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 374 31U.S.C.§§218- 222. Loss of property in military service. Delegation of func- tions. Settlement to be final. Applicability to dc vilian personnel. Claims for injury or death abroad. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 189, 190-JULY 3, 6, 1943 [57 STAT. SEC. 5. Section 4 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 676), as amended by the Act of June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 1015; 33 U. S . C . 564), is hereby repealed. SEC. 6. The Act of March 3, 1885 (23 Stat. 350), as amended by the Act of July 9, 1918 (40 Stat. 880), and by the Act of March 4,. 1921 (41 Stat. 1436), is hereby amended by adding, after section 5, the following sections: "SEC. 5a. Any authorization or direction in this Act to the Secre- tary of War, and any reference herein to a decision, declaration, or other action by the Secretary of War, shall include authorization or direction to, and action by, as the case may be, such other officer or officers as he may designate for such purposes, acting under such regulations as he may prescribe. Any settlement made by the Secre- tary of War, or his designee, under the authority of this Act, under such regulations as he may prescribe, shall be final and conclusive for all purposes, notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary. "SEC. 5b. The provisions of this Act shall be applicable also to civilian personnel and civilian employees of the War Department or of the Army, including such personnel and employees engaged on civil works." SEC. 7. The Act of February 13, 1936 (49 Stat. 1138; 31 U. S . C. 224a), shall hereafter be inapplicable to acts of officers, enlisted men, and employees of the Army and officers, employees, or agents of the War Department. Approved July 3, 1943. [CHAPTER 190] AN ACT July 6, 1943 To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational [H. R. 2536] rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to [Public Law 113] civil employment", approved June 2, 1920, as amended, and for other purposes. Vocational Rehabil- itation Act Amend- ments of 1943. 41 Stat. 735. 29U. . c. C. 31 -38, 41-44. Poetpp.502,. 36,l1 . Requirements. State board as sole agency. Agency assisting adult blind. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of A merca in Congressassembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment", approved June 2, 1920, as amended (U. S. C., title 29, ch. 4), is amended to read as follows: "AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS "SECTION 1. Moneys made available for the purpose pursuant to this Act shall be used for making payments to States (and Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, herein referred to as 'States') which have submitted, and had approved by the Federal Security Administrator (herein referred to as the 'Administrator'), State plans for vocational reha- bilitation of disabled individuals. ' STATE PLANS "SEC. 2 . (a) To be approvable under this Act, a State plan for vocational rehabilitation shall- "(1) designate the State board of vocational education (herein referred to as the 'State board') as the sole agency for the admin- istration, supervision, and control of the State plan; except that where under the State's law, the State blind commission, or other agency which provides assistance or services to the adult blind is authorized to provide them vocational rehabilitation, the plan

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