Pub. L. 94-169, tit. II, sec. 201

Sec. 201. Effective for the period beginning January 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, section 415 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) of subsection (b) as paragraph (4) of subsection (b) and by striking out in the redesignated paragraph (4) of subsection (b) “he”, “him”, and “his” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “such parent”, “such parent”, and “such parent’s”, respectively; 89 STAT. 1020 (2) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection (b) to read as follows: “(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, if there is only one parent, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to the parent according to the following formula: “The monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation shall be $133 reduced by— For each $1 of annual income Which is more than— But not more than— $0. 00 0 $800 . 03 800 1, 000 . 04 1, 000 1, 200 . 05 1, 200 1, 500 . 06 1, 500 1, 700 . 08 1, 700 3, 300 “(2) In no case may the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to any parent under this subsection be less than $5 monthly. “(3) In no case may dependency and indemnity compensation be paid under paragraph (1) of this subsection to any parent if the annual income of such parent exceeds $3,300.”; (3) by amending subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: “(c) (1) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, if there are two parents, but they are not living together, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to each parent according to the following formula: “The monthly rate of dependency and Indemnity compensation shall be $93 reduced by— For each $1 of annual income of such parent Which is more than— But not more than— $0. 00 0 $800 . 02 $800 1, 100 . 04 1, 100 1, 600 . 05 1, 600 2, 400 . 06 2, 400 3, 300 “(2) In no case may the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to any parent under this subsection be less than $5 monthly. “(3) In no case may dependency and indemnity compensation be paid under paragraph (1) of this subsection to any parent if the annual income of such parent exceeds $3,300. “(d) (1) If there are two parents who are living together, or if a parent has remarried and is living with such parent’s spouse, depend-89 STAT. 1021ency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to each such parent according to the following formula: “The monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation shall be $90 reduced by— For each $1 of the total combined annual income Which is more than— But not more than— $0. 00 0 $1, 000 . 02 $1, 000 2, 300 . 03 2, 300 3, 300 . 04 3, 300 4, 500 “(2) In no case may the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to any parent under this subsection be less than $5 monthly. “(3) In no case may dependency and indemnity compensation be paid under this subsection to a parent if the total combined annual income of the parent and such parent’s spouse exceeds $4,500.”; (4) by striking out in subsection (e) “him” each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator”; (5) by striking out in subsection (f) “he” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator”; (6) by striking out in subsection (g)(1)(J)(ii) “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran’s”; and (7) by striking out in subsection (h) “$64” and inserting in lieu thereof “$69”.