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 PUBLIC LAW 98-223—MAR. 2, 1984

98 STAT. 45

(2) by striking out "Director, whose duties" and inserting in lieu thereof "Director. The duties of the special medical advisory group"; and (3) by striking out "direct" and inserting in lieu thereof "directly". REVISION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR CERTAIN RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS P A R T I C I P A N T S ' ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION BENEFITS

SEC. 210. Subsection (d) of section 113 of the Veterans' Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982 (Public Law 97-306; 96 Stat. 1433) is amended to read as follows: "(d) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) and the provisions of subsection (c)— "(1) with respect to deaths and disabilities resulting from diseases or injuries incurred or aggravated after September 30, 1982, shall take effect as of October 1, 1982; and "(2) with respect to deaths and disabilities resulting from diseases or injuries incurred or aggravated before October 1, 1982, shall take effect as of October 1, 1983.". PILOT PROGRAM FOR EXPEDITING CERTAIN MEDICAL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

SEC. 211. (a)(1) Subject to subsection (b) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal years 1984 and 1985 the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may obligate, for the purpose described in paragraph (2), a total of not more than $25,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Veterans' Administration under the appropriation account "CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS" that are unobligated and that the Administrator determines are no longer needed for the projects for which such funds were appropriated and are not needed for contingencies arising in the Veterans' Administration's construction program. (2) Funds described in paragraph (1) may be obligated for the purpose of undertaking during fiscal year 1984 or 1985 working drawings for any project for construction or alteration of any medical facility that is planned to be undertaken (subject to appropriations for such project) during fiscal year 1985 or 1986. (b)(1) Funds may not be obligated under subsection (a) for working drawings for projects for the complete replacement of an existing health-care facility or for projects for the new construction of a complete health-care facility. (2) The amount obligated under subsection (a) for working drawings for any one project may not exceed $2,500,000. (3) The Administrator may not undertake under subsection (a) working drawings for a project unless the Administrator, not less than 30 days before undertaking the drawings, has provided to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives written notice of the drawings to be undertaken, the estimated cost of the drawings, and the estimated range of the total cost of the project. (c) For the purpose of this section: (1) The term "medical facility" has the meaning provided in section 5001(3) of title 38, United States Code.

38 USC 101 note.

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