§ 3330. Payment of Department of Veterans Affairs checks for the benefit of individuals in foreign countries
(a)
(1)
A check is deemed to be issued for sending to a foreign country and subject to this section and section
3329 of this title if the check is—
(b)
When the amount of checks (representing payments to an individual under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs) transferred under section
3329
(b)(4) of this title equals $1,000, the amounts of additional checks (except checks under contracts of insurance) payable to the individual under those laws shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. An amount transferred under section
3329
(b)(4) or deposited as miscellaneous receipts is deemed to be payment for all purposes to the individual entitled to payment.
(c)
If the payee of a check for pension, compensation, or emergency officers’ retirement pay under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs dies while the amount of the check is in the special deposit account, the amount is payable (subject to section
3329 of this title and this section) as follows:
(1)
after the death of the veteran, to the surviving spouse, or, if there is no surviving spouse, to children of the veteran under 18 years of age at the time of the veteran’s death.
(2)
after the death of the surviving spouse, to children of the spouse under 18 years of age at the time of the spouse’s death.
(d)