Modifies the effective date of a reduction or discontinuance of a Department of Veterans Affairs pension under an existing rating or…

Section 5112(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting (except in the case of a pension under an existing rating or decision), after death of a payee;

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (10) as paragraphs (4) through (11), respectively; and

(C) by inserting, after paragraph (2), the following new paragraph (3):

(3) by reason of death of a payee in the case of a pension under an existing rating or decision, shall be the last day of the month in which such death occurs;

Section 1832(b)(4) of such title is amended by striking paragraphs (1), (6), (9), and (10) and inserting paragraphs (1), (7), (10), and (11).

Section 5310(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting, or in the case of a payment for the month of the death of a payee under section 5112(b)(2) of this title, before an amount equal.

The amendments to title 38, United States Code, made by this section shall apply with respect to a payment of a benefit affected by a death that occurs on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.