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PUBLIC LAW 85-56-JUNE 17, 1957

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on the reservation of the hospital or domiciliary. Any person so arrested shall be taken forthwith before the nearest.United States commissioner, within whose jurisdiction the hospital is located. REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOSS OF PERSONAL E F F E C T S BY F I R E

SEC. 526. The Administrator shall, under regulations which he shall prescribe, reimburse veterans in Veterans' Administration hospitals and domiciliaries for any loss of personal effects sustained by fire while such effects were stored in designated locations in Veterans' Administration hospitals or domiciliaries. PERSONS ELIGIBLE UNDER P R K ^

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SEC. 527. Persons who have a status which would, under the laws in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act, entitle them to the medical services, hospital and domiciliary care, and other benefits, provided for in this title, but who do not meet the service requirements contained in this title, shall be entitled to such benefits notwithstanding failure to meet such service requirements. TITLE VI—SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING FOR DISABLED VETERANS V E T E R A N S ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE

Ante. p. 94.

SEC. 601. The Administrator is authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to assist any veteran, who is entitled to compensation uudcT title III of this Act, based on service after April 20, 1898, for permanent and total service-connected disability due to the loss, or loss of use, by reason of amputation, ankylosis, progressive muscular dystrophies, or paralysis of both lower extremities, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheel chair, in acquiring a suitable housing unit with special fixtures or movable facilities made necessary by the nature of the veteran's disability, and necessary land therefor. The regulations of the Administrator shall include, but not be limited to, provisions requiring findings that (1) it is medically feasible for such veteran to reside in the proposed housing unit and in the proposed locality; (2) the. proposed housing unit bears a proper relation to the veteran's present and anticipated income and expenses; and (3) the nature and condition of the proposed housing unit are such as to be suitable to the veteran's needs for dwelling purposes. L I M I T A T I O N S ON ASSISTANCE F U R N I S H E D

SEC. 602. The assistance authorized hj section 601 shall be limited in the case of any veteran to one housing unit, and necessary land therefor, and shall be afforded under one of the following plans, at the option of the veteran but shall not exceed $10,000 in any one case— (1) where the veteran elects to construct a housing unit on land to be acquired by him, the Administrator shall pay not to exceed 50 per centum of the total cost to the veteran of (A) the housing unit and (B) the necessary land upon which it is to be situated; (2) where the veteran elects to construct a housing unit on land acquired by him prior to application for assistance under this title, the Administrator shall pay not to exceed the smaller of the following sums: (A) 50 per centum of the total cost to the veteran of the housing unit and the land necessary for such housing unit,

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