# PL78-229: AN ACT To increase the service-connected disability rates of compensation or pension payable to veterans of World War I and World War II and veterans entitled to wartime rates based on service on or after September 16, 1940, for service-connected disabilities, and to increase the rates for widows and children under Public Law 484, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, and to include widows and children of World War II veterans for benefits under the latter Act.

PL78-229, AN ACT To increase the service-connected disability rates of compensation or pension payable to veterans of World War I and World War II and veterans entitled to wartime rates based on service on or after September 16, 1940, for service-connected disabilities, and to increase the rates for widows and children under Public Law 484, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, and to include widows and children of World War II veterans for benefits under the latter Act., is a 78th Congress bill sponsored by unknown; status Public Law (from Statutes at Large) (as of 2025-10-20).

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## Facts
- Bill: PL78-229
- Congress: 78
- Title: AN ACT To increase the service-connected disability rates of compensation or pension payable to veterans of World War I and World War II and veterans entitled to wartime rates based on service on or after September 16, 1940, for service-connected disabilities, and to increase the rates for widows and children under Public Law 484, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, and to include widows and children of World War II veterans for benefits under the latter Act.
- Status: Public Law (from Statutes at Large)
- Introduced: unknown
- Sponsor: unknown
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: unknown
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-10-20

## Summary

AN ACT To increase the service-connected disability rates of compensation or pension payable to veterans of World War I and World War II and veterans entitled to wartime rates based on service on or after September 16, 1940, for service-connected disabilities, and to increase the rates for widows and children under Public Law 484, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, and to include widows and children of World War II veterans for benefits under the latter Act.

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## Sources
- [PL78-229 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/78th-congress/senate-bill/229)

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