A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prevent relatives other than spouses, children, and dependent parents from inheriting any part of the estate of a mentally incompetent veteran that was accumulated from benefits provided under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

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Introduced

17 March 1982

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Executive Comment Received From VA.

Summary

Requires that veterans' benefits paid to a fiduciary for a mentally incompetent or insane beneficiary be returned to the United States at the beneficiary's death rather than descend to any relative other than the surviving spouse, children, or dependent parents.

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summary · EN · 17 March 1982
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/5874
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