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 106 STAT. 1578 PUBLIC LAW 102-389 —OCT. 6, 1992 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) Any appropriation for 1993 for "Compensation and pensions", "Readjustment benefits", and "Veterans insurance and indemnities" may be transferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for 1993 for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for "Construction, major projects", "Construction, minor projects" and the "Parking garage revolving fund") shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1993 for "Compensation and pensions", "Readjustment benefits", and "Veterans insurance and indemnities" shall be available for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the aforementioned accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1992. Appropriations accounts available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1993 shall be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100-86, 1987, except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable from "Compensation and pensions". Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds appropriated under the following headings shall be available to carry out the functions of the Office of Facilities to support the purposes enumerated for each account: (1) "Medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses" for administrative expenses in support of planning, design, project management, architectural, engineering, real property acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including site acquisition; engineering and architectural activities not charged to project cost; and research and development in building construction technology; (2) "Medical care" for administrative expenses in support of planning, design, project management, real property acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and oversight, engineering and architectural activities not charged to project cost; and (3) "General operating expenses" for construction program oversight; legal services; and in addition to the availability of other accounts, expenses in support of lease-purchase agreement and enhanced-use lease activities.

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