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PUBLIC LAW 85-69-JUNE 29, 1957

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Military and naval insurance: For military and naval insurance, $4,275,000, 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, fg u#c sis!*' $7,600,000, 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, $29,877,500, to remain available fl use ss inote. 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 inci- " ^^*- ^2^°dent to medical care and treatment of veterans, $1,500,000. 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 Marcn 4, 1931 (38 U.S.C. 438j-k) or in section 101 of the Servicemen's Read- ^^ Stat. isso. justment Act of 1944 (38 U.S.C. 693a), to remain available until ^* *^- ^®*expended, $42,500,000. 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, $2,028,000, 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), ^^J H^^' ^^' '° $1,500,000. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current fiscal year for "Compensation and pensions, "Readjustment benefits", "Military and naval insurance", "National service life insurance", and "Servicemen's indemnities" may be transferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per centum of the appropriations so augmented, and not to exceed $500,000 of the appropriation "National service life insurance" for the current year may be transferred to "Service-disabled veterans insurance fund." Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the current fiscal year for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as autnorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 60 Stat. 810. U.S.C. 55a). Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the current fiscal year for "Inpatient care" and "Outpatient care" shall be available for funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto (except burial awards authorized by Veterans Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended (38 U.S.C. chap. 12A)), for beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration receiving care under such appropriations. No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Administration (except the appropriation for "Hospital and domiciliary facilities") shall be available for the purchase or any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home.

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