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 93 STAT. 62

PUBLIC LAW 96-22—JUNE 13, 1979 "SUBCHAPTER I—ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL FACILITIES

"Sec. "5001. "5002. "5003. "5004. "5005. "5006. "5007. "5008. "5009. "5010. "5011. "5012. "5013. "5014. "5015.

Definitions. Acquisition of medical facilities. Authority to construct and alter, and to acquire sites for, medical facilities. Congressional approval of certain medical facility acquisitions. Structural requirements. Construction contracts. Reports to congressional committees. Contributions to local authorities. Garages and parking facilities. Operation of medical facilities. Use of Armed Forces facilities. Partial relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction. Property formerly owned by National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Use of federally owned facilities; use of personnel. Acceptance of certain property. "SUBCHAPTER II—PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY

"5021. Revolving supply fund. "5022. Authority to procure and dispose of property and to negotiate for common services. "5023. Procurement of prosthetic appliances. "5024. Grant of easements in Government-owned lands.". EFFECTIVE DATES

38 USC 5001 note. _ Ante, p. 55. 38 USC 5001.

38 USC 5007.

SEC. 302, (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the amendments made by section 301 shall take effect on October 1, 1979. Q^^Q^ rpj^^ amendments made by section 301 shall not apply with respect to the acquisition, construction, or alteration of any medical facility (as defined in section 5001(3) of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 301(a) of this Act) if such acquisition, construction, or alteration (not including exchange) was approved before October 1, 1979, by the President. (2) The provisions of section 5007(a) of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 301(a) of this Act, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. TITLE IV—BENEFITS PAYABLE TO PERSONS RESIDING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES CHILDREN ADOPTED UNDER LAWS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES

38 USC 101.

38 USC 1766.

SEC. 401. Paragraph (4) of section 101 is amended— (1) by inserting "(A)" before "The" and redesignating clauses (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively; and (2) by adding at the end of such paragraph the following new subparagraph: "(B) For the purposes of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, in the case of an adoption under the laws of any jurisdiction other thgm a State (as defined in section 101(20) of this title and including the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)— "(i) a person residing outside any of the States shall not be considered to be a legally adopted child of a veteran during the lifetime of such veteran (including for purposes of this subparagraph a Commonwealth Army veteran or new Philippine Scout, as defined in section 1766 of this title) unless such person— "(I) was less than eighteen years of age at the time of adoption; "(II) is receiving one-half or more of such person's annual support from such veteran;

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