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[CITE: 38USC1508]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER 15--PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH OR FOR 
                                 SERVICE
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 1508. Frequency of payment of pension benefits

    (a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, 
benefits under sections 1521, 1541, and 1542 of this title shall be paid 
monthly.
    (b) Under regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, benefits 
under sections 1521, 1541, and 1542 of this title may be paid less 
frequently than monthly if the amount of the annual benefit is less than 
4 percent of the maximum annual rate payable to a veteran under section 
1521(b) of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 95-588, title I, Sec. 104(a), Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 
2499, Sec. 508; amended Pub. L. 102-54, Sec. 14(b)(6), June 13, 1991, 
105 Stat. 283; renumbered Sec. 1508 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, 
Secs. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404-406.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior section 1508 was renumbered section 3108 of this title.
    Another prior section 1508, Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 
1173; Pub. L. 94-502, title I, Sec. 104(7), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 
2384, authorized Administrator to prescribe rules and regulations to 
promote good conduct and cooperation on the part of veterans receiving 
vocational rehabilitation under chapter 31 of this title, prior to the 
general revision of chapter 31 of this title by Pub. L. 96-466. Section 
802(a)(3) of Pub. L. 96-466, set out as an Effective Date note under 
section 3100 of this title, provided that this prior section 1508 
continue in effect until Mar. 31, 1981. See section 3111 of this title.
    Prior section 1509 was renumbered section 3109 of this title.
    Another prior section 1509, Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 
1173; Pub. L. 94-502, title I, Sec. 104(8), (9), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 
2384, related to books, supplies, and equipment furnished a veteran 
under chapter 31 of this title, prior to the general revision of chapter 
31 of this title by Pub. L. 96-466. Section 802(a)(3) of Pub. L. 96-466, 
set out as an Effective Date note under section 3100 of this title, 
provided that this prior section 1509 continue in effect until Mar. 31, 
1981.
    Prior section 1510 was renumbered section 3110 of this title.
    Another prior section 1510, Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 
1173; Pub. L. 94-502, title I, Sec. 104(10), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 
2384, related to vocational rehabilitation of persons hospitalized 
pending final discharge from the active military, naval, or air service, 
prior to the general revision of chapter 31 of this title by Pub. L. 96-
466. Section 802(a)(3) of Pub. L. 96-466, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 3100 of chapter 31 of this title, provided that this 
prior section 1510 continue in effect until Mar. 31, 1981. See section 
3113 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 508 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1521, 1541, 
and 1542'' for ``521, 541, and 542''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1521, 1541, 
and 1542'' for ``521, 541, and 542'' and ``1521(b)'' for ``521(b)''.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    Pub. L. 102-54 substituted ``percent'' for ``per centum''.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Jan. 1, 1979, see section 401 of Pub. L. 95-588, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 101 of 
this title.
