96 STAT. 1432 38 USC 314 note.
PUBLIC LAW 97-306—OCT. 14, 1982
SEC. 108. The amendments made by this part shall take effect on October 1, 1982. PART B—PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS COMPENSATION RATE INCREASES FOR CERTAIN BLINDED VETERANS
38 USC 314.
Effective date. 38 USC 314 note.
SEC. 111. (a) Section 314(n) is amended by inserting "or has suffered blindness without light perception in both eyes," after "anatomical loss of both eyes,". (b) Section 314(p) is amended by inserting "or service-connected anatomical loss or loss of use of one hand or one foot" after "in one ear". (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and O> shall take t) effect on October 1, 1982. C O R R E C T I O N OF T E C H N I C A L E R R O R W I T H R E S P E C T TO ENTITLEMENT TO
CERTAIN S U R VIV O R S ' BENEFITS 38 USC 410. Effective date. 38 USC 410 note.
38 USC 401 et seq.
SEC. 112. (a) Section 4100t))(l) is amended by inserting "or entitled to receive" after "was in receipt o f. (b)(l) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1982. (2)(A) As soon as practicable after September 30, 1982, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall pay an amount determined under subparagraph (B) to each person who would have been entitled to a payment under chapter 13 of title 38, United States Code, for any part of the period beginning on October 1, 1978, and ending on September 30, 1982, if the amendment made by subsection (a) had taken effect on October 1, 1978. (B) The amount of any payment to a person under subparagraph (A) is the amount equal to the total of all payments under chapter 13 of title 38, United States Code, that would have been made to that person for the period described in such subparagraph if the amendment made by subsection (a) had taken effect on October 1, 1978. ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERANS ADMINISTRATION BENEFITS OF SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS PARTICIPANTS DISABLED DURING CERTAIN TRAINING
38 USC 101.
10 USC 2101 et seq. Repeal. 38 USC 403. 5 USC 8140 note. 5 USC 8101.
SEC. 113. (a) Section 101(22) is amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (C); (2) by redesignating clause (D) as clause (E); and (3) by inserting after clause (C) the following new clause (D): "(D) duty performed by a member of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program when ordered to such duty for the purpose of field training or a practice cruise under chapter 103 of title 10; and". (b)(1) Section 403 is repealed. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 13 is amended by striking out the item relating to such section. (c) Notwithstanding section 8140 of title 5, United States Code, subchapter I of chapter 81 of such title does not apply in the case of a disability suffered by a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the Army, Navy, or Air Force that is compensable under
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