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 102 STAT. 498

Reports.

PUBLIC LAW 100-322—MAY 20, 1988

may have been increased or decreased pursuant to this paragraph before such date.". (b) VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION.—(1) Such section is further amended by adding at ihe end the following new subsection: "(h) The Administrator, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and appropriate representatives of veterans' service organizations, shall take all appropriate steps to facilitate the establishment and maintenance of a program under which such organizations, or individuals who are volunteering their services to the Veterans' Administration, would take responsibility for the transportation, without reimbursement from the Veterans' Administration, to Veterans' Administration facilities of veterans (primarily those residing in areas which are geographically accessible to such facilities) who seek services or benefits from the Veterans' Administration under chapter 17 or other provisions of this title.". (2) Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of subsection (h) of section 111 of title 38, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1). (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Paragraph (4) of subsection (g) of such section (as redesignated by subsection (a)(D) is amended— (1) by inserting "or adjusting amounts" after "rates" the first place it appears; and (2) by inserting "and amounts" after "rates" the third place it appears. (d) STYUSTIC AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (d) of such section (as redesignated by subsection (a)(D) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking out "the" and inserting in lieu thereof "The"; and (B) by striking out "hereof;" and inserting in lieu thereof "of this section."; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking out "actual" and inserting in lieu thereof "Actual"; and (B) by striking out the semicolon at the end and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (3) in paragraph (3), by striking out "the expense" and inserting in lieu thereof "The expense". (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of section 111 is amended to read as follows: "§ 111. Payments or allowances for beneHciary travel". (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1 is amended to read as follows: "111. Payments or allowances for beneficiary travel.".

38 USC 111 note.

(f) TRANSITION PROVISION.—In determining for the purposes of subsection (b)(1) of section 111 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), whether during fiscal year 1988 the Administrator has exercised the authority under that section to make payments there shall be disregarded any exercise of authority under that section before the date of the enactment of this Act.

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