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    38 USC Sec. 1831                                            01/19/04

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    TITLE 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS

    PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS

    CHAPTER 18 - BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS AND CERTAIN

                  OTHER VETERANS                  

    SUBCHAPTER IV - GENERAL PROVISIONS

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    Sec. 1831. Definitions

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      In this chapter:

        (1) The term "child" means the following:

          (A) For purposes of subchapters I and II of this chapter, an

        individual, regardless of age or marital status, who - 

            (i) is the natural child of a Vietnam veteran; and

            (ii) was conceived after the date on which that veteran

          first entered the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era.

          (B) For purposes of subchapter III of this chapter, an

        individual, regardless of age or marital status, who - 

            (i) is the natural child of a veteran of covered service in

          Korea (as determined for purposes of section 1821 of this

          title); and

            (ii) was conceived after the date on which that veteran

          first entered service described in subsection (c) of that

          section.
  
        (2) The term "Vietnam veteran" means an individual who

      performed active military, naval, or air service in the Republic

      of Vietnam during the Vietnam era, without regard to the

      characterization of that individual's service.

        (3) The term "Vietnam era" with respect to - 

          (A) subchapter I of this chapter, means the period beginning

        on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975; and

          (B) subchapter II of this chapter, means the period beginning

        on February 28, 1961, and ending on May 7, 1975.

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    (Added Pub. L. 106-419, title IV, Sec. 401(b), Nov. 1, 2000, 114

    Stat. 1859, Sec. 1821; renumbered Sec. 1831 and amended Pub. L.

    108-183, title I, Sec. 102(a)(1),(b), Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat.

    2653, 2654.)

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                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         

      A prior section 1831 was renumbered section 3731 of this title.

                                AMENDMENTS                            

      2003 - Pub. L. 108-183, Sec. 102(a)(1), renumbered section 1821

    of this title as this section.

      Par. (1). Pub. L. 108-183, Sec. 102(b), added par. (1) and struck

    out former par. (1) which read as follows: "The term 'child' means

    an individual, regardless of age or marital status, who - 

        "(A) is the natural child of a Vietnam veteran; and

        "(B) was conceived after the date on which that veteran first

      entered the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era."

                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          

      Subchapter effective on the first day of the first month

    beginning more than one year after Nov. 1, 2000, see section 401(g)

    of Pub. L. 106-419, set out as a note under section 1811 of this

    title.

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                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               

      This section is referred to in section 1811 of this title.