lump-sum death payments for reinterment of deceased veterans

lump-sum death payments for reinterment of deceased veterans Sec. 403. (a) The fourth sentence of section 202 (i) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: “In the case of any individual who died outside the forty-eight States and the District of Columbia after December 1953 and before January 1, 1957, whose death occurred while he was in the active military or naval service of the United States, and who is returned to any of such States, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands for interment or reinterment, the provisions of the preceding sentence shall not prevent payment to any person under the second sentence of this subsection if application for a lump-sum death payment with respect to such deceased individual is filed by or on behalf of such person (whether or not legally competent) prior to the expiration of two years after the date of such interment or reinterment. In the case of any individual who died outside the forty-eight States and the District of Columbia after December 1956 while he was performing service, as a member of a uniformed service, to which the provisions of section 210 (m) (1) are applicable, and who is returned to any of such States, or the District of Columbia, or to any Territory or possession of the United States, for interment or reinterment, the provisions of the third sentence of this subsection shall not prevent payment to any person under the second sentence of this subsection if application for a lump-sum death payment with respect to such deceased individual is filed by or on behalf of such person (whether or not legally competent) prior to the expiration of two years after the date of such interment or reinterment.” (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective as though it had been enacted on March 31, 1956.