Pub. L. 94-169, tit. I, sec. 106

Sec. 106. Effective January 1, 1976, chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out in section 501(2) “him” and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran”; (2) by striking out in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 502 “he” and “his” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “such person” and “such veteran’s”, respectively; (3) by striking out in section 503(a)(7) “wife”, “his”, and “widow’ and inserting in lieu thereof “spouse”, “such veteran’s”, and “surviving spouse”, respectively; (4) by striking out in subclauses (A), (B), and (C) of section 503(a)(7) “his” each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran’s”; (5) by striking out in subclauses (A) and (B) of section 503 (a)(9) “his”, “widow”, and “wife” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran’s”, “surviving spouse”, and “spouse”, respectively; (6) by striking out in section 503(a)(14) “his widow” and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran’s surviving spouse”; (7) by striking out in section 503(a)(16) “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “such employee’s”; (8) by striking out in section 503(c) “widow” and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”; (9) by striking out in section 505(a) “his” each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “such individual’s”; (10) by striking out in section 505(b) “his wife” and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran’s spouse”; (11) by striking out in section 505(c), including clauses (1) and (2), “widow” each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”; (12) by striking out in section 506(a)(1) “he” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator”; (13) by striking out in section 506(a)(2) “him”, “he”, and “his” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator”, “such person”, and “such person’s”, respectively; (14) by striking out in section 506(a)(3) “his” each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “such person’s”; (15) by striking out in section 507 “, in his discretion,”; by striking out in such section “his wife” and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran’s spouse”; and by striking out in such section “wife” the second time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “spouse”; (16) by striking out in subsections (b) and (c) of section 511 “he” each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran”; (17) by striking out in subsections (a) and (b) of section 512 “he” each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran”; 89 STAT. 1018 (18) by striking out in section 521(g) “he” and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran”; (19) by striking out in section 523(b) “him” and inserting in lieu thereof “such veteran”; (20) by striking out in section 532(a) “widow”, “she”, “wife”, and “his” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”, “such surviving spouse”, “spouse”, and “such veteran’s”, respectively; (21) by striking out in subsections (b) and (c) of section 532 “widow” and “he” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse” and “such veteran”, respectively; (22) by striking out in section 532(d) “widow”, “she”, and “him” and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”, “such surviving spouse”, and “such veteran”, respectively; (23) by striking out in the catchline of section 532 “Widows” and inserting in lieu thereof “Surviving spouses”; (24) by striking out in the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 15 “532. Widows of Civil War veterans.” and inserting in lieu thereof ”532. Surviving spouses of Civil War veterans.”; (25) by striking out in section 533 “widow” and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”; (26) by striking out in section 534(a) “widow”, “she”, “wife”, and “his” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”, “such surviving spouse”, “spouse”, and “such veteran’s, respectively”; (27) by striking out in section 534(b) “widow” and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”; (28) by striking out in section 534(c) “widow”, “she”, and “him” and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”, “such surviving spouse”, and “such veteran”, respectively; (29) by striking out in the catchline of section 534 “Widows” and inserting in lieu thereof “Surviving spouses”; (30) by striking out in the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 15 ”534. Widows of Indian War veterans.” and inserting in lieu thereof “534. Surviving spouses of Indian War veterans.”; (31) by striking out in section 535 “widow” and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”; (32) by striking out m section 536(a) “widow”, “she”, “wife”, and “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”, “such surviving spouse”, “spouse”, and “such veteran’s”, respectively; (33) by striking out in subsections (b) and (c) of section 536 “widow”, “she”, and “him” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”, “such surviving spouse”, and “such veteran”, respectively; (34) by striking out in section 536(d)(1) “widow”, “she”, and “widows” and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”, “such surviving spouse”, and “surviving spouses”, respectively; 89 STAT. 1019 (35) by striking out in section 536(d)(2) “widow” and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”; (36) by striking out in clauses (A) and (B) of section 536(d)(2) “her” and “widow” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “such surviving spouse” and “surviving spouse”, respectively; (37) by striking out in the catchline of section 536 “Widows” and inserting in lieu thereof “Surviving spouses”; (38) by striking out in the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 15 “536. Widows of Spanish-American War veterans.” and inserting in lieu thereof “536. Surviving spouses of Spanish-American War veterans.”; (39) by striking out in section 537 “widow” and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”; (40) by striking out in subclauses (A), (B), and (C) of section 541(e)(1) “widow” each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “surviving spouse”; (41) by striking out in section 560(b) “himself” and “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “such person” and “such person’s”, respectively: (42) by striking out in subsections (a) and (b) of section 561 “his”, “him”, anti “he” each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “such person’s”, “such person. and “such person”, respectively; (43) by striking out in section 561(c) “by him”; (44) by striking out in section 562(a) “him” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator”; and (45) by striking out in subsections (b) and (d) of section 562 “he” each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “such person”.