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38 USC ch. 12A.

43 Stat. 125.

58 Stat. 287. 38 USC 701,694694n, ch. 12A. 66 Stat. 663. 38 USC 911-984. 38 USC ch. 12A.

54 Stat. 1008. 38 USC 818.

65 Stat. 33. 38 USC 851 note.

62 Stat. 1210.

46 Stat. 1550. 5 8 Stat. 284.

65 Stat. 36.

PUBLIC LAW 6 2 ^ J U N E 27, 1956

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ized by Veterans Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended, and subsistence allowances authorized by part VII of Veterans Regulation 1 (a) as amended), authorized under any Act of Congress, or regulation of the President based thereon, including emergency officers' retirement pay and annuities, the administration of which is now or may hereafter be placed in the Veterans' Administration, and for the payment of adjusted-service credits as provided in sections 401 and 601 of the Act of May 19, 1924, as amended (38 U.S.C. 631 and 661), $2,907,000,000, to remain available until expended. 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, as amended, and for supplies, equipment, and tuition authorized by part VII and payments authorized by part IX of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, $775,000,000, to remain available until expended. Military and naval insurance: For military and naval insurance, $5,000,000, 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, $23,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That certain premiums shall be credited to this appropriation as provided by the Act. Servicemen's indemnities: For payment of liabilities under the Servicemen's Indemnity Act of 1951, $26,750,000, to remain available until expended. Grants to the Republic of the Philippines: For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of grants in accordance with the Act of July 1, 1948, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 1991-1996), for expenses incident to medical care and treatment of veterans, $2,000,000. Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary facilities, for planning and for extending 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, $51,635,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be used for the major alteration, rehabilitation, and modernization for the continued operation of the hospital at McKinney, Texas, and $1,500,000 shall be available for technical services for replacement of the general medical and surgical hospital at Nashville, Tennessee: Provided, That the construction of the hospital at the Wade Park site is to furnish not less than eight hundred general, medical, and surgical beds. Major alterations, improvements and repairs: For all necessary expenses of major alterations, improvements, and repairs to regional offices, supply depots, and hospital and domiciliary facilities, $4,533,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be used to commence any major alteration, improvement, or repair unless funds are available for the completion of such work; and no funds shall be used for such work at any facility if the Veterans Administration is reasonably certain that the installation will be abandoned in the near future. Service-disabled veterans insurance fund: To increase the capital of the fund established in accordance with section 620 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended (38 U.S.C. 821), $1,000,000. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current fiscal year for "Compensation and pensions", "Readjustment benefits",

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