VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION General Operating Expenses For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, including expenses incidental to securing employment for; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law; not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle (medium sedan for replacement only) at not to exceed $3,000; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; $160,238,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay in excess of twenty-two persons engaged in public relations work. Medical Administration and Miscellaneous Operating Expenses For expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, domiciliary, construction and supply, research, employee education and training activities, as authorized by law, $13,496,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation may be used for expenses of any area medical office. Medical and Prosthetic Research For expenses necessary for carrying out programs of medical and prosthetic research and development, as authorized by law, to remain available until expended, $40,893,000, of which $1,275,000 shall be for prosthetic research and development activities. Medical Care For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration including care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, and furnishing recreational articles and facilities; maintenance, operation and acquisition of farms and burial grounds; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, either by contract, or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; purchase of eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131); and aid to State homes as authorized by section 641 of title 38, United States Code; $1, 191,956,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That allotments and transfers may be made from this appropriation to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, and Air Force Departments, for disbursements by them under the various headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration. Compensation and Pensions For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allowances (including burial awards authorized by section 902 of title 38, United States Code, burial flags, and subsistence allowances for vocational rehabilitation), authorized under any Act of Congress, or regulation of the President based thereon, including emergency officers’ retirement pay and annuities, the administration of which is now or 79 Stat. 537may hereafter be placed in the Veterans Administration, and for the payment of adjusted-service credits and certificates as provided in sections 401, 507, and 601 of the Act of May 19, 1924, as amended, and for payment of amounts of compromises or settlements under 28 U.S.C. 2677 of tort claims potentially subject to the offset provisions of 38 U.S.C. 351, $4,142,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the unexpended balance in the Adjusted Service Certificate Fund, as of June 30, 1965, shall be transferred to this appropriation. Readjustment Benefits For the payment of benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by part VIII, Veterans Regulation No. 1(a), as saved from repeal by section 12(a) of the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1264), and chapters 21, 33, 35, 37, and 39 of title 38, United States Code, and for supplies, equipment, and tuition authorized by chapter 31 of title. 38, United States Code, $36,500,000, to remain available until expended. Veterans Insurance and Indemnities For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, and service-disabled veterans insurance, to remain available until expended, $16,900,000, of which $7,000,000 shall be derived from the retained earnings of the Veterans Special Term Insurance Fund. Construction of Hospital and Domiciliary Facilities For hospital and domiciliary facilities, for planning and for major alterations, improvements, and repairs and extending any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 5001, 5002, and 5004, title 38, United States Code, including necessary expenses of administration, $90,511,600, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the limitation under the head “Construction of hospital and domiliciary facilities” in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1962, on the amount available for technical services for replacement of the general medical and surgical hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, is reduced from “$921,600” to “$846,600.” Grants for Construction of State Nursing Home For grants to assist the several States to construct State home facilities for furnishing nursing home care to war veterans as authorized by sections 5031–5037 of Title 38, United States Code, $2,500,000, to remain available until June 30, 1968. Grants to the Republic of the Philippines For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of grants in accordance with sections 631 to 634 of title 38, United States Code, for expenses incident to medical care and treatment of veterans, $386,000. Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund During the current fiscal year, the Loan guaranty revolving fund shall be available for expenses, but not to exceed $380,000,000, for property acquisitions and other loan guaranty and insurance operations under Chapter 37, title 38, United States Code, except administrative expenses, as authorized by section 1824 of such title: Pro-79 Stat. 538vided, That not to exceed $210,000,000 of the unobligated balances including retained earnings of the Direct loans revolving fund shall be available, during the current fiscal year, for transfer to the Loan guaranty revolving fund in such amounts as may be necessary to provide for the foregoing expenses and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs shall not be required to pay interest on amounts so transferred after the time of such transfer. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief For payment of claims as authorized by article IV of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 540–548), $25,000, to remain available until expended. Direct Loan Revolving Fund The amount authorized by section 1823(a) of title 38, United States Code, to be advanced after June 30, 1965, by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Administrator, for the purposes of the “Direct loan revolving fund” is hereby reduced by the amount of $100,000,000. Administrative Provisions Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current fiscal year for “Compensation and pensions”, “Readjustment benefits”, and “Veterans insurance and indemnities” may be transferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations, but. not to exceed 10 per centum of the appropriations so augmented. Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the current fiscal year for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). The appropriation available to the Veterans Administration for the current fiscal year for “Medical care” shall be available for funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto (except burial awards authorized by section 902 of title 38, United States Code), for beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration receiving care under such appropriations. No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Administration (except the appropriation for “Construction of hospital and domiciliary facilities”) shall be. available for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. No part of the foregoing appropriations snail be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs.