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PUBLIC LAW 1 4 9 - J U L Y 27, 1953

58 Stat. 287. 38 USC 701, 6946 9 4 m, 696-696m, ch. 12 A. 66 Stat. 663. 38 USC 911-984.

58 Stat. 288. 38 USC c h. 12A.

Effective of p r o v i s o.

date

46 Stat. 1550. 58 Stat. 284.

54 Stat. 1008. 38 USC 818.

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ST A T.

Readjustment benefits: For the payment of benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by titles II, III, and V, of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and title II of the Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, $664,311,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That from September 1, 1953, to J a n e 30, 1954, no part of any appropriation to the Veterans Administration shall be available, in connection with any loan authorized by title III of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended (38 U.S.C. 694-694n), for payment to the lender by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, or for credit on the loan, of an amount equivalent to 4 per centum of the amount originally loaned, guaranteed or insured by the Veterans Administration: Provided further, That no right to any such payment shall accrue during this period, but the foregoing proviso shall not apply with respect to payments based on guarantees made, or certificates of commitments issued, prior to said date or commitments for loans made by the Veterans Administration: Provided furtheVy That under any contract between a State, or any political subdivision of a State, and the Veterans' Administration providing for the furnishing of instruction in a course of institutional on-f arm or other training under part VIII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended (Public Law 346, Seventy-eighth Congress, as amended) liability authorized by this section by reason of payments of subsistence allowance which were illegal because of failure of the veteran or the course to comply with the applicable statutory, regulatory or contractual requirements shall not be applied to the contracting State, or political subdivision, unless the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, after investigation, finds that an employee or representative of such State, or political subdivision, conspired with the veteran by, or was guilty of fraud or gross negligence in, falsely reporting to the Veterans' Administration that the veteran was in a proper course of training, failing to report unauthorized or excessive absences from, or interruption or discontinuance of, his course of training, or not discovering the failure of the veteran to comply with the applicable statutory, regulatory, or contractual requirements and not promptly terminating the course of training of the veteran. The provisions of this proviso shall be effective as of July 13, 1950, but shall not require repayment of any funds heretofore properly recovered by agreement of the parties to any such contract, and shall not be applicable to any other liabilities or agreements pursuant to such contract. Military and naval insurance: For military and naval insurance, $1,496,000, to remain available until expended. Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary facilities, for planning (including a survey of the hospital construction program) and for extending, with the approval of the President, any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1 and 2 of the Act approved March 4, 1931 (38 U.S.C. 438j-k) or in section 101 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (38 U.S.C. 693a), to remain available until expended, $17,500,000. Hospital and domiciliary facilities (liquidation of contract authorization): For payment of obligations heretofore authorized to be incurred under this head, $21,185,664, to remain available until expended. National service life insurance: For the payment of benefits and for transfer to the national service life insurance fund, in accordance with the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That certain

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