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PUBLIC LAW 86-150-AUG. 11, 1959

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Public Law 86-150 August 11, 1959 [S. 906]

Veterans. 72 Stat. 1178.

AN ACT

To amend section 1622 of title 38 of the United States Code in order to clarify the meaning of the term "change of program of education or training" as used in such section. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress aMsembled^ That section 1622 of title 38 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end of such section the following new subsection; "(c) As used in this section the term 'change of program of education or training' shall not be deemed to include a change from the pursuit of one program to pursuit of another where the first program is prerequisite to, or generally required for, entrance into pursuit of the second." Approved August 11, 1959.

Public Law 86-151 August 11, 1959 [S. 2153]

Coast Guard. Housing, Y o r k town, Va.

AN ACT To authorize the Coast Guard to accept, operate, and maintain a certain defense housing facility at Yorktown, Virginia, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Coast Guard is authorized to accept from the Department of the Navy, without reimbursement, the forty-two unit defense housing facility at Yorktown, Virginia, and to operate and maintain such facility on a rental basis for occupancy by Coast Guard personnel and their dependents pursuant to the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 316; 37 U.S.C. I l i a). SEC. 2. Until June 30, 1960, rents collected may be utilized in operating and maintaining the facility, after which date they shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. Coast Guard appropriations shall be available for the cost of operating and maintaining the housing facility. SEC. 3. The administration of the housing facility by the Coast Guard shall, except as provided in section 2, be in conformity with the administration of similar housing projects by the other Armed Forces. Approved August 11, 1959.

Public Law 86-152 August 11, 1959 [S. 1694]

Veterans. M e d i c a l c ai abro ad. 72 Stat. 1144.

AN ACT To extend the existing authority to provide hospital and medical care for veterans who are United States citizens temporarily residing abroad to include those with p^cetime service-incurred disabilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Avfierica in Congress assembled, That section 624(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(b) The Administrator may furnish necessary hospital care and medical services to any otherwise eligible veteran for any service-connected disability if the veteran (1) is a citizen of the United States temporarily sojourning or residing abroad, or (2) is in the Republic of the Philippines." Approved August 11, 1959.

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