PUBLIC LAW 95-117—OCT. 3, 1977 " (c) The monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to a surviving spouse shall be increased by $83 if the spouse is (1) a patient in a nursing home or (2) helpless or blind, or so nearly helpless or blind as to need or require the regular aid and attendance of another person.". SEC. 202. Section 413 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "Whenever there is no surviving spouse of a deceased veteran entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid in equal shares to the children of the deceased veteran at the following month!v rates: " (1) one child, $140; " (2) two children, $201; " (3) three children, $259; and " (4) more than three children, $259, plus $52 for each child in excess of three.". SEC. 203. Section 414 of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by(1) striking out in subsection (a) "$78" and inserting in lieu thereof "$83"; (2) striking out in subsection (b) "$131" and inserting in lieu thereof "$140"; and (3) striking out in subsection (c) "$67" and inserting in lieu thereof "$71".... ..,.,. ,., ,
91 STAT. 1065 111 or handicapped spouse.
Children.
Children, supplemental compensation.
TITLE III—CLOTHING ALLOWANCE SEC. 301. Section 362 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "$190" and inserting in lieu thereof "$203". TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. 401. Clause (3) of section 801 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (3) due to the loss or loss of use of one lower extremity together with (A) residuals of organic disease or injury, or (B) the loss or loss of use of one upper extremity, which so affect the functions of balance or propulsion as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair,". SEC. 402. (a) Section 3020 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: " (d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, pursuant to an agreement with the Department of the Treasury under which the Administrator certifies such benefits for payment, monetary benefits under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration may be paid other than by check upon the written request of the ]:)erson to whom such benefits are to be paid, if such noncheck payment is determined by the Administrator to be in the best interest of such payees and the management of monetary benefits programs by the Veterans' Administration. " (e) Whenever the first day of any calendar month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal public holiday (as defined in section 6103 of title 5), the Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable, certify benefit payments for such month in such a way that such payments will be delivered by mail, or transmitted for credit to the payee's account pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, on the F r i d a y immediately preceding such S a t u r d a y or Sunday, or in the case of a
Veterans eligible for assistance.
Payment of benefits, delivery.
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