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

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ST A T.

No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Administration (except the appropriation for "Hospital and domiciliary facilities") shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. Appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Administration for "Maintenance and operation of hospitals" and "Maintenance and operation of domiciliary facilities" may be used to repair, alter, improve, or provide facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, either by contract, or by the hire of temporary employees and the purchase of materials. No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. The Administrator of Veterans Affairs is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to activate and operate at reasonable standards throughout the fiscal year 1954 those beds which are needed and which can be staffed, in the following categories: (a) all beds in Veterans Administration hospital and domiciliary facilities and all contract beds that were in use during the fiscal year 1953, except those replaced or to be replaced by new construction, (b) all beds in Veterans Administration hospital and domiciliary facilities and all contract beds that were closed during the fiscal year 1953, except those replaced or to be replaced by new construction, and (c) all beds in Veterans Administration hospital and domiciliary facilities constructed in the fiscal years 1953 and 1954; provided, that the qualified personnel required for the standard operation and maintenance of such beds can be obtained. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Strikes o r overt h r o w of U. S, Government.

Affidavit.

Penalty.

SEC. 102. The general provisions applicable to appropriations contained in title I of the "First Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1954", shall apply to appropriations contained in this Act, excepting the Tennessee Valley Authority: Provided, That the provisions of section 102 of such Act shall not apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System. SEC. 103. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike

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