Volume 61
Public Law 80–436
To amend section 200 of Public Law 844, Seventy-fourth Congress, June 29, 1936, to permit recognition of officers and enlisted men retired from the military and naval forces of the United States as representatives of certain organizations in the presentation of claims to the Veterans’ Administration.
Approved August 1, 1947
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 200 of Public Law 844, Seventy-fourth Congress, June 29, 1936, to permit recognition of officers and enlisted men retired from the military and naval forces of the United States as representatives of certain organizations in the presentation of claims to the Veterans’ Administration.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 200
of Public Law 844, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved June 29, 1936, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
Presentation of claims to Veterans’ Administration.
“Retired officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard of the United States, while not on active duty, shall not by reason of their status as such be subject to the provisions of
36 Stat. 1107, 1109.
sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code (18 U. S. C. 198 and 203) and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 99) in the presentation of claims under statutes administered by the Veterans’ Administration as accredited representatives of an organization specified in or recognized under this section.”
Approved August 1, 1947.