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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 535, 536-SEPT. 7, 1949 Ante, p. 687. Ante, p. 687. Use of funds. Ante, p. 686 et seq. Separability. specified above exist, the court may commit the prisoner to the custody of the Attorney General, or his authorized representative. "§ 4248. Termination of custody by release or transfer. "Whenever a person shall be committed pursuant to section 4247 of this title, his commitment shall run until the sanity or mental com- petency of the person shall be restored or until the mental condition of the person is so improved that if he be released he will not endanger the safety of the officers, the property, or other interests of the United States, or until suitable arrangements have been made for the custody and care of the prisoner by the State of his residence, whichever event shall first occur. Whereupon the Attorney General or his authorized representative shall file with the court which made said commitment a certificate stating the termination of the commitment and the ground therefor: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall preclude a prisoner committed under the authority of section 4247 hereof from establishing his eligibility for release under the provisions of this section by a writ of habeas corpus. The Attorney General or his authorized representative shall have authority at any time to trans- fer a prisoner committed to his custody under the authority of section 4246 or section 4247 hereof to the proper authorities of the State of his residence." SEC. 2. The analysis of chapter 313 of such title, immediately pre- ceding section 4241, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "4244. Mental incompetency after arrest and before trial "4245. Mental incompetency undisclosed at trial. "4246. Procedure upon finding of mental incompetency. "4247. Alternate procedure on expiration of sentence. "4248. Termination of custody by release or transfer." SEC. 3. The Attorney General may authorize the use of any unex- pended balance of the appropriation for "Support of United States prisoners" for carrying out the purposes of title 18, United States Code, sections 4244 to 4248, inclusive, or in payment of any expenses incidental thereto and not provided for by other specific appropria- tions. SEc. 4 . If any provision of title 18, United States Code, sections 4244 to 4248, inclusive, or the application thereof to any person or circum- stance shall be held invalid, the remainder of the said sections and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. Approved September 7, 1949. [CHAPTER 536] September 7 1949 AN ACT [S. 2146] To provide certain additional rehabilitation assistance for certain seriously [Public Law 2861 disabled veterans in order to remove an existing inequality. Disabled veterans. Specially adapted housing. 62 Stat. 500. 38 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 701 (g). 38 U.S. C. note foll. § 739; Supp. II, note foll. § 743. Post, p. 732. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (g) of section 1, title I, Public Numbered 2, Seventy-third Congress, as added by Public Law 702, Eightieth Congress, approved June 19, 1948, is hereby amended to read as follows: "(g) Any person who served in the active military or naval service of the United States who is entitled to compensation under the pro- visions of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, for permanent and total service-connected disability due to the loss, or 688 [63 STAT.

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