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[CITE: 38USC1321]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER 13--DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED 
                                 DEATHS
 
                     SUBCHAPTER III--CERTIFICATIONS
 
Sec. 1321. Certifications with respect to pay grade

    The Secretary concerned shall, at the request of the Secretary, 
certify to the Secretary the pay grade of deceased persons with respect 
to whose deaths applications for benefits are filed under this chapter. 
The certification of the Secretary concerned shall be binding upon the 
Secretary.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1132, Sec. 421; Pub. L. 91-96, 
Sec. 4, Oct. 27, 1969, 83 Stat. 145; Pub. L. 94-433, title IV, 
Sec. 405(17), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1380; renumbered Sec. 1321 and 
amended Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 
Stat. 404-406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 421 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary, 
certify to the Secretary'' for ``Administrator, certify to the 
Administrator'' and ``upon the Secretary'' for ``upon the 
Administrator''.
    1976--Pub. L. 94-433 substituted ``to the Administrator'' for ``to 
him''.
    1969--Pub. L. 91-96 substituted ``Certifications with respect to pay 
grade'' for ``Certifications with respect to basic pay'' in section 
catchline and substituted provisions authorizing certifications with 
respect to the pay grade of deceased persons for provisions authorizing 
certifications with respect to the basic pay of deceased persons, 
considering rank or grade and cumulative years of service for pay 
purposes, and struck out the provision requiring the adjustment of basic 
pay as determined by this chapter whenever basic pay (as defined under 
the former provisions of section 401 of this title) is adjusted.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-433 effective Oct. 1, 1976, see section 406 
of Pub. L. 94-433, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1969 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-96 effective first day of second calendar 
month which begins after Oct. 27, 1969, see section 8 of Pub. L. 91-96, 
set out as a note under section 1302 of this title.
