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Short title.

P U B U C LAW 86-460-JUNE 18, 1968

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included in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1959". Approved June 13, 1958. Public Law 85-460

June 18, 1958 [H. R. 7251]

P a n a ma Canal Zone. Veterans education, etc. 66 Stat. 664; 70 Stat. 4 1 1. 38 USC 911, 10^2. b«(, p. 1274.

Effective date.

38 USC 1064. Poat, p. 1274. 38 USC 1068.

38 USC 1033.

AN ACT To amend the definition of the term "State" in the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act and the War Orphans' Educational Assistance Act to clarify the question of whether the benefits of those Acts may be afforded to persons pursuing a program of education or training in the Panama Canal Zone.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 201(9) of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 and section 102 (a) (11) of the War Orphans' Educational Assistance Act of 1956 are each amended by striking all words after the word "State" and inserting the following in lieu thereof: "means each of the several States, the Territories and possessions of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Panama Canal Zone". SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act to section 201(9) of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 shall be deemed to have been in effect since Julv 16, 1952. SEC. 3. (a) Section 304(c) of the War Orphans' Educational Assistance Act of 1956 is amended by inserting immediately after "State" the following: "or in the Republic of the Philippines". (b) Section 308(b)(2) of such Act is amended by inserting immediately after "State law" the following: "(or in the case of the Republic of the Philippines, Philippine law)". (c) Section 501 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(f) Where any provision of this Act authorizes or requires any function, power, or duty to be exercised by a State, or by any officer or agency thereof, such function, power, or duty shall, with respect to the Republic of the Philippines, be exercised by the Administrator." Approved June 18, 1958. Public Law 85461

June 18, 1958 [H. R. 6908]

Philippines. Veterans hospitalization. 71 Stat. 113. 38 USC 2524.

AN ACT To authorize modification and extension of the program of grants-in-aid to the Republic of the Philippines for the hospitalization of certain veterans, to restore eligibility for hospital and medical care to certain veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States residing in the Philippines, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That— (a) Section 524 of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 is amended to read as follows: ' H O S P I T A L CARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES ABROAD

"SEC. 524. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the Administrator shall not furnish hospital or domiciliary care or medical services outside the continental limits of the United States, or a Territory, Commonwealth, or possession of the United States.

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