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 2596 Unobligated funds. 62Stat..Pt.1 ,p .1210. 50U. S .C., Supp. II, app. §§ 1991-1996. Interim hospitaliza- tion of veterans. 62 Stat., Pt.l,p .1210. 50U. S. C., Supp. II, app. §I 1991-1996. Itemized bills to Veterans' Administra- tion. Printed forms for applications, reports, etc. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. ARTICLE 12. Any sums appropriated for the construction and equip- ping of hospitals under Public Law 865, 80th United States Congress, remaining unobligated at the end of any fiscal year shall be permitted to be carried over to the ensuing fiscal year. TITLE V GRANTS FOR EXPENSES INCIDENT TO HOSPITALIZATION OF VETERANS ARTICLE 13. In the interim period required for the construction of hospitals under this agreement, veterans requiring treatment of service-connected disabilities may be hospitalized, upon a reimburse- ment basis, within the terms of Public Law 865, 80th United States Congress, in such existing hospitals in the Philippines, as the Secre- tary of National Defense of the Philippine Government may direct. ARTICLE 14. The question of whether to hospitalize veterans, requir- ing treatment for service-connected disabilities, prior to an official determination of their status and eligibility having been made by the Veterans' Administration, or whether to require such determination of status and eligibility to be made prior to hospitalizing them, will be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of National Defense of the Philippine Government, depending upon such contingencies and exigencies as the Secretary of National Defense of the Philippine Government may deem it appropriate to consider. ARTICLE 15. The Government of the Republic of the Philippines agrees that upon the receipt of any application for hospitalization under the terms of Public Law 865, 80th United States Congress, the Veterans' Administration shall be furnished a copy thereof, together with such information relating to the applicant's military service as may be currently available and full medical information of the disa- bilities existing for which treatment is needed, and the Veterans' Administration shall thereupon make due and diligent effort to deter- mine, without delay the status and eligibility of such applicant for such hospitalization under the Act, furnishing to the Secretary of National Defense of the Philippine Government, or such other officer as he may designate, an official notification of the determination which has been made respecting such applicant's eligibility for such hospitalization. ATICLE 16. In all cases in which it has been officially determined by the Veterans' Administration that the applicants are eligible for and are receiving, or subsequent to July 1, 1949, have received hos- pitalization for service-connected disabilities upon the authority of the Secretary of National Defense of the Philippine Government or other officers duly designated by him for this purpose, itemized bills cover- ing the cost of such hospitalization will be furnished to the Veterans' Administration for consideration and award of payment. ARTICLE 17. The Secretary of National Defense of the Philippine Government will, with the concurrence of the Administrator of Vet- erans' Affairs, cause such printed forms of applications for hospitali- zation, forms of physical examination reports, forms for billing for services rendered and such other forms and notices as may be neces-

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