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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CH. 268-JUNE 22, 1944 devoted to discharging the duties prescribed for the veterans' employ- ment representative. SEC. 603. All Federal agencies shall furnish the Board such records, statistics, or information as may be deemed necessary or appropriate in administering the provisions of this title, and shall otherwise cooperate with the Board in providing continuous employ- ment opportunities for veterans. SEC. 604. The Federal agency administering the United States Employment Service shall maintain that service as an operating entity and, during the period of its administration, shall effectuate the provisions of this title. SEC. 605. (a) The Board through its executive secretary shall esti- mate the funds necessary for the proper and efficient administration of this title; such estimated sums shall include the annual amounts necessary for salaries, rents, printing and binding, travel, and com- munications. Sums thus estimated shall be included as a special item in the annual budget of the United States Employment Service. Any funds appropriated pursuant to this special item as contained in the budget of the United States Employment Service shall not be available for any purpose other than that for which they were appropriated, except with the approval of the Board. (b) The War Manpower Commission shall from its current appro- priation allocate and make available sufficient funds to carry out the provisions of this title during the current fiscal year. SEC. 606. The term "United States Employment Service" as used in this title means that Bureau created by the provisions of the Act of June 6, 1933, or such successor agencies as from time to time shall perform its functions and duties, as now performed by the War Manpower Commission. SEC. 607. The term "veteran" as used in this title shall mean a person who served in the active service of the armed forces during a period of war in which the United States has been, or is, engaged, and who has been discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable. TITLE V CHAPTER VII-READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES FOR FORMER MIEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED SEC. 700. (a) Any person who shall have served in the active military or naval service of the United States at any time after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of the present war, and who shall have been discharged or released from active service under conditions other than dishonorable, after active service of ninety days or more, or by reason of an injury or disability incurred in service in line of duty, shall be entitled, in accordance with the provisions of this title and regulations issued by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs pursuant thereto, to receive a readjustment allow- ance as provided herein for each week of unemployment, not to exceed a total of fifty-two weeks, which (1) begins after the first Sunday of the third calendar month after the date of enactment hereof, and (2) occurs not later than two years after discharge or release or the termination of the war, whichever is the later date: Provided, That no such allowance shall be paid for any period for which he receives increased pension under part VII of Veterans Regulation 1 (a) or a subsistence allowance under part VIII of such regulation: Provided further, That no readjustment allowance shall be payable for any week commencing more than five years after the termination of hos- tilities in the present war. Eligibility for read- justment allowance. Period of unemploy- ment. Disallowances. 57 Stat. 43 . 38 U. S. C., Supp. m, note foll. 732. Ante, pp. 287, 291. 295 Cooperation of Fed- eral agencies. Maintenance of U. S. Employment Service. Annual estimate of expenses. Expenses of current fiscal year. "United States Em- ployment Service." 48 Stat. 113. 29 U.. C.C 49; Supp. IIl, 49 note. "Veteran."

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