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PUBLIC LAW 85-56-JUNE 17, 1967

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NOTICE OF PROVISIONS OF PART

SEC. 1927. The Administrator shall prescribe a form of application for hospital treatment and domiciliary care which shall include notice of the provisions of this part. INVESTMENT OF THE FUND

SEC. 1928. Money in the F u n d not required for current disbursements may be invested and reinvested by the Secretary of the Treasury in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. TITLE XX—VETEEANS' CANTEEN SERVICE PURPOSE OF V E T E R A N S ' CANTEEN SERVICE

SEC. 2001. The Veterans' Canteen Service (hereafter in this title referred to as the "Service") in the Veterans' Administration is an instrumentality of the United States, created for the primary purpose of making available to veterans of the Armed Forces who are hospitalized or domiciled in hospitals and homes of the Veterans' Admmistration, at reasonable prices, articles of merchandise and services essential to their comfort and well-being. DUTIES OF A D M I N I S T R A TO R WITH RESPECT TO SERVICE

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SEC. 2002. The Administrator shall— (1) establish, maintain, and operate canteens where deemed necessary and practicable at hospitals and homes of the Veterans' Administration and at other Veterans' Administration establishments where similar essential facilities are not reasonably available from outside commercial sources; (2) establish, maintain, and operate such warehouses and storage depots as may be necessary in operating the canteens; (3) furnish the Service, without charge, rental, or reimbursement, for its use in connection with the establishment, maintenance, and operation thereof, such space, buildings, and structures under control of the Veterans' Administration as he may consider necessary, including normal maintenance and repair service thereon; (4) transfer to the Service without charge, rental, or reimbursement such necessary equipment as may not be needed for other purposes, and furnish the Service such services and utilities, including light, water, and heat, as may be available and necessary for its use. Reasonable charges, to be determined by the Administrator, shall be paid annually by the Service for the utilities so furnished; (5) employ such persons as are necessary for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the Service, and to pay the salaries, wages, and expenses of all such employees from the funds of the Service. Personnel necessary for the transaction of the business of the Service at canteens, warehouses, and storage depots shall be appointed, compensated from funds of the Service, and removed by the Administrator without regard to civil-service laws ^^^ *^® Classification Act of 1949. Such employees shall be subject to the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, the Civil Service Retirement Act, and laws administered by the Bureau of Em-

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