Pub. L. 93-295, tit. III, sec. 301

Sec. 301. (a) Subsection (a) of section 320 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(a) Where it appears to the Administrator that the interest of the beneficiary would be served thereby, payment of benefits under any88 Stat. 184 law administered by the Veterans’ Administration may be made directly to the beneficiary or to a relative or some other person for the use and benefit of the beneficiary, regardless of any legal disability on the part of the beneficiary. Where, in the opinion of the Administrator, any fiduciary receiving funds on behalf of a Veterans’ Administration beneficiary is acting in such a number of cases as to make it impracticable to conserve properly the estates or to supervise the persons of the beneficiaries, the Administrator may refuse to make future payments in such cases as he may deem proper.” (b) Subsection (c) of section 3202 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by deleting the phrase “guardian, curator, conservator, or other person legally vested with the care of the claimant or his estate”, following the word “any” and inserting “fiduciary or other person for the purpose of payment of benefits payable under laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration” and by deleting the word “estates” and inserting the word “benefits”. (c) Subsection (e) of section 3202 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by deleting the phrase “guardian, curator, conservator, or person legally vested with the care of the beneficiary or his estate,” following the words “hands of a”, and inserting in lieu thereof the words “fiduciary appointed by a State court or the Veterans’ Administration” and by deleting the phrase “guardian, curator, conservator, or person legally vested with the care of the beneficiary or his estate”, following the word “such”, and inserting in lieu thereof the word “fiduciary”. (d) Subsections (f) and (g) of section 3202 of title 38, United States Code, are hereby repealed.