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herein. No reimbursement, however, shall be made under this section for any expenses incurred prior to the date of the enactment of this Act which would not have oeen a proper charge against the Government at the time of the incurring of such expenses. The reimbursements authorized herein shall be in lieu of but not in addition to reimbursements for like purposes which may be otherwise authorized by Federal law or regulation, but a person entitled to any reimbursement under this section may elect under which provision of Federal law or regulation to claim such reimbursement. SEC. 12. The Secretary may issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. The person recognized under such regulations as the person to direct the disposition of the remains of a deceased person shall be either a surviving spouse, a blood relative, or an adoptive relative of the deceased person, or, if none of such persons can be ascertained and located, a person standing in loco parentis to the deceased person. SEC. 13. There are authorized to be appropriated from time to time such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 14. (a) Section 212(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act, approved July 1, 1944 (58 Stat. 682), is amended by deleting therefrom the phrase "burial payments in the event of death,". (b) Section 506 of the Public Health Service Act, approved July 1, 1944 (58 Stat. 682), is amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence reading as follows: "Appropriations available for carrying out the provisions of this Act shall also be available for the payment of such expenses relating to the recovery, care, and disposition of the remains of personnel or their dependents as may be authorized under other provisions of law." (c) The following laws or parts of laws are hereby repealed: (1) The Act of March 9, 1928 (45 Stat. 251, ch. 162), as amended by the Act of May 17, 1938 (52 Stat. 398); (2) The Act of May 26, 1928 (45 Stat. 767, ch. 779); (3) The fourth sentence and the first proviso of the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1507); (4) The Act of April 20, 1940 (54 Stat. 144); and (5) Title 14, United States Code, sections 504, 505, and 506. SEC. 15. Section 9 of the Act of January 19, 1942 (56 Stat. 6), as amended by section 4 of the Act of March 29, 1944 (58 Stat. 129), is further amended by deleting the words "provisions of sections 1 to 5, inclusive, of the Act of April 20, 1940 (54 Stat. 144), relating to the burial expenses of Navy personnel, and the". Approved July 15, 1954. Public Law 496

Appropriations.

M i l i t a r y benefits. 42 USC 213. Transportation of remains. 42 USC 224.

Repeals. l o u s e 91&916d. 34 USC 923. 10 USC 4 5Sa, 455d. 34 USC 924-929. 63 Stat. 937. 33 USC 870. 34 USC 924-928.

CHAPTER 508

AN ACT 3sels to Br To authorize the sale of certain vessels to Brazil for use in the coastwise trade of Brazil,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized, at any time prior to twenty-four months from the date of enactment of this Act, to transfer to the Government of Brazil or to citizens of Brazil title to not more than twelve C l - M A V - 1 type merchant vessels under the following conditions: (a) After consultation with the Secretary of State it is determined that the sale of such ships to Brazil will contribute to the economic development of Brazil, and such sales would serve the interest of the foreign policy of the United States; 39777 O—55—pt. 1-

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Brazil. Sale of vessels^

Conditions.

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