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PUBLIC LAW 85-844-AUG. 28, 1958

[72 S T A T.

INPATIENT CARE

For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of hositals and domiciliary facilities and for the care and treatment of eneficiaries of the Veterans Administration in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration as authorized by law, including the furnishing of recreational articles and facilities; maintenance and operation of farms; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, either by contract, or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; purchase of seventy passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $375,000 for expenses of travel of employees; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); and aid to State or Territorial homes in conformity with the Act approved August 27, 1888, as amended (24 U.S.C. 134) for the support of veterans eligible for admission to Veterans Administration facilities for hospital or domiciliary care; $715,465,000: Provided, That allotments and transfers may be made from this appropriation to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, and Air Force Departments, for disbursement by them under the various headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration: Provided, further, That the foregoing appropriation is predicated on furnishing inpatient care and treatment to an average of 140,490 beneficiaries during the fiscal year 1959 including members in State or Territorial homes, and if a lesser number is experienced such appropriation shall be expended only in proportion to the average number of beneficiaries furnished such care and treatment.

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OUTPATIENT CARE

For expenses necessary for furnishing outpatient care to beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration, as authorized by law; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $206,400 for expenses of travel of employees; $75,399,000. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF SUPPLY DEPOTS

For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of supply depots, including purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, uniforms or allowance therefor, as authorized by law, and not to exceed $7,400 for expenses of travel of employees, $2,055,000. COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allowances (including burial awards authorized by title VIII of the Vet2805." ^ ^ ^*°^" erans' Benefits Act of 1957 (71 Stat. 117), and subsistence allowances 38 USC ch. i2A. authorized by part VII of Veterans Regulation 1(a), as amended), authorized under any Act of Congress, or regulation of the President based thereon, including emergency officers' retirement pay and annuities, the administration of which is now or may hereafter be placed in the Veterans Administration, and for the payment of adjusted-service credits as provided in sections 401 and 601 of the 43 Stat. 125.128. Act of May 19, 1924, as amended (38 U.S.C. 631 and 661), $3,200,000,000, to remain available until expended.

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