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 PUBLIC LAW 98-528—OCT. 19, 1984

98 STAT. 2689

1984, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act for the provision of care described in subclause (v) of section 601(4)(C) of title 38, United States Code, and any waiver described in that subclause made by the Administrator that is applicable to that period, is hereby ratified with respect to that period. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR GERIATRIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION, A N D CLINICAL ACTIVITIES

SEC. 104. Section 4101(f)(3) is amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the support of the research and education activities of the centers established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.".

38 USC 4101.

ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES FOR USE AS STATE VETERANS' HOMES

SEC. 105. Subchapter III of chapter 81 is amended as follows: (1) Section 5032 is amended by inserting "(or to acquire facilities to be used as State home facilities)" after "State home facilities". (2) Section 5034 is amended by inserting "or acquired" after "constructed" each place it appears. (3) Section 5035 is amended— (A) by inserting "(or acquisition of a facility to be used as a State home facility)" in the first sentence of subsection (a) after "State home facilities"; (B) by inserting "(or of the estimated cost of facility acquisition and construction)" in clause (1) of subsection (a) after "cost of construction"; (C) by inserting "(or for facility acquisition and construction of the project)" in clause (6) of subsection (a) after "construction of the project"; (D) by striking out "sections 276a through 276a-5 of title 40" in clause (8) of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a-5)"; (E) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (7), by striking out the period at the end of clause (8) and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and "and", and by inserting after clause (8) the following new clause: "(9) in the case of a project for acquisition of a facility, reasonable assurance that the estimated total cost of acquisition of the facility and of any expansion, remodeling, and alteration of the acquired facility will not be greater than the estimated cost of construction of an equivalent new facility."; (F) by inserting "(or of the estimated cost of facility acquisition and construction)" in clause (2) of subsection (b) after "cost of construction"; (G) by striking out "the construction o f in clause (4) of subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "the carrying out of; and (H) in subsection (d)(1)— (i) by inserting "(or of the estimated cost of facility acquisition and construction)" in the first sentence after "cost of construction"; (ii) by striking out "constructed" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "carried out";

38 USC 5032. 38 USC 5034. 38 USC 5035.

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