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Term of office.
PUBLIC LAW 91-496-OCT. 22, 1970
[84 STAT.
SEC. 3. A principal officer selected pursuant to section 1 of this Act shall be duly recognized as the principal chief, or in the case of the Chickasaw Tribe, the governor, of that tribe. QEC. 4. Any principal officer currently holding office at the date of enactment of this Act shall continue to serve for a period not to exceed twelve months or until expiration of his most recent appointment, whichever is shorter, unless an earlier vacancy arises from resignation, disability, or death of the incumbent, in which case the office of principal chief or governor may be filled at the earliest possible date in accordance with section 1 of this Act. SEC. 5. Nothing in this Act shall prevent any such incumbent referred to in section 4 of this Act from being elected as a principal chief or governor. Approved October 22, 1970.
Public Law 91-496 October 22, 1970 [H, R. 96341
Veterans. Specialized medical r e s o u r c e s, sharing program, improvement. 76 Stat. 3 0 9.
81 Stat. 6 3 1. 38 USC 4107 note.
Repeal.
80 Stat. 1369. 38 USC 4107 note. 80 Stat. 1 3 7 1.
AN ACT To amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to improve and make more effective the Veterans' Administration program of sharing specialized medical resources, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4114 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting in subsection (a)(3)(A) immediately after the first sentence thereof the following: "Temporary full-time appointments of persons who have successfully completed a full course of nursing in a recognized school of nursing, approved by the Administrator, and are pending registration as a graduate nurse in a State, shall not exceed one year." SEC. 2. (a) Section 4107(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out the comma immediately after "Chief Medical Director" and inserting in lieu thereof "and"; (2) by striking out "and Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director,"; and (3) by inserting immediately below the heading "Section 4103 Schedule" the following: "Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, $36,000.". (b) Section 103(c) of the Act of November 7, 1966, entitled "An Act to amend title 38 of the United States Code to clarify, improve, and add additional programs relating to the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes" is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. Section 4114 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting in subsection (d)(1) immediately after the word "physician ' the following: "or dentist". SEC. 4, Section 5053(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by deleting "for the exchange of use" and inserting in lieu thereof "for the mutual use, or exchange of use,". Approved October 22, 1970.
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