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PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 8 5 7 - S E P T. 2, 1958

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. (2) The Administrator, in carrying out the provisions of this subsection, may contract for necessary services in private, State, and other Government hospitals. (3) 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 subsection. (b) Persons who served in the active service in the armed forces of any government allied with the United States in World W a r II and who at time of entrance into such active service were citizens of the United States shall, by virtue of such service, and if otherwise cfualified, be entitled to the benefits of chapters 31 and 37 of this title in the same manner and to the same extent as veterans of World W a r II are entitled. No such benefit shall be extended to any person who is not a resident of the United States at the time of filing claim, or to any erson who has applied for and received the same or any similar enefit from the government in whose armed forces he served. § 110. Preservation of total disability ratings 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. § 111. Travel expenses (a) Under regulations prescribed by the President, the Administrator may pay the actual necessary expense of travel (including lodging and suDsistence), or in lieu thereof an allowance based upon mileage traveled, of any person to or from a Veterans' Administration facility or other place in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling required by the Administrator pursuant to chapter 33 or 35 of this title, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. (b) Mileage may be paid under this section in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling, or upon termination of examination, treatment, or care, before the completion of travel. (c) When any person entitled to mileage under this section requires an attendant (other than an employee of the Veterans' Administration) in order to perform such travel, the attendant may be allowed expenses of travel upon the same basis as such person. (d) The Administrator may provide for the purchase of printed reduced-fare requests for use by veterans and their authorized attendants when traveling at their own expense to or from any Veterans' Administration facility.

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