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 PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986

100 STAT. 389

section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)). (h) TERMINATION.—The Committee shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the second report is transmitted by the Committee pursuant to subsection (f)(2). SEC. 19033. WAIVER OF CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE-AND-WAIT PERIOD FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION OF CERTAIN VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING ACTIVITIES.

(a) WAIVER.—The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may undertake the administrative reorganization described in subsection (b) without regard to the requirements of section 2100t))(2) of title 38, United States Code. (b) COVERED ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION.—The administrative reorganization referred to in subsection (a) is a reorganization that— (1) involves the transfer of certain functions from the Office of Data Management and Telecommunications of the Veterans' Administration to the Department of Veterans' Benefits of the Veterans' Administration; and (2) is described in letters dated November 1, 1985, that were submitted by the Administrator to the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives.

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SEC. 19034. RATIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES.

CERTAIN

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(a) VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION REGIONAL OFFICE IN THE REPUBLIC

OF THE PHILIPPINES.—Any action by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in providing, during the ratification period, for a Veterans' Administration Regional Office in the Republic of the Philippines under section 230 of title 38, United States Code, is hereby ratified with respect to that period. (b) CONTRACT CARE AUTHORITY IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN

ISLANDS.—Any action by the Administrator in entering into a contract applicable to the ratification period for furnishing care described in subclause (v) of section 601(4)(C) of title 38, United States Code, any action by the Administrator under such contract, and any waiver described in that subclause made by the Administrator that is applicable to that period, is hereby ratified with respect to that period. (c) ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CONTRACT PROGRAM.—Any action by the Administrator in entering into

a contract described in section 620A(a) of title 38, United States Code, that is applicable to the ratification period, and any action by the Administrator under such contract, is hereby ratified with respect to that period. (d) RATIFICATION PERIOD DEFINED.—For the purposes of this section, the term "ratification period" means the period beginning on November 1, 1985, and ending on December 3, 1985.

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