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 PUBLIC LAW 100-687—NOV. 18, 1988

102 STAT. 4125

(1) by striking out "$155" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "$I61"; (2) by striking out "$261" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "$271"; and (3) by striking out "$133" in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof "$138". S E C 1106. EFFECTIVE DATE FOR RATE INCREASES.

38 USC 314 note.

The amendments made by this title shall take effect on December 1, 1988.

TITLE XII—AGENT ORANGE AND RELATED PROVISIONS

Vietnam

S E C 1201. FUNDING FOR AGENT ORANGE BLOOD TESTING.

Funds appropriated to the Veterans' Administration in Public Law 98-181 for medical and prosthetic research and obligated through the Centers for Disease Control for a contract for the conduct of an epidemiological study relating to exptMsure of veterans to the herbicide known as Agent Orange shall, upon the cancellation of that contract, be available for obligation until September 30, 1989, in the amounts of— (1) $3,000,000 for payment of expenses of the Department of the Air Force in connection with blood tests of individuals who, while serving in the Air Force, participated in the spraying of Agent Orange in Vietnam during the Vietnam era; and (2) $1,000,000 for payment of expenses of a survey of scientific evidence, studies, and literature relating to health effects of possible exposure to toxic chemicals contained in herbicides used in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era, which survey shall be conducted by an independent scientific entity under contract to the Veterans Administration pursuant to a law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act. S E C 1202. EXTENSION OF HEALTH-CARE ELIGIBILITY BASED ON AGENT ORANGE OR IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE.

Section 610(e)(3) is amended by striking out "September 30, 1989" and inserting in lieu thereof "December 31, 1990". S E C 1203. TREATMENT FOR NEEDS-BASED BENEFITS PURPOSES OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED UNDER AGENT ORANGE LITIGATION SETTLEMENT.

Any payment received by any person pursuant to the settlement in the case of In re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (MDL No. 381) shall be treated for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans* Administration as reimbursement for prior unreimbursed medical expenses, and no such payment shall be countable as income for any such purpose. S E C 1204. OUTREACH SERVICES.

(a) ONGOING OUTREACH PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall conduct an active, continuous outreach program for furnishing to veterans of active military, naval, or air service who served in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era information relating

38 USC 241 note.

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