38 U.S.C. § 6105 — Forfeiture for subversive activities
submitted 67 years ago by Pub. L. 86-222 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 336 words · no verdicts yet
A person convicted after September 1, 1959 of specified offenses loses certain gratuitous benefits based on earlier service, and payment is suspended after indictment. A Presidential pardon restores the right as of the pardon date.
(a) A person convicted after September 1, 1959 of an offense listed in (b) has no right, from the offense date, to gratuitous benefits—including burial in a national cemetery—under laws administered by the Secretary* based on military, naval, air, or space service beginning before the offense. No other person may receive those benefits because of that individual. After notice that an indictment was returned, the Secretary must suspend payment pending the criminal case. A Presidential pardon restores the right as of the pardon date. (b) The offenses are those punished under: (1) title 10, sections 894, 904, and 906; (2) title 18, sections 175, 229, 792, 793, 794, 798, 831, 1091, 2332a, 2332b, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2384, 2385, 2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, and chapter 105; (3) Atomic Energy Act sections 222–226 (42 U.S.C. 2272–2276); and (4) Internal Security Act section 4 (50 U.S.C. 783). (c) Defense or Homeland Security must notify the Secretary of convictions under (b)(1). The Attorney General must notify the Secretary of indictments or convictions under (b)(2)–(4).
Any individual who is convicted after September 1, 1959, of any offense listed in subsection (b) of this section shall, from and after the date of commission of such offense, have no right to gratuitous benefits (including the right to burial in a national cemetery) under laws administered by the Secretary* based on periods of military, naval, air, or space service commencing before the date of the commission of such offense and no other person shall be entitled to such benefits on account of such individual. After receipt of notice of the return of an indictment for such an offense the Secretary shall suspend payment of such gratuitous benefits pending disposition of the criminal proceedings. If any individual whose right to benefits has been terminated pursuant to this section is granted a pardon of the offense by the President of the United States, the right to such benefits shall be restored as of the date of such pardon.
The offenses referred to in subsection (a) of this section are those offenses for which punishment is prescribed in—
sections 894, 904, and 906 of title 10 (articles 94, 104, and 106 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);
sections 175, 229, 792, 793, 794, 798, 831, 1091, 2332a, 2332b, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2384, 2385, 2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, and chapter 105 of title 18;
sections 222, 223, 224, 225, and 226 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2272, 2273, 2274, 2275, and 2276); and
section 4 of the Internal Security Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783).
The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, shall notify the Secretary in each case in which an individual is convicted of an offense listed in paragraph (1) of subsection (b). The Attorney General shall notify the Secretary in each case in which an individual is indicted or convicted of an offense listed in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (b).
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 86–222, § 3(a), Sept. 1, 1959, 73 Stat. 453, § 3505; amended Pub. L. 92–128, § 2(c), Sept. 25, 1971, 85 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 93–43, § 8, June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 88; Pub. L. 97–295, § 4(79), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1311; renumbered § 6105, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–54, § 14(d)(9), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(1), (2)(A)(xiv), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 403–405; Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(e)(19), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4686; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(d), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2315; Pub. L. 108–183, title VII, § 705(a), Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2672; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(57), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.)
- 1959Enacted · Pub. L. 86-222 · 73 Stat. 453
- 1971Amended · Pub. L. 92-128 · 85 Stat. 348
- 1973Amended · Pub. L. 93-43 · 87 Stat. 88
- 1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-295 · 96 Stat. 1311
- 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-40 · 105 Stat. 238
- 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-54 · 105 Stat. 287
- 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-83 · 105 Stat. 403
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-446 · 108 Stat. 4686
- 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-296 · 116 Stat. 2315
- 2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-183 · 117 Stat. 2672
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3830
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