 12, 1970
[84 STAT.
(7) by striking out "$174" in subsection (g) and inserting in lieu thereof "$193"; (8) by striking out "$201" in subsection (h) and inserting in lieu thereof "$223"; (9) by striking out "$226" in subsection (i) and inserting in lieu thereof "$250"; (10) by striking out "$400" in subsection (j) and inserting in lieu thereof "$450"; (11) by striking out "$500" and "$700" in subsection (k) and inserting in lieu thereof "$560" and "$784", respectively; (12) by striking out "$500" in subsection (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "$560"; (13) by striking out "$550" in subsection (m) and inserting in lieu thereof "$616"; (14) by striking out "$625" in subsection (n) and inserting in lieu thereof "$700"; (15) by striking out "$700" in subsections (o) and (p) and inserting in lieu thereof "$784"; (16) by striking out "$300" in subsection (r) and inserting in lieu thereof "$336"*; and (17) by striking out "$450" in subsection (s) and inserting in lieu thereof "$504". (b) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may adjust administratively, consistent with the increas^es authorized by this section, the rates of disability comT>:nsation payable to persons within the purvaew of section 10 of Public Law 85-857 who are not in receipt of compensation payable pursuant to chapter 11 of title 38, Ignited States Code. SEC. 2. Section 315(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "$25" in subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof "$28"; (2) by strikinjz out "$43" in subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof "$48"; (3) by striking out "$55" in subparagraph (C) and inserting in lieu thereof "$61"; (4) by striking out "$68" and "$13" in subparagraph (D) and inserting in lieu thereof "$75" and "$14", respectively; (5) by striking out "$17" in subparagraph (E) and inserting in lieu thereof "$19"; (6) by striking out "$30" in subparagraph (F) and inserting in lieu thereof "$33"; (7) by striking out "$43" and "$13" in subparagraph (G) and inserting in lieu thereof "$48" and "$14", respectively; (8) by striking out "$21" in subparagraph (H) and inserting in lieu thereof "$23; and (9) by striking out "$40" in subparagraph (I) and inserting in lieu thereof "$44". SEC. 3. (a) Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "For" at the beginning of such section and inserting in lieu thereof " (a) For"; and by adding the following new subsections: " (b) For the purposes of subsection (c) of this section, any veteran who, while serving in the active military, naval, or air service, was held as a prisoner of war for not less than six months by the Imperial Japanese Government or the German Government during World W a r II, by the Government of North Korea during the Ko-
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