Volume 56
Public Law 77–659
To amend the Act of October 9, 1940, entitled “An Act to restrict or regulate the delivery of checks drawn against funds of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, to addresses outside the United States, its Territories, and possessions, and for other purposes”.
Approved December 2, 1942
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Act of October 9, 1940, entitled “An Act to restrict or regulate the delivery of checks drawn against funds of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, to addresses outside the United States, its Territories, and possessions, and for other purposes”.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 1 of the Act of October 9, 1940 (54 Stat. 1086; U. S. C., title 31, sec. 123), is hereby amended by substituting for the period at the end thereof
Payments to guardians, etc., of persons in foreign countries.
a colon and adding the following: “ Provided, That any check drawn against funds of the United States for benefits under the laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration, for delivery in the United States, its Territories, or possessions, to a guardian, curator, conservator, or other person legally vested with the care of any person in a foreign country, shall be deemed to be drawn for delivery in such foreign country and subject to the provisions of this Act, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall be furnished necessary notification by the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs as to each such check:
Exceptions.
Provided further, That the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs is authorized to except from the provisions of the foregoing proviso any check wherein the application of this amendment would result in reduction, discontinuance, or denial of benefits which otherwise might be used for the care of a dependent of such person.”
Approved, December 2, 1942.