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 PUBLIC LAW 98-160—NOV. 21, 1983 97 STAT. 999 (d) Section 664 is amended by inserting "for each of fiscal years 1984 through 1988" after "Congress". 38 USC 664. REPORT ON HEALTH-CARE NEEDS OF VETERANS IN PUERTO RICO SEC. 107. Not later than December 1, 1983, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report contain- ing the plans of the Administrator, and the reasons therefor, for meeting the health-care needs of veterans in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and in the Virgin Islands who are eligible for health care under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, and, particu- larly, the health-care needs of veterans whose disabilities are service connected. Such report (1) shall take into account the report by the Veterans' Administration's Office of Inspector General entitled " Report of Special Audit, Veterans' Administration Medical and Regional Office Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Report No. 3R2- A05-043)", dated February 22, 1983, and (2) shall include, with respect to each construction project (if any) that the Administrator recommends in such plans and for which a prospectus would be required under section 5004(b) of such title if such project were proposed to the Congress by the President or the Administrator, a prospectus that meets the requirements of such section. Submittal to congressional committees. 38 USC 601 et seq. 38 USC 5004. 38 USC 521. BENEFICIARY TRAVEL SEC. 108. (a)(1) If by January 1, 1984, the Administrator of Vet- 38 USC in note. erans' Affairs has not prescribed the regulations that the Adminis- trator is required by subsection (e)(2)(A) of section HI of title 38, United States Code, to prescribe, payments for travel that occurs during the period beginning on such date and ending on the day on which the Administrator prescribes such regulations may not be made under such section to any person except— (A) a person receiving benefits under such title for or in connection with a service-connected disability; (B) a veteran receiving or eligible to receive pension under section 521 of such title; or (C) a person whose travel to a Veterans' Administration facility was required to be performed by a special mode of transportation and such travel (i) was authorized by the Admin- istrator before such travel, or (ii) was in connection with a medical emergency of such a nature that the delay incident to obtaining authorization under subclause (i) would have been hazardous to the person's life or health. (2) For the purpose of this subsection, the term "service- connected" has the meaning given such term in section 101(16) of title 38, United States Code. (b) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall review the making of payments under section 111 for the purpose of effecting management improvements and economies in the making of such payments. Not later than April 1, 1984, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report describing and explaining the results of such review and including any recommendation for legis- lative and administrative action that the Administrator considers appropriate. "Service- connected.' Report to congressional committees.

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