290
PUBLIC LAW 4 2 8 - J U N E 24, 1954
[68
ST-
VETEKANS ADMINISTRATION
Public relations work. Educational attendance reports.
25 Stat. 450.
Transfer of funds.
Dental services.
General operating expenses: For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, including expenses incidental to securing employment for war veterans; purchase of fifteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $6,000 for newspapers and periodicals; not to exceed $2,800,000 for expenses of travel of employees; and not to exceed $43,700 for preparation, shipment, installation, and display of exhibits, photographic displays, moving pictures, and other visual educational information and descriptive material, including purchase or rental of equipment; $167,672,300: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay in excess of twenty persons engaged in public relations work: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation shall be used to pay educational institutions for reports and certifications of attendance at such institutions an allowance at a rate in excess of $1 per month for each eligible veteran enrolled in and attending such institution. Medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses: For expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, domiciliary, special service, construction and supply, research, and employee education and training activities; expenses necessary for carrying out programs of medical research and of education and training of employees, as authorized by law: and not to exceed $834,388 for expenses of travel of employees paid from this appropriation; $14,654,000. Inpatient care: For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of hosiptals and domiciliary facilities and for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration as authorized by law, including the furnishing of recreational articles and facilities; maintenance and operation of farms; 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 sixty passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $315,000 for expenses of travel of employees; and aid to State or Territorial homes in conformity with the Act approved August 27, 1888, as amended (24 U.S.C. 134) for the support of veterans eligible for admission to Veterans Administration facilities for hospital or domiciliary care; $598,127,000, including the sum of $7,134,500 for reimbursable services performed for other Government agencies and individuals: 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, Air Force, and Interior Departments, for disbursement 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: Provided further, That the foregoing appropriation is predicated on furnishing inpatient care and treatment to an average of 127,000 beneficiaries during the fiscal year 1955, excluding members in State or Territorial homes, and if a lesser number is experienced such appropriation shall be expended only in proportion to the average number of beneficiaries furnished such care and treatment. Outpatient care: For expenses necessary for furnishing outpatient care to beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration, as avithorized by law, including not to exceed $178,000 for expenses of travel of employees; $82,134,000, of which not exceeding $11,200,000 shall be
�
