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 98 STAT. 2688

38 USC 218 note.

PUBLIC LAW 98-528—OCT. 19, 1984

"(e) With the permission of the head of the agency concerned, the Administrator may use the facilities and services of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies when it is economical and in the public interest to do so.". (2) The provisions of section 218 of title 38, United States Code, other than clause (2) of subsection (a) of such section, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act shall remain in effect until the date on which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs prescribes the regulations required to be prescribed by subsections (a) and (b) of such section as amended by subsection (a) of this section. (3) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended to read as follows: "218. Security and law enforcement on property under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration.".

97 Stat. 1001. 38 USC 4107.

Report.

(b) Section 4107(g) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking out "or" at the end of clause (A); (B) by striking out the comma and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and "or" at the end of subclause (iv) of clause (B); and (C) by inserting after clause (B) the following new clause: "(C) of employees who are Veterans' Administration police officers providing services under section 218 of this title,"; (2) by striking out "health-care" each place it appears in paragraphs (2)(A) and (4); and (3) by inserting "or (C)" after "(B)" in paragraph (4). (c) Not later than one hundred and eighty days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the implementation of the amendments made by this section. The report shall include (1) the regulations prescribed under section 218 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), and (2) a description of the methodology to be used to determine how the authority provided in the amendments made by subsection (b) is to be exercised. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON MEDICAL PERSONNEL STAFFING LEVELS

Report. 38 USC 5010.

SEC. 102. Section 5010(a)(4)(C) is amended to read as follows: "(C) Whenever the Director of the Office of Management and Budget is required to submit a certification under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report stating the Comptroller General's opinion as to whether the Director has complied with the requirements of that subparagraph. The Comptroller General shall submit the report not later than fifteen days after the end of the period specified in such subparagraph for the Director to submit the certification.". CONTRACT HEALTH CARE IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

97 Stat. 730. 38 USC 601. 38 USC 601 note.

SEC. 103. (a) Section 601(4)(C)(v) is amended by striking out "September 30, 1984" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 1985". (b) Any action by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in entering into a contract applicable to the period beginning on October 1,

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