Pub. L. 93-508, tit. IV, sec. 401

Sec. 401. Chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (a) Section 2001 is amended by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and adding after paragraph (1) a new paragraph (2) as follows: “(2) the term ‘eligible person’ means— “(A) the spouse of any person who died of a service-connected disability, “(B) the spouse of any member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who, at the time of application for assistance under this chapter, is listed, pursuant to section 556 of title 37 and regulations issued thereunder, by the Secretary concerned in one or more of the following categories and has been so listed for a total of more than ninety days: (i) missing in action, (ii) captured in line of duty by a hostile force, or (iii) forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign government or power, or “(C) the spouse of any person who has a total disability permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability or the spouse of a veteran who died while a disability so evaluated was in existence.”. (b) Section 2002 is amended by (1) inserting “and eligible persons” after “eligible veterans” and (2) inserting “and persons” after “such veterans”. (c) Section 2003 is amended by— (1) striking out in the first sentence “250,000 veterans” and inserting in lieu thereof “250,000 veterans and eligible persons”; (2) striking out in the fourth sentence “veterans’” and inserting in lieu thereof “veterans’ and eligible persons’”; (3) inserting in clauses (1), (2), (4), (5), and (6) of the fifth sentence “and eligible persons” after “eligible veterans” each time the latter term appears in such clauses; (4) inserting in clause (3) of the fifth sentence “or an eligible person’s” after “eligible veteran’s”; and (5) inserting in clause (4) of the fifth sentence “and persons” after “such veterans”. (d) Section 2005 is amended by inserting “and eligible persons” after “eligible veterans”. (e) The last sentence of section 2006(a) is amended by striking out “veterans” and inserting in lieu thereof “eligible veterans and eligible persons”. (f) Section 2007 is amended by— (1) inserting in subsection (a)(1) “and each eligible person” after “active duty,”; 88 Stat. 1593 (2) redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) and inserting the following new subsection (b): “(b) The Secretary of Labor shall establish definitive performance Performance standards. standards for determining compliance by the State public employment service agencies with the provisions of this chapter and chapter 42 of this title. A full report as to the extent and reasons for any noncompliance by any such State agency during any fiscal year, together with the agency's plan for corrective action during the succeeding year, shall be included in the annual report of the Secretary of Labor required by subsection (c) of this section.”; and (3) striking out in the second sentence of subsection (c) (as redesignated by clause (2) of this subsection) “and other eligible veterans” and inserting in lieu thereof “other eligible veterans, and eligible persons”.