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 2594 62 Stat. , Pt. 1, p .1210. 50U.S. C ., Supp.II, app. Uf 1991-1996. "Veterans." "Service-connected disabilities. " INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. (a) For the construction and equipping of hospitals in the Philip- pines to be used exclusively for medical care and treatment of veterans for service-connected disabilities, in a total amount of not to exceed $22,500,000.00 . (b) To reimburse the Republic of the Philippines for moneys ex- pended for the hospitalization of such veterans either in the hospitals so constructed and equipped, or any other hospitals in the Philippines, as provided in the aforesaid Act, for a period of not to exceed five years, in a total amount of not to exceed $3,285,000.00 for any fiscal year (July 1 through June 30). ARTiCLE 2. Grants for the construction and equipping of a hospital may be made prior to or following completion of such hospital, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Administrator of Vet- erans' Affairs, and subject to conditions on the receipt of financial aid necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act, which may be imposed by him. TITLE II DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY ARTICLE 3. The Secretary of National Defense of the Philippine Government, under the general direction of the President of the Republic of the Philippines, shall have full authority to administer, for the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, all matters relating to the construction and equipping of hospitals for veterans and the provision of medical care and treatment for veterans, within the purview of Public Law 865, 80th United States Congress. TITLE III DEFINITIONS ARTICLE 4. The term "veterans" is agreed to mean persons who have been determined by the Veterans' Administration to have served in the organized military forces of the Government of the Common- wealth of the Philippines while such forces were in the service of the armed forces of the United States pursuant to the military order of the President of the United States, dated July 26, 1941, including, among such military forces, organized guerrilla forces under commanders appointed, designated, or subsequently recognized by the Commander- in-Chief, Southwest Pacific Area, or other competent authority in the Army of the United States, and who were discharged or released from such service under conditions other than dishonorable. ARTICLE 5. The term "service-connected disabilities" is agreed to mean any disability, which has been determined by the Veterans' Administration to have resulted from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in service as defined in Article 4 hereof, or any aggravation of a disability existing prior to the service as defined, when such aggravation is determined by the Veterans' Administration to have been suffered or contracted in service as defined in Article 4, above.

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