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PUBLIC LAW 85-5ft-JUNE 17, 1957

[71 S T A T.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "World War II " includes, in the case of any veteran, any period of continuous service performed by him after December 31, 1946, and before July 26, 1947, if such period began before January 1, 1947. L I M r r A T I O N ON T Y P E S OF ASSISTANCE F U R N I S H E D A N D VETERANS OTHERWISE ENTITLED

SEC. 702. No payment shall be made under this title for the repair, maintenance, or replacement of any such automobile or other conveyance and no veteran shall be given an automobile or other conveyance until it is established to the satisfaction of the Administrator that such veteran will be able to operate such automobile or other conveyance in a manner consistent with his own safety and the safety of others and will be licensed to operate such automobile or other conveyance by the State of his residence or other proper licensing authority; however, a veteran who cannot qualify to operate a vehicle shall nevertheless be entitled to the payment of not to exceed $1,600 on the purchase price of an automobile or other conveyance, as provided in section 701, to be operated for him by another person, but only if such veteran meets the other eligibility requirements of this title. L I M I T A T I O N ON A M O U N T S PAID BY UNITED STATFJS

SEC. 703. The furnishing of such automobile or other conveyance, or the assisting therein, shall be accomplished by the Administrator paying the total purchase price, if not in excess of $1,600, or the amount of $1,600 if the total purchase price is in excess of $1,600, to the seller from whom the veteran is purchasing under sales agreement between the seller and the veteran. P R O H I B I T I O N AGAINST D U P L I C A T I O N OF B E N E F I T S

60 Stat. 915.

SEC. 704. (a) No veteran shall be entitled to receive more than one automobile or other conveyance under the provisions of this title. (b) No veteran who has received or who hereafter receives an automobile or other conveyance under (1) the provisions of the paragraph under the heading "Veterans' Administration" in the First Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1947 (2) the Act of September 21, 1950 (64 Stat. 894), or (3) the Act of October 20, 1951 (65 Stat. 574; 38 IT. S. C, secs. 252a-252e), shall be entitled to receive an automobile or other conveyance under the provisions of this title. APPLICATIONS

SEC. 705. The benefits provided in this title shall not be available to any veteran who has not made application for such benefits to the Administrator within five years after the date of the veteran's discharge or release from active service; except that in the case of any veteran whose loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet, or one or both hands, or permanent impairment of vision, as specified in section 701, shall have occurred after his discharge or release from active service, application may be made within three years after the occurrence of such disability. Notwithstanding the foregoing time limits, no otherwise eligible veteran shall be denied the benefits of this title who makes application within one year from the date on which his entitlement to compensation for loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet, or one or both hands, or permanent impairment of vision, as specified in section 701, shall have been determined.

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