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PUBLIC LAW 93-296-MAY 31, 1974

[88 STAT.

law administered by the Veterans' Administration may be made directly to the beneficiary or to a relative or some other person for the use and benefit of the beneficiary, regardless of any legal disability on the part of the beneficiary. Where, in the opinion of the Administrator, any fiduciary receiving funds on behalf of a Veterans' Administration beneficiary is acting in such a number of cases as to make it impracticable to conserve properly the estates or to supervise the persons of the beneficiaries, the Administrator may refuse to make future payments in such cases as he may deem proper." (b) Subsection (c) of section 3202 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by deleting the phrase "guardian, curator, conservator, or other person legally vested with the care of the claimant or his estate", following the word "any" and inserting "fiduciary or other person for the purpose of payment of benefits payable under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration" and by deleting the word "estates" and inserting the word "benefits". (c) Subsection (e) of section 3202 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by deleting the phrase "guardian, curator, conservator, or person legally vested with the care of the beneficiary or his estate," following the words "hands of a", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "fiduciary appointed by a State court or the Veterans' Administration" and by deleting the phrase "guardian, curator, conservator, or person legally vested with the care of the beneficiary or his estate", following the word "such", and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fiduciary". (d) Subsections (f) and (g) of section 3202 of title 38, United States Code, are hereby repealed. SEC. 302. Subsection (a)(4) of section 1701 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(4) The term 'guardian' includes a fiduciary legally appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, or any other person who has been appointed by the Administrator under section 3202 of this title to receive payment of benefits for the use and benefit of the eligible person.". TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATES SEC. 401. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on May 1, 1974, except that title III shall become effective on the first day of the second calendar month following enactment. Approved May 31, 1974. Public Law 93-296

May 31, 1974 LS. 775]

Research on Aging Act of 42 USC 289k-2

"°42 USC 289k-2 note.

AN ACT rp(j amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a National Institute on Aging. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Conqress assembled, SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Research on Aging Act of 1974".

SEC. 2. The Cougross fiuds and dcclarps that— (1) the study of the aging process, the one biological condition coipmon to all, has not received research support commensurate with its effects on the lives of every individual; (2) in addition to the physical infirmities resulting from advanced age, the economic, social, and psychological factors associated with aging operate to exclude millions of older Americans

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