An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the restoration of certain widows and children to the rolls upon annulment of their marriages or remarriages, and for other purposes
PL 87-674 (H.R.5234), enacted 09/19/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-674-SEPT. 19, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Public Law 87-674 
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rj^(j amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the restoration of certain 
widows and children to the rolls uinm annulment of their marriages or re-
marriages, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Veterans. 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That paragraph (3) 
Hrr'^^nLTof,!!^"" of section 101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 
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out and who has not remarried (unless the purported remarriage is 
72 Stat. 1106. 
void)" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "and who has not 
remarried or (in cases not involving remarriage) has not since the 
death of the veteran, and after enactment of the 1962 amendment to 
this paragraph, lived with another man and held herself out openly 
to the public to be the wife of such other man". 
^EC, 2. Section 103 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(d) The remarriage of the widow^ of a veteran shall not bar the 
furnishing of benefits to her as the widow of the veteran if the re-
marriage is void, or has been annulled by a court with basic authority 
to render annulment decrees unless the Veterans' Administration de-
termines that the annulment was secured through fraud by either 
party or collusion, 
"(e) The marriage of a child of a veteran shall not bar recognition 
of such child as the child of the veteran for benefit purposes if the 
marriage is void, or has been annulled by a court with basic authority 
to render annulment decrees unless the Veterans' Administration 
determines that the annulment was secured through fraud by either 
party or collusion." 
Post, p. 948. 
SEC. 3. Section 3010 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(f) The effective date of the award of benefits to a widow or of 
an award or increase of benefits based on recognition of a child, upon 
annulment of a marriage shall be the date the judicial decree of an-
nulment becomes final if a claim therefor is filed within one year from 
the date the judicial decree of annulment becomes final; in all other 
cases the effective date shall be the date the claim is filed." 
Approved September 19, 1962. 
Public Law 87-675 
September 19, 1962 
A N A C T 
[H.R. 860] 
rp^, repeal certain obsolete provisions of title 38, United States Code, relating to 
unemployment comi)ensation for Korean conflict veterans. 
Korean vet-
erans. 
Unemployment 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repre8en;tatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled.. That (a) chapter 
41 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out sections 
compenr^ionr" 
2001 through 2009, and by redesignating sections 2010, 2011, 2012, 
72 Stat. 1216. 
2013, and 2014 as sections 2001,2002,2003,2004, and 2005, respectively, 
(b) The analysis of such chapter 41 is amended to read as follows: 
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•^2001. Purpose. 
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•'2002. Assignment of veterans' employment representative. 
"2003. Employees of local offices. 
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"2004. Cooperation of Federal agencies. 
"2005. Estimate of funds for administration." 
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(c) The section herein redesignated as section 2005 is further 
amended by striking out "subchapter" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"chapter". 
(d) Such chapter 41 is further amended by striking out the head-
ings of subchapters I and XL 
(e) Claims for benefits under sections 2001 through 2009 of chapter 
savings pro-
41 of title 38, United States Code, for any benefit week beginning 
before January 31, 1960, which claims are pending on the date these 
sections are repealed, shall be adjudicated in the same manner and 
with the same effect as if the sections had not been repealed. For 
the purpose of ad*ninistering the program with respect to such claims, 
all functions, powers, and duties conferred upon the Secretary of 
Labor by sections 2001 through 2009 are continued in effect, and all 
rules and regulations established by the Secretary of Labor pursuant 
to these sections, and in effect when the sections are repealed, shall 
remain in jull force and effect until modified or suspended. 
Approved September 19, 1962. 
Public Law 87-676 
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September 19, 1962 
To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to give Puerto Rico the same treat- 
[H.R. 10383] 
ment as a State in the election of Federal Home Loan Bank Directors. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (e) 
Puerto RICO. 
of section 7 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, is Federal Home 
hereby amended by striking out the last sentence of said subsection and amendme^.^'^*' 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The term 'States' or 'State' as 75 stat. 487. 
used in this section shall mean the States of the Union, the District 
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of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Board, "state.»» 
by regulation or otherwise, may add an additional elective director-
ship to the board of directors of the bank of any district in which the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is included at the time such director-
ship is added and which does not then include five or more States, may 
fix the commencement and the duration, which shall not exceed two 
years, of the initial term of any directorship so added, and may fill 
any such initial term by appointment: Provided, That (1) any direc-
torship added pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this sentence 
shall be designated by the Board, pursuant to subsection (b) of this 
section, as representing the members located in the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, (2) such designation of such directorship shall not be 
changed, and (3) such directorship shall automatically cease to exist if 
and when the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ceases to be included 
in such district." 
Approved September 19, 1962. 
Public Law 87-677 
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To amend the Bankruptcy Act in respect to the salaries of retired referees. 
[H. R. 12157] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph d 
courts. 
of section 40 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 68(d)) is amended to ^^^l\^ referees. 
read as follows: 
^ 6o stat. 328. 
"d. (1) All referees in bankruptcy and employees in the offices of 
such referees shall be deemed to be officers and employees in the judi-