Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/978

 99 STAT. 956

PUBLIC LAW 99-166—DEC. 3, 1985 acquiring an existing facility by lease or purchase" after "such facility".

38 USC 5003

SEC. 304. DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL-FACILITY MODULAR COMPONENTS.

In order to evaluate the applicability to the Veterans' Administration of the use of modular components in the design and construction of medical facilities for the furnishing of hospital care and to determine the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of that approach, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, develop a modular approach to the planning and design of an appropriate Veterans' Administration medical facility for the furnishing of hospital care. SEC. 305. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF AND PLAN FOR THE PURCHASE OF A FACILITY FOR FURNISHING HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME CARE.

President of U.S. In the documents submitted by the Administrator of Veterans' Florida. Affairs to the appropriate committees of the Congress at the time of and in connection with the submission, pursuant to section 1105 of 98 Stat. 2324. title 31, United States Code, of the Budget for fiscal year 1987, the Administrator shall include the results of a feasibility study which he shall conduct of, and if indicated by such study provide a feasibility plan for, the purchase for Veterans' Administration use of a medical facility that is located in an urban area and is suitable for furnishing both hospital and nursing home care services, and meets the current and projected needs and specifications of the Veterans' Administration for furnishing health care to eligible veterans. In such Budget, the President, as warranted by such feasibility plan, shall include a request for an appropriate amount to purchase such a facility which meets those needs and specifications: Provided, That this section shall not be construed to require the Administrator to provide a feasibility plan with respect to the purchase of a facility that would have the effect of making it infeasible to construct, acquire, or lease a medical facility in the Florida panhandle or to expand the Biloxi/Gulfport Veterans' Administration Medical Center to furnish health care to veterans in the area. TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. 401. SERVICEMEN'S GROUP LIFE INSURANCE AND VETERANS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE.

38 USC 767.

(a) SERVICEMEN'S GROUP LIFE INSURANCE.—(1) Subsection (a) of section 767 is amended— (A) by striking out "$35,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$50,000"; and (B) by striking out "the amount of $30,000, $25,000, $20,000, $15,000, $10,000 or $5,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "an amount less than $50,000 that is evenly divisible by $10,000". (2) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking out "the amount of" the first place it appears and all that follows through "as the case may be," and inserting in lieu thereof "any amount less than $50,000, such member may thereafter be insured under this subchapter in the amount of $50,000 or any lesser amount evenly divisible by $10,000". (3) Subsection (d) of such section is amended—

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