[CHAPTER 203-2D SESSION] [H. R. 4519] AN ACT To authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish seeing-eye dogs for blind veterans. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to provide seeing-eye or guide dogs trained for the aid of blind veterans who are entitled to disability compensation under laws administered by the Veterans' Administrator, and to pay all necessary travel expenses to and from their homes and incurred in becoming adjusted to such seeing-eye or guide dogs and also to provide such veterans with mechanical electronic equipment for aiding them in overcoming the handicap of blindness. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved May 24, 1944. (85) [CHAPTER 205-2D SESSION] [S. 1771] AN ACT Authorizing appropriations for the United States Navy for additional ordnance manufacturing and production facilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $65,000,000 for necessary tools, equipment, and facilities for the manufacture or production of ordnance material, munitions, and equipment at either private or public plants. SEC. 2. The authority herein granted shall include the authority to acquire lands at such locations as the Secretary of the Navy may deem best suited to the purpose, erect or extend buildings, acquire the necessary machinery and equipment, and in private establishments provide plant-protection installations, and shall be in addition to all authority heretofore granted for these purposes. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Navy from time to time, but not less frequently than every sixty days, shall transmit to the Congress a full report of all acquisitions of land, by lease or otherwise, effected under the authority of this Act. Approved May 26, 1944. [CHAPTER 207-2D SESSION] [H. R. 3356] AN ACT To increase the service-connected disability rates of compensation or pension payable to veterans of World War I and World War II and veterans entitled to wartime rates based on service on or after September 16, 1940, for serviceconnected disabilities, and to increase the rates for widows and children under Public Law 484, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, and to include widows and children of World War II veterans for benefits under the latter Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the monthly rates of compensation or pension payable to veterans of World War I and World War II, including veterans entitled to wartime rates under Public, 359, Seventy-seventh Congress, December 19, 1941, for service on or after September 16, 1940, for service-incurred disability, not including the special awards and allowances fixed by law, which are payable under any laws or regulations administered by the Veterans' Administration are hereby increased by 15 per centum. SEC. 2. That the monthly rates of compensation payable to widows and children under authority of Public Law Numbered 484, Seventythird Congress, June 28, 1934, as amended, shall be as follows: Widow but no child, $35; widow and one child, $45 (with $5 for each additional child); no widow but one child, $18; no widow but two children, $27 (equally divided); no widow but three children, $36 (equally divided) with $4 for each additional child (the total amount to be equally divided). SEC. 3. The increases provided by this Act shall be effective from the first day of the first month following the passage of this Act. SEC. 4. The benefits of Public Law Numbered 484, Seventy-third Congress, June 28, 1934, as amended, are hereby extended to widows and children of persons who served during the period of the present war, as defined in existing law, subject to the administrative, definitive, and regulatory provisions of Public, Numbered 484, as amended: Provided, That the definition of "widow" shall be that contained in section 6 of Public Law Numbered 144, Seventy-eighth Congress, July 13, 1943. Approved May 27, 1944. [CHAPTER 208-2D SESSION] [H. R. 3377] AN ACT To increase the rate of pension for World War veterans from $40 to $50 per month, to $60 per month in certain specified cases, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph I (f), part III, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended to read: "I (f) The amount of pension payable under terms of part III shall be $50 monthly, except that where such veterans shall have been rated permanent and total and in receipt of pension for a continuous period of ten years or reach the age of sixty-five years, the amount of pension shall be $60 monthly: Provided, That" The provisions of this Act shall apply to veterans of both World War I and World War II. Approved May 27, 1944. (88) [CHAPTER 209-2D SESSION] [S. 771] AN ACT To provide for payment of pensions and compensation to certain persons who are receiving retired pay. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who is receiving pay pursuant to any provision of law relating to the retirement of persons in the regular military or naval service, and who would be eligible to receive pension or compensation under the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration if he were not receiving such retired pay, shall be entitled to receive such pension or compensation upon the filing by such person with the department by which such retired pay is paid of a waiver of so much of his retired and allowances as is equal in amount to such pension or compensation. To prevent duplication of payments, the department with which any such waiver is filed shall notify the Veterans' Administration of the receipt of such waiver, the amount waived, and the effective date of the reduction in retired pay. pay Approved May 27, 1944. |