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[CITE: 38USC1533]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER 15--PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH OR FOR 
                                 SERVICE
 
       SUBCHAPTER III--PENSIONS TO SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN
 
                         Wars Before World War I
 
Sec. 1533. Children of Civil War veterans

    Whenever there is no surviving spouse entitled to pension under 
section 1532 of this title, the Secretary shall pay to the children of 
each Civil War veteran who met the service requirements of section 1532 
of this title a pension at the monthly rate of $73.13 for one child, 
plus $8.13 for each additional child, with the total amount equally 
divided.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1137, Sec. 533; Pub. L. 94-169, 
title I, Sec. 106(25), Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1018; renumbered 
Sec. 1533 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), 
(c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404-406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 533 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1532'' for ``532'' in 
two places.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    1975--Pub. L. 94-169 substituted ``surviving spouse'' for ``widow''.


                    Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

    Section 106 of Pub. L. 94-169 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective Jan. 1, 1976.
