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 PUBLIC LAW 97-101—DEC. 23, 1981

95 STAT. 1431

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, hospital, domiciliary, construction and supply, research, employee education and training activities, as authorized by law, and for carrying out the provisions of section 5055, title 38, United States Code, relating to pilot programs and grants for exchange of medical information, $62,400,000, plus reimbursements. GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law; not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of six passenger motor vehicles, for use in cemeterial operations, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail; $659,512,000. CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Veterans Administration, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1004, 1006,5002,5003,5006, 5008, 5009, and 5010 of title 38, United States Code, including planning, architectural and engineering services, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is $2,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were made available in a previous major project appropriation, $434,603,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, except for advance planning of projects funded through the Advance Planning Fund, none of these funds shall be used for any project which has not been considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary process. (DISAPPROVAL OF DEFERRAL)

The Congress disapproves $35,961,000 of the proposed deferral D81-98 relating to the Veterans Administration, Construction, major projects, as set forth in the message of March 10, 1981, which was transmitted to the Congress by the President. This disapproval shall be effective upon the enactment into law of this bill and the amount of the proposed deferral disapproved herein shall be made available for obligation. CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Veterans Administration, including planning, architectural and engineering services, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1004, 1006, 5002, 5003, 5006, 5008, 5009, and 5010 of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less than $2,000,000, $110,000,000, to remain available until expended, along with unobligated balances of previous Construction, minor projects appropriations which are hereby made available for any project where the estimated cost is less than $2,000,000: Provided, That not

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