38 USC § 1142 - Rates of peacetime death compensation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1142"
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title: "38 USC § 1142 - Rates of peacetime death compensation"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1142"
section_name: "Rates of peacetime death compensation"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "PEACETIME DEATH COMPENSATION"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1124, § 342; Pub. L. 93–295, title II, § 206(a), May 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 183; renumbered § 1142 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1142. Rates of peacetime death compensation

section 1141 of this titlesection 1122 of this title

For the purposes of , the monthly rates of death compensation payable shall be those specified in .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1124, § 342; Pub. L. 93–295, title II, § 206(a), May 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 183; renumbered § 1142 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991—, renumbered  as this section.

, substituted “1141” for “341” and “1122” for “322”.

1974— substituted “those specified in ” for “equal to 80 per centum of the rates prescribed by , adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar, counting fifty cents and over as a whole dollar”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .