DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SURV1VING SPOUSES.

SEC. 104. DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SURV1VING SPOUSES. Section 411 is amended— (1) by striking out the table in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Monthly Monthly “Pay grade rate Pay grade rate E–1 $564 W–4 $809 E–2 581 O–1 714 103 STAT. 2064 "1 If the veteran served as sergeant major of the Army, senior enlisted advisor of the Navy, chief master sergeant of the Air Force, sergeant major of the Marine Corps, or master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, at the applicable time designated by section 402 of this title, the surviving spouse’s rate shall be $831. "2 If the veteran served as Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff of the Army. Chief of Naval Operations. Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps, or Commandant of the Coast Guard, at the applicable time designated by section 402 of this title, the surviving spouse’s rate shall be $1,550.”; E–3 597 O–2 737 E–4 634 O–3 789 E–5 651 O–4 834 E–6 666 O–5 920 E–7 698 O–6 1,038 E–8 737 O–7 1,121 E–9 1 770 O–8 1,229 W–1 714 O–9 1,318 W–2 742 O–10 2 1,446 W–3 764 (2) by striking out “$62” in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “$65”; (3) by striking out “$161” in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof “$169”; and (4) by striking out “$79” in subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof “$ 83”.