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special deposit account, and the Secretary of the Treasury, as directed by the Administrator, shall reimburse the appropriations of the Veterans' Administration from such special deposit account, or cover into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts the amounts so certified, (b) No payments shall be made for any period before the date claim therefor is filed under this section to any person whose award was terminated, or whose benefits were not paid, because he was a citizen or subject of Germany or J a p a n residing in Germany or Japan. B E N E F I T S FOR DISCHARGED M E M B E R S OF A L I J E D FORCES

SEC. 2107. (a) I n consideration of reciprocal services extended to the United States, the Administrator, upon request of the proper officials of the government of any nation allied or associated with the United States in World W a r I (except any nation which was an enemy of the United States during World War II), or in World W a r II, may furnish to discharged members of the military, naval, or air forces of such government, under agreements requiring reimbursement in cash of expenses so incurred, at such rates and under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe, medical, surgical, and dental treatment, hospital care, transportation and traveling expenses, prosthetic appliances, education, training, or similar benefits authorized by the laws of such nation for its veterans, and services required in extending such benefits. Hospitalization in a Veterans' Administration facility shall not be afforded under this section, except in emergencies, unless there are available beds surplus to the needs of veterans of this country. The Administrator may also pay the court costs and other expenses incident to the proceedings taken for the commitment of such discharged members who are mentally incompetent to institutions for the care or treatment of the insane. (b) The Administrator, in carrying out the provisions of this section, may contract for necessary services in private. State, and other Government hospitals. (c) All amounts received by the Veterans' Administration as reimbursement for such services shall be credited to the current appropriation of the Veterans' Administration from which expenditures were made under this section. PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN DISABILITY RATINGS

SEC. 2108. A rating of total disability or permanent total disability which has been made for compensation, pension, or insurance purposes under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, and which has been continuously in force for twenty or more years, shall not be reduced thereafter, except upon a showing that such rating was based on fraud. TITLE XXII—AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS AMENDMENTS

SEC. 2201. The following provisions of law are amended as follows: (1) Section 441 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. sec. 485), is amended by striking out "Pensions and bountylands" and inserting "Bounty-lands". (2) Clause (2) of subsection (b) of section 3 of the Civil Service Retirement Act is amended by striking out "during an enlistment or employment as provided in Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), part I, paragraph I " and inserting in lieu thereof "during a period of war (as that term is used in Title III of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957)". 84352 O -58 -13

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