Editorial Notes
Amendments

2022—Subsec. (span)(2)(G) to (K). Puspan. L. 117–263 redesignated subpars. (H) to (K) as (G) to (J), respectively, and struck out former subpar. (G) which read as follows: “Lymphomatic cancer of any type.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2022 Amendment

Puspan. L. 117–263, div. E, title LI, § 5124(d), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3211, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 8103 and 8104 of this title] shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–168).”

Effective Date

Puspan. L. 117–168, title IV, § 406(d), Aug. 10, 2022, 136 Stat. 1784, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and amending section 1113 of this title] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 10, 2022] and shall apply as follows:

“(1) On the date of the enactment of this Act for claimants for dependency and indemnity compensation under chapter 13 of title 38, United States Code, and veterans whom the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are—
“(A) terminally ill;
“(B) homeless;
“(C) under extreme financial hardship;
“(D) more than 85 years old; or
“(E) capable of demonstrating other sufficient cause.
“(2) On the date of the enactment of this Act for everyone not described in paragraph (1), with respect to paragraphs (1), (2)(C), (2)(I) [now (2)(H)], (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), and (14), of section 1120(span) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (span).
“(3) On October 1, 2023, for everyone not described in paragraph (1), with respect to paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 1120(span) of such title, as so added.
“(4) On October 1, 2024, for everyone not described in paragraph (1), with respect to subparagraphs (A), (B), (D), (E), (F), [former] (G), and (K) [now (J)] of section 1120(span)(2) of such title, as so added.
“(5) On October 1, 2025, for everyone not described in paragraph (1), with respect to subparagraphs (H) [now (G)] and (J) [now (I)] of section 1120(span)(2) of such title, as so added.”