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19 Stat. 99.
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64 Stat. 12,
64 Stat. 434.
37 Stat. 440.
PUBLIC LAW 93-43-JUNE 18, 1973
[87 STAT.
ment of this section. Causes of actions, suits, or other proceedings may be asserted by or against the United States or such officer of the Veterans' Administration as may be appropriate and, in any litigation pending when this section takes effect, the court may at any time, upon its own motion or that of any party, enter an order which will give effect to the provisions of this subsection. If before the date this section takes effect, any such department, or officer thereof in his official capacity, is a party to a suit with respect to any function so transferred, such suit shall be continued by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. SEC. 7. (a) The following provisions of law are repealed, except with respect to rights and duties that matured, penalties, liabilities, and forfeitures that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before the effective date of this section: (1) Sections 4870,4871, 4872, 4873,4875, 4877, 4881, and 4882 of the Revised Statutes (24 U.S.C. 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 279, 286, and 287). (2) The Act entitled "An Act to provide for a national cemetery in every State", approved June 29, 1938 (24 U.S.C. 271a). (3) The Act entitled "An Act to provide for selection of superintendents of national cemeteries from meritorious and trustworthy members of the Armed Forces who have been disabled in line of duty for active field service", approved March 24, 1948, as amended (24 U.S.C. 275). (4) The proviso to the second paragraph preceding the center heading "MEDICAL DEPARTMENT" in the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes", approved July 24, 1876, as amended (24 U.S.C. 278). (5) The Act entitled "An Act to provide for the procurement and supply of Government headstones or markers for unmarked graves of members of the Armed Forces dying in the service on or after honorable discharge therefrom, and other persons, and for other purposes", approved July 1, 1948, as amended (24 U.S.C. 279a-279c). (6) The Act entitled "An Act to establish eligibility for burial in national cemeteries, and for other purposes", approved May 14, 1948, as amended (24 U.S.C. 281). (7) The Act entitled "An Act to provide for the erection of appropriate markers in national cemeteries to honor the memory of membeis of the Armed Forces missing in action", approved August 27, 1954, as amended (24 U.S.C. 279d). (8) The Act entitled "An Act to provide for the utilization of surplus W a r Department owned military real property as national cemeteries, when feasible", approved August 4, 1947 (24 U.S.C. 281a281c). (9) The Act entitled "An Act to preserve historic graveyards in abandoned military posts", approved July 1, 1947 (24 U.S.C. 296). (10) The Act entitled "An Act to provide for the utilization as a national cemetery of surplus Army Department owned military real property at Fort Logan, Colorado", approved March 10, 1950 (24 U.S.C. 281d-f). (11) The Act entitled "An Act to provide for the expansion and disposition of certain national cemeteries", approved August 10, 1950 (24 U.S.C. 281g). (12) The ninth paragraph following the side heading "National Cemeteries" in the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes", appTovcd August 24, 1912 (24 U.S.C. 282). (13) The fourth paragraph after the center heading "NATIONAL CEMETERIES" in title II of the Act entitled "An Act making appropri-
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