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[CITE: 38USC1537]

 
                      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. 1537. Children of Spanish-American War veterans

    Whenever there is no surviving spouse entitled to pension under 
section 1536 of this title, the Secretary shall pay to the children of 
each Spanish-American War veteran who met the service requirements of 
section 1512(a) 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. 1138, Sec. 537; Pub. L. 94-169, 
title I, Sec. 106(39), Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1019; renumbered 
Sec. 1537 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 537 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1536'' for ``536'' and 
``1512(a)'' for ``512(a)''.
    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.
