An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to make uniform the marriage date requirements for service-connected death benefits
PL 86-491 (H.R.641), enacted 06/08/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-492-JUNE 8, 1960 
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tions as chairman, representing the United States, and shall make 
a report to the President and to the Congress on the proceedings and 
on the compact. 
The person so appointed shall be chosen from among 
j)ersons who are regularly employed full time by a department or 
agency of the United States and shall receive no additional compensa-
tion by reason of appointment under this Act. 
His travel expenses, 
including per diem m lieu of subsistence, shall be borne by the depart-
ment or agency from which he is appointed.. No compact, the 
negotiation of which is authorized by this Act, shall be binding upon 
the parties thereto until it has been ratified by the legislatures of each 
of the respective States, and approved by the Congress of the United 
States. 
Approved June 3, 1960. 
Report. 
Public Law 86-490 
AN ACT 
To amend section 3011 of title 38, United States Code, to establish a new effective 
date for payment of additional compensation for dependents. 
June 8, 1960 
[H. R. 27(5] 
Veterans. 
D e p e n d e n t s , 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled, That section 3011 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by substituting a comma for compensation." 
the period at the end thereof and adding the following: "except as 
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hereafter provided. Additional compensation on account of depend-
ents based on the establishment of a disability rating in the percentage 
evaluation specified by law for the purpose shall be payable from the 
effective date of such rating provided the basic proof of dependents 
is received in the Veterans' Administration within sixty days from the 
date of notification of such rating action." 
Approved June 8, 1960. 
Public Law 86-491 
AN ACT 
To tiinpnd title 38, United States Code, to make uniform the marriage date 
requirements for service-connected death benefits. 
June 8, IS 60 
[H. R. 64 1] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That item (1) of 
subsection 802(a) of title 38, Imited States Code, is amended by 
striking out "ten yeai's*' and inserting in lieu thereof "fifteen years". 
Approved June 8, 1960. 
72 Stat. 1119. 
Public Law 86-492 
AN ACT 
To revise the determination of basic pay of certain deceased veterans in 
computing dependency and indemnity compensation payable by the 
Veterans' Administration. 
Be it enjocted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenihUd^ That section 402 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new 
Basic pay com-
S u b s e C t l O n : 
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^ 
e 
patatlon. 
June 8
> 1960 
[H. R. 7502] 
Deceased 
V e t -
erans. 
72 Stat. 1126. 
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"(d) If a veteran has satisfactorily served on active duty for a 
period of six months or more in a rank higher than that specified 
in subsection (a) or (b) and was so serving m such rank within one 
hundred and twenty days before death in the active military, naval, or 
air service or before last discharge or release from active duty under 
conditions other than dishonorable, his basic pay shall be determined 
by using the appropriate rank specified in those subsections or by 
substituting such higher rank for the rank specified in those subsec-
tions, whichever will result in a greater amount. 
The determination 
as to whether an individual has served satisfactorily for the required 
period in a higher rank shall be made by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment in which such higher rank was held." 
Approved June 8, 1960. 
June 8, 1960 
[H. R. 8238] 
Public Law 86-493 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to 
make a study and report to Congress, from the standpoint of the public health, 
of the discharge of substances into the atmosphere from the exhausts of motor 
vehicles. 
E x h a u s t s 
of 
motor vehicles. 
Study. 
Report to 
gress. 
C o n -
Definition. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Surgeon 
General of the Public Health Service (hereinafter referred to as the 
"Surgeon General'') shall conduct a thorough study for the purpose 
of determining, with respect to the various substances discharged from 
the exhausts of motor vehicles, the amounts and kinds of such sub-
stances which, from the standpoint of human health, it is safe for 
motor vehicles to discharge into the atmosphere under the various 
conditions under which such vehicles may operate. 
SEC. 2. As soon as practicable, but not later than two years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Surgeon General shall sub-
mit to (^ongress a report on the results of the study conducted pur-
suant to the first section of this Act, together with such recommenda-
tions, if any, based upon the findings made in such study, as he may 
deem to be necessary for the protection of the public health. 
SEC. 3. As used in this Act the term "motor vehicles" means vehicles 
propelled by mechanical power and used for transporting passengers 
or property on a highway. 
Approved June 8, 1960. 
June 8, 1960 
IH. R. 9785] 
Public Law 86-494 
AN ACT 
To provide for equitable adjustment of the insurance status of certain members 
of the Armed Forces. 
N a v y 
aviation 
students. 
Insurance bene-
fits. 
49 Stat. 156. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That any seaman 
second class who died as the result of an aviation accident incurred in 
line of duty in the active service of the Navy after October 7, 1940, 
and before August 4, 1942, while undergoing flight training leading 
to appointment as an aviation cadet under the Act of April 15, 1935, 
shall be deemed to have applied for and to have been granted national 
service life insurance in an amount which together with any other 
United States Government life insurance or national service life in-
surance in force at the time of death shall aggregate $10,000.