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75TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT
3d Session O No. 1965
AMENDING VETERANS' REGULATION NO. 10, PERTAIN-
ING TO LINE OF DUTY FOR PEACETIME VETERANS,
THEIR WIDOWS, AND DEPENDENTS
MARCH 17, 1938.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Washington, from the Committee on Pensions,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H. R. 7880]
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R.
7880) to amend the Veterans' Regulation No. 10, pertaining to line
of duty for peacetime veterans, their widows, and dependents, and
for other purposes, having had the bill under consideration, respect-
fully submit the following report with a recommendation that the bill
as amended by the committee. do pass.
ENDORSEMENT OF BILL
This bill, H. R. 7880, as amended by the committee, has the endorse-
ment of the Bureau of the Budget, the Veterans' Administration, the
War Department, the Navy Department, the Treasury Department
(Coast Guard), Veterans of Foreign Wars, Reserve Officers' Associa-
tion of the United States, and the Military Order of the World War.
The committee recommended an amendment to strike out all
language after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
That paragraphs VIII and IX of Executive Order Numbered 6098, dated March
31, 1933 (Veterans' Regulation Numbered 10 (39 U. S. C., ch. 12, appendix)),
be amended to read as follows:
PAR. VIII. An injury or disease will be deemed to have been incurred in
line of duty when the person on whose account benefits are claimed was, at the
time the injury was suffered or disease contracted, in the active service in the
military or naval forces, whether on active duty or on authorized leave, unless
it appears that the injury or disease has been caused by misconduct on his part:
Provided, however, The requirement will not be met if it appears that at the time
the injury was suffered or disease contracted, the person on whose account benefits
are claimed (1) was avoiding duty by deserting the service or by absenting himself](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.beal/ldpv0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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