Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1060

 95 STAT. 1034

PUBLIC LAW 97-66—OCT. 17, 1981

"(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title or of any other law, funds appropriated for the Veterans' Administration under the appropriation accounts for medical care, medical and prosthetic research, and medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses may not be used for, and no employee compensated from such funds may carry out any activity in connection with, the conduct of any study comparing the cost of the provision by private contractors with the cost of the provision by the Veterans' Administration of commercial or industrial products and services for the Department of Medicine and Surgeiy unless such funds have been specifically appropriated for that purpose.". CONTINUED PAYMENT OF PENSION TO CERTAIN HOSPITALIZED VETERANS UNDERGOING A PRESCRIBED PROGRAM OF REHABILITATION

38 USC 3203.

38 USC 601 et
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SEC. 602. Paragraph (1) of section 3203(a) is amended— (1) by striking out "Where" in subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph, where"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(D) In the case of a veteran being furnished hospital or nursing home care by the Veterans' Administration and with respect to whom subparagraph (B) of this paragraph requires a reduction in pension, such reduction shall not be made for a period of up to three additional calendar months after the last day of the third month referred to in such subparagraph if the Administrator determines that the primary purpose for the furnishing of such care during such additional period is for the Veterans' Administration to provide such veteran with a prescribed program of rehabilitation services, under chapter 17 of this title, designed to restore such veteran's ability to function within such veteran's family and community. If the Administrator determines that it is necessary, after such period, for the veteran to continue such program of rehabilitation services in order to achieve the purposes of such program and that the primary purpose of furnishing hospital or nursing home care to the veteran continues to be the provision of such program to the veteran, the reduction in pension required by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall not be made for the number of calendar months that the Administrator determines is necessary for the veteran to achieve the purposes of such program.". HEADSTONES, MARKERS, AND MEMORIAL AREAS

38 USC 906.

38 USC 1003.

SEC 603. (a) Subsection (b) of section 906 is amended to read as follows: "(b) The Administrator shall furnish, when requested, an appropriate memorial headstone or marker for the purpose of commemorating any veteran— "(1) whose remains have not been recovered or identified, "(2) whose remains were buried at sea, whether by the veteran's own choice or otherwise, "(3) whose remains were donated to science, or "(4) whose remains were cremated and the ashes scattered without interment of any portion of the ashes, for placement by the applicant in a national cemetery area reserved for such purpose under the provisions of section 1003 of this title or in a State, local, or private cemetery.". Ob) Subsection (a) of section 1003 is amended to read as follows:

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