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parent who has remarried, computed on

the basis of the combined income of the

parent and spouse, if this would be a

greater benefit than that specified in

Table 2 for one parent.

Aid and attendance. The monthly rate

of DIC payable to a parent under Tables

2 through 4 shall be increased by $221

if such parent is (1) a patient in a

nursing home, or (2) helpless or blind,

or so nearly helpless or blind as to need

or require the regular aid and

attendance of another person.

Minimum rate. The monthly rate of

DIC payable to any parent under Tables

2 through 4 shall not be less than $5.

TABLE 5.—SECTION 306 PENSION INCOME LIMITATIONS

(1) Veteran or surviving spouse with no dependents, $9,857 (Pub. L. 95–588, section 306(a)).

(2) Veteran with no dependents in need of aid and attendance, $10,357 (38 U.S.C. 1521(d) as in effect on December 31, 1978).

(3) Veteran or surviving spouse with one or more dependents, $13,250 (Pub. L. 95–588, section 306(a)).

(4) Veteran with one or more dependents in need of aid and attendance, $13,750 (38 U.S.C. 1521(d) as in effect on December 31, 1978).

(5) Child (no entitled veteran or surviving spouse), $8,057 (Pub. L. 95–588, section 306(a)).

(6) Spouse income exclusion (38 CFR 3.262), $3,144 (Pub. L. 95–588, section 306(a)(2)(B)).

TABLE 6.—OLD-LAW PENSION INCOME LIMITATIONS

(1) Veteran or surviving spouse without dependents or an entitled child, $8,628 (Pub. L. 95–588, section 306(b)).

(2) Veteran or surviving spouse with one or more dependents, $12,440 (Pub. L. 95–588, section 306(b)).

Spina Bifida Benefits

Section 421 of Pub. L. 104–204 added

a new chapter 18 to title 38, United

States Code, authorizing VA to provide

certain benefits, including a monthly

monetary allowance, to children born

with spina bifida who are natural

children of veterans who served in the

Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam

era. Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1805(b)(3),

spina bifida rates are subject to

adjustment under the provisions of 38

U.S.C. 5312, which provides for the

adjustment of certain VA benefit rates

whenever there is an increase in benefit

amounts payable under title II of the

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et

seq.). Effective December 1, 1997, spina

bifida monthly rates are as follows:

Level I: $205

Level II: $715

Level III: $1,226

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Hershel W. Gober,

Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Wage Committee, Notice of Meetings

The Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA), in accordance with Pub. L. 92–

463, gives notice that meetings of the

VA Wage Committee will be held on:

Wednesday, January 14, 1998, at 2:00

p.m.

Wednesday, February 18, 1998, at 2:00

p.m.

Wednesday, March 25, 1998, at 2:00

p.m.

The meetings will be held in Room

246, Department of Veterans Affairs

Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20420.

The Committee’s purpose is to advise

the Under Secretary for Health on the

development and authorization of wage

schedules for Federal Wage System

(blue-collar) employees.

At these meetings the Committee will

consider wage survey specifications,

wage survey data, local committee

reports and recommendations, statistical

analyses, and proposed wage schedules.

All portions of the meetings will be

closed to the public because the matters

considered are related solely to the

internal personnel rules and practices of

the Department of Veterans Affairs and

because the wage survey data

considered by the Committee have been

obtained from officials of private

business establishments with a

guarantee that the data will be held in

confidence. Closure of the meetings is in

accordance with subsection 10(d) of

Pub. L. 92–463, as amended by Pub. L.

94–409, and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (4).

However, members of the public are

invited to submit material in writing to

the Chairperson for the Committee’s

attention.

Additional information concerning

these meetings may be obtained from

the Chairperson, VA Wage Committee

(05), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20420.

Dated: December 11, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–32987 Filed 12–17–97; 8:45 am]

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