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PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 8 5 7 - S E P T. 2, 1958 C O N T I N U I N G AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 6. (a) Amounts heretofore appropriated to carry out the puroses of any provision of law repealed by this Act, and available on >ecember 31, 1958, shall be available to carry out the purposes of the corresponding provisions of title 38, United States Code. (b) The availability and use of appropriations made for the purposes of the Act of July 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 1210; 50 App. U.S.C. 1991-1996) shall not be affected by the repeal of such Act.

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OUTSTANDING RULES, R E G U L A T I O N S, A N D ORDERS

SEC. 7. All rules, regulations, orders, permits, and other privileges issued or granted by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs before December 31, 1958, and in effect on such date (or scheduled to take effect after such date) shall remain in full force and effect until modified, suspended, overruled, or otherwise changed by the Administrator. P U B L I C A T I O N OF T H I S ACT

SEC. 8. This Act shall be printed in slip-law form with a table of contents and a comprehensive index and tables furnished by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives; however, such table of contents, comprehensive index and tables shall not be printed in the United States Statutes at Large. PENDING CLAIMS

SEC. 9. A claim for benefits which is pending in the Veterans' Administration on January 1, 1959, or filed thereafter, shall be adjudicated under the laws in effect on December 31, 1958, with respect to the period before January 1, 1959, and, except as provided in section 10, under title 38, United States Code, thereafter. PERSONS RECEIVING B E N E F I T S

SEC. 10. Any individual receiving benefits as a veteran, or as the widow, child, or parent of a veteran, under public laws administered by the Veterans' Administration on December 31, 1958, shall, as long as entitlement under such laws continues, receive benefits under the corresponding provisions of title 38, United States Code, thereafter, or benefits at the rate payable under such public laws, whichever will result in the greater benefit being paid to the individual. The provisions of this section shall apply to those claims within the purview of section 9 in which it is determined that benefits are payable for December 31, 1958. PERSONS E N TITLE D TO E M E R G E N C Y OFFICERS* RETIREMENT P A Y

SEC. 11. Any person who was receiving, or entitled to receive, emergency officers' retirement pay, or other privileges or benefits as a retired emergency officer of World War I, on December 31, 1958, under the laws in effect on that day, shall, except where there was fraud, clear and unmistakable error as to conclusion of fact or law, or misrepresentation of material facts, continue to receive, or be entitled to receive, emergency officers' retirement pay at the.rate otherwise payable on December 31, 1958, and such other privileges and benefits, so long as the conditions warranting such pay, privileges, and benefits under those laws continue. 98395-59-PT. 1-80

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