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"(b) The Administrator may furnish necessary hospital care and medical services for any service-connected disability— "(1^ if incurred during a period of war, to any veteran who is a citizen of the United States temporarily sojourning or residing abroad except in the Republic of the Philippines; or "(2) whenever incurred, to any otherwise eligible veteran in the Republic of the Philippines." "(c) Within the limits of those facilities of the Veterans Memorial Hospital at Manila, Republic of the Philippines, for which the Administrator may contract, he may furnish necessary hospital care to a veteran of any war for any non-service-connected disability if such veteran is unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care. The Administrator may enter into contracts to carry out this section." (b) Section 522 of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 is amended by striking out "section 510(a)(1) and section 510(b)(2)" and inserting 'Sections 510(a)(1), 510 (b)(2), and 524 (c)". SEC. 2. (a) Title V of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new part: "PART D—HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CARE FOR COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES ARMY VETERANS

((, GRANTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

"SEC. 531. The President is authorized to assist the Republic of the Philippines in providing medical care and treatment for Commonwealth Army veterans in need of such care and treatment for serviceconnected disabilities through grants to reimburse the Republic of the Philippines for expenditures incident to hospital care of Commonwealth Army veterans in need thereof for such disabilities. The total of such grants shall not exceed $1,500,000 for the calendar year 1958, and $1,000,000 for the calendar year 1959. If agreement is reached to niodify the plan of assistance as provided for in paragraph (1) of section 532, the total of grants for 1958 up to July 1 may be as much as $1,000,000. " M O D I F I C A T I O N OF A G R E E M E N T WITH THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES EFFECTUATING THE ACT OF JULY 1, 1948

"SEC. 532. The President, with the concurrence of the Republic of the Philippines, is authorized to modify the agreement between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines respecting hospitals and medical care for Commonwealth Army veterans (63 Stat. 2593) in either or both of the following respects: "(1) To provide that in lieu of any grants being made after July 1, 1958, under section 531, the Administrator may enter into a contract with the Veterans Memorial Hospital, with the approval of the appropriate department of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, under which the United States will pay for hospital care in the Republic of the Philippines of Commonwealth Army veterans determined by the Administrator to need such hospital care for service-connected disabilities. Such contract must be entered into before July 1, 1958, may be for a period of not more than five consecutive fiscal years beginning July 1, 1958, and shall provide for payments for such hospital care at a per diem rate to be jointly determined for each fiscal year by the two Governments to be fair and reasonable; but the total of such payments plus any payments for authorized travel

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