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 102 STAT. 4122

PUBLIC LAW 100-687—NOV. 18, 1988

States Courts shall take into consideration the convenience of the location of such facility to needed library resources, clerical and administrative support equipment and personnel, and other resources available for shared use by the Court and other courts or agencies of the Federal Government.

TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATES AND APPLICABILITY 38 USC 4051 note.

SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATES. (a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, this division (and the amendments made by this Act) shall take effect on September 1, 1989. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR CERTAIN TRANSITION PROVISIONS.—The

amendment made by section 201(a) shall take effect on February 1, 1989. (c) DATE OF ENACTMENT.—Sections 201 (other than subsection (a)), 208, 209, 302, and 303, and the amendments made by those sections, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS.—Sections 202 through 207 shall take effect on January 1, 1989. (e) COMMENCEMENT OP OPERATION OF COURT OF VETERANS A P -

38 USC 4051 note.

38 USC 8404 note.

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1988. 38 USC 101 note.

38 USC 101 note.

PEALS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the United States C!ourt of Veterans Appeals established pursuant to chapter 72 of title 38, United States Code (as added by section 301) shall not begin to operate until at least three judges have been appointed to the court. SEC. 402. APPLICABILITY TO CASES AFTER DATE OF ENACTMENT. Chapter 72 of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 301, shall apply with respect to any case in which a notice of disagreement is filed under section 4005 of title 38, United States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 403. APPLICABILITY TO ATTORNEYS FEES. The amendment to section 3404(c) of title 38, United States Code, made by section 104(a) shall apply only with respect to services of agents and attorneys in cases in which a notice of disagreement is filed with the Veterans' Administration on or after the date of the enactment of this division. DIVISION B—VETERANS' BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT

SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the "Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1988". (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this division an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States Code. SEC. 1002. DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATOR For purposes of this division, the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs.

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