An Act to increase the period during which benefits may be paid under title XVI of the Social Security Act on the basis of presumptive disability to certain individuals who received aid, on the basis of disability, for December 1973, under a State plan approved under title XIV or XVI of that act, and for other purposes.
PL 93-256 (H.R.13025), enacted 03/28/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-255-MAR. 27, 1974 
[88 STAT. 
March 27, 1974 
[S.2315] 
Public Law 93-255 
AN ACT 
To amend the minimum limits of compensation of Senate committee employees 
and to amend the indicia requirements on franked mail, and for other purposes. 
Senate commit-
tee employees. 
Compensation. 
2 u s e 61-1, 
60a. 
Congress, 
franked mail. 
2 use 501. 
2 use 502. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, Ths^t section 105(e) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and 
as modified by the Order of the President pro tempore of the Senate 
of October 4,1973, is amended as follows: 
(1) In paragraph (1), strike out "ranging from $18,525 to" 
and insert in lieu thereof "at not to exceed". 
(2) In paragraph (2) (A), strike out "$8,265 to" each place it 
appears therein and insert in lieu thereof "not to exceed". 
(3) In paragraph (2) (B), strike out "$18,240 to", "$14,250 to", 
and "$8,265 to" and insert in lieu thereof in each place "not to 
exceed". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 3216 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out ", and the printed words 'Postage paid by Congress' ". 
(b) Section 733 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing out "Postage paid by Congress.". 
(c) Section 907 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing out "Postage paid by Congress". 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 5(d) of the Act of December 18,1973 (87 Stat. 
742; Public Law 93-191), is amended by striking out "or 3218" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "3218, or 3219". 
(b) Section 6(a) of the Act of December 18, 1973 (87 Stat. 744; 
Public Law 93-191), is amended by striking out "or 3218" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ", 3218, or 3219". 
Approved March 27, 1974. 
March 28,1974 
[H. R. 13025] 
Public Law 93-256 
AN ACT 
To increase the period during which benefits may be paid under title XVI of 
the Social Security Act on the basis of presumptive disability to certain indi-
viduals who received aid, on the basis of disabilty, for December 1973, under a 
State plan approved under title XIV or XVI of that Act, and for other purposes. 
Presumptive 
disability bene-
fits. 
Time extension. 
42 use 1382c. 
42 u s e 1383. 
42 use 1381. 
42 use 1382 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That any individual 
who would be considered disabled under section 1614(a) (3) (E) of the 
Social Security Act except that he did not receive aid under the appro-
priate State plan for at least one month prior to July 1973 may be con-
sidered to be presumptively disabled under section 1631(a) (4) (B) of 
that Act and may be paid supplemental security income benefits under 
title XVI of that Act on the basis of such presumptive disability, and 
State supplementary payments under section 212 of Public Law 93-66 
as though he had been determined to be disabled within the meaning 
of section 1614(a) (3) of the Social Security Act, for any month in 
calendar year 1974 for which it has been determined that he is otherwise 
eligible for such benefits, without regard to the three-month limitation 
in section 1631(a) (4) (B) of that Act on the period for which benefits 
may be paid to presumptively disabled individuals, except that no such 
benefits may be paid on the basis of such presumptive disability for 
any month after the month in which the Secretary of Health, Edu-
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PUBLIC LAW 93-257-MAR. 29, 1974 
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cation, and Welfare has made a determination as to whether such indi-
vidual is disabled, as defined in section 1614(a) (3) (A) of that Act. 
SEC. 2. The last sentence of section 203(e) (2) of the Federal-State 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (as added by 
section 20 of Public Law 93-233) is amended by striking out "April" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "July". 
Approved March 28, 1974. 
26 u s e 3304 
note. 
Public Law 93-257 
AN ACT 
To provide funeral transportation and living expense benefits to the families of 
deceased prisoners of war, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of A?)ierica in Congress 
assembled, 
SHORT TITLE 
March 29, 1974 
[S.3228] 
Funeral Trans-
portation and 
Living Expense 
Benefits Act of 
1974. 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Funeral Transportation 
37 use 406 
and Living Expense Benefits Act of 1974". 
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FINDINGS 
SEC. 2. (a) The United States did in 1973 provide transportation 
and other amenities to families of five hundred and fifty-six returned 
prisoners of war for reunions upon these men's arrival in the con-
tinental United States after release from imprisonment by the govern-
ment of the Democratic Eepublic of Vietnam and did in 1973 also 
provide transportation and other amenities to these returned prisoners 
of war and their families to attend ceremonies in their honor in 
Washington, District of Columbia. 
(b) The remains of other prisoners of war, having died in captivity 
in Southeast Asia, are now being returned to the United States for 
burial. 
(c) The United States owes no lesser degree of respect, honor or 
solicitude to the memories of the men who died in captivity and their 
families than in the cases of those who survived and returned alive to 
the United States. 
(d) It is fitting and proper, therefore, as a mark of respect to those 
men who died in captivity while serving in the Armed Forces of the 
United States, that comparable courtesies and amenities be extended to 
the families of these deceased military personnel. 
BENEFITS 
De 
SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide 
funeral transportation and living expenses benefits for the family of M
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any deceased member of the Armed Forces who shall have died while 
classified as a prisoner of war or as missing in action during the Viet-
nam conflict and whose remains shall have been returned to the United 
States after January 27,1973. 
(b) Such benefits shall include transportation roundtrip from such 
family members' places of residence to the place of burial for such 
deceased member of the Armed Forces, living expenses and other such 
allowances as the Secretary shall deem appropriate. 
ceased Viet-
POW's and