Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/93

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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1979

PUBLIC LAW 96-22—JUNE 13, 1979

93 STAT. 61

"§5013. Property formerly owned by National Home for Disabled 38 USC 5013. Volunteer Soldiers "If by reason of any defeasance or conditional clause or clauses contained in any deed of conveyance of property to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, which property is owned by the United States, the full and complete enjoyment and use of such property is threatened, the Attorney General, upon request of the President, shall institute in the United States district court for the district in which the property is located such proceedings as may be proper to extinguish all outstanding adverse interests. The Attorney General may procure and accept, on behalf of the United States, by gift, purchase, cession, or otherwise, absolute title to, and complete jurisdiction over, all such property. "§ 5014. Use of federally owned facilities; use of personnel 38 USC 5014. "(a) The Administrator, subject to the approval of the President, may use as medical facilities such suitable buildings, structures, and grounds owned by the United States on March 3, 1925, as may be available for such purposes, and the President may by Executive order transfer any such buildings, structures, and grounds to the control and jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration upon the request of the Administrator. "(b) The President may require the architectural, engineering, constructing, or other forces of any of the departments of the Government to do or assist in the construction and alteration of medical facilities, and the President may employ for such purposes individuals and agencies not connected with the Government, if in the opinion of the President such is desirable, at such compensation as the President may consider reasonable. "§ 5015. Acceptance of certain property 38 USC 5015. "The President may accept from any State or other political subdivision, or from any person, any building, structure, equipment, or grounds suitable for the care of disabled persons, with due regard to fire or other hazards, state of repair, and all other pertinent considerations. The President may designate which agency of the Federal Government shall have the control and management of any property so accepted.". (b)(1) Subchapter II of chapter 81 is amended by redesignating H; sections 5011, 5012, 5013, and 5014 as sections 5021, 5022, 5023, and 38 USC 5024, respectively. 59i}-§2if (2) Section 5022(b) (as so redesignated) is amended by striking out 5021-5024. the comma and "clinical, medical, and outpatient treatment" after "administrative". (c) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 81 is amended by striking out the item relating to subchapter I and all that follows through the item relating to section 5014 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: