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PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 ADMINISTRATIVE

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PROVISIONS

Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current fiscal year for "Compensation and pensions", ''Readjustment benefits", and "Veterans insurance and indemnities" may be transferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per centum of the appropriations so augmented. Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the current fiscal year for salaries and expenses shall be available for serv- ^^ ^^^^ ^^, ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. The appropriation available to the Veterans Administration for the current fiscal year for "Medical care" shall be available for funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto (except burial awards authorized by 38 U.S.C. 902), for beneficiaries of the Veterans go^stat^ag^/'^' Administration receiving oare under such appropriations. Xo part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Administration (except the appropriation for "Construction of hospital and domiciliary facilities") shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL

DEFENSE

--rcii?OPERATION A N D M A I N T E N A N C E

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying out civil defense activities, including the hire of motor vehicles; and financial contributions to the States for civil defense purposes, as authorized by law, $48,040,000, and in addition, $500,000 which shall be derived by transfer from Civil Defense Procurement Fund established by the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951 (50 U.S.C. App. 2264): Provided, That not to exceed $19,100,000 shall be avail- ^^ ^'^*- ^^• able for allocation under section 205 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended. 78ltlt^23"^' RESEARCH, S H E L T E R

SURVEY A N D M A R K I N G

50 USC a p p. 2286.

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for studies and research to develop measures and plans for civil defense; and continuing shelter surveys, marking, stocking, and equipping surveyed spaces; $12,500,000, to remain available until expended. GENERAL PROVISIONS

CIVIL D E F E N S E

Appropriations contained in this Act for carrying out civil defense activities shall not be available in excess of the limitations on appropriations contained in section 408 of the Federal Civil Defense Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. A p p. 2260). No part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available for the construction of warehouses or for the lease of warehouse space in any building which is to be constructed specifically for civil defense activities.

64 Stat. 1257; 72 Stat. 534.

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