An Act to change the classes of persons eligible to receive payments of benefits withheld during the lifetime of deceased veterans while being furnished hospital or domiciliary care
PL 87-544 (H.R.8415), enacted 07/25/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-544r-JULY 25, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
TITLE II—GENERAL 
MEANING OF TERM 'SECRETARY 
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SEC. 201. As used in this Act and in the provisions of the Social 
Security Act amended by this Act, the term "Secretary", unless the 
context otherwise requires, means the Secretary of Health, Education, 
and Welfare. 
EFFECTIVE DATES 
42 use 301-306, 
601-608, 120 1-
1206, 13S1-13SS. 
42 u s e 721. 
SEC. 202. (a) The amendments made by sections 102(b)(1), 103, 
106, and 134 shall become effective July 1, 1963. 
(b) The amendments made by sections 102(c), 123, and 132(d) 
shall be applicable in the case of fiscal years beginning after June 
30, 1962. 
(c) The amendments made by sections 102 (b) (2) and (d), and 152 
shall be applicable in the case of expenditures, under a State plan 
approved under title I, IV, X, or XIV of the Social Security Act or 
developed as provided in part 3 of title V of such Act, as the case 
may be, made after June 30, 1962. 
(d) The amendments made by sections 109 and 132 (other than 
subsections (d) and (e) thereof) shall be applicable in the case of 
expenditures, under a State plan approved under title I, IV, X, or XIV 
of the Social Security Act, as the case may be, made after September 
30, 1962. 
(e) The amendments made by sections 105 (other than subsection 
(c)) and 108 shall be applicable in the case of expenditures under a 
State plan approved under title IV of the Social Security Act, made 
during the period beginning October 1, 1962, and ending with the 
close of June 30, 1967. 
(f) The amendments made by section 101(a) shall be applicable 
in the case of expenditures, under a State plan approved under title 
I, IV, X, or XIV of the Social Security Act, as the case may be, made 
after August 31,1962. The amendments made by section 101 (b) shall 
be applicable in the case of expenditures, under a State plan approved 
under title I, IV, X, or XIV of the Social Security Act, as the case 
may be, made after June 30, 1963. 
Approved July 25, 1962. 
July 25, 1962 
[H. R. 8415] 
Public Law 87-544 
AN ACT 
To change the classes of persons eligible to receive payments of benefits withheld 
during the lifetime of deceased veterans while being furnished hospital or 
domiciliary care. 
Deceased vet-
erans. 
Beneficiaries, 
payments. 
72 Stat 1234. 
73 Stat. 436. 
38 u s e 521 
note. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3203 
(a) (2) (A), title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
the words "third, if no spouse or child" and all that follows down 
through "brothers and sisters in equal parts" and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: "third, if no spouse or child, then to the 
dependent parents in equal parts". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall also apply to cases 
in which pension eligibility is subject to the provisions of section 9(b) 
of the Veterans' Pension Act of 1959. 
Approved July 25, 1962.