107 STAT. 1630 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993
- (2) The term 'Governor*, with respect to the District of
Columbia, means the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard. "(3) The term 'State' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. ". SEC. 366. AMENDMENTS TO THE ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME ACT OF 1991. (a) SUPPORT FOR HOME BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Section 1511 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (title XV of Public Law 101-510; 24 U.S.C. 411) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection (e): " (e) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT. — The Secretary of Defense may make available to the Retirement Home, on a nonreimbursable basis, administrative support and office services, legal and policy planning assistance, access to investigative facilities of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and of the military departments, and any other support necessary to enable the Retirement Home to carry out its functions under this Act.". (b) AUTHORITY OF RETIREMENT HOME CHAIRMAN. — Paragraph (1) of section 1515(d) of such Act (24 U.S.C. 415(d)) is amended to read as follows: "(I)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall select one of the members of the Retirement Home Board to serve as chairman. The term of ofiRce of the chairman shall be five years. At the discretion of the Secretary a chairman may serve a second five-year term of office as chairman. "(B) The chairman shall act as the chief executive officer of the Armed Forces Retirement Home and while so acting shall not be responsible to the Secretary of Defense or to the Secretaries of the military departments for direction and management of the Retirement Home or each facility maintained as a separate facility of the Retirement Home. "(C) The chairman may appoint, in addition to such ad hoc committees as the chairman determines to be appropriate, a standing executive committee to act for, and in the name of, the Retirement Home Board at such times and on such matters as the chairman considers necessary to expedite the efficient and timely management of each facility maintained as a separate facility of the Retirement Home. "(D) The chairman may appoint an administrative staff to assist the chairman in the performance of the duties of the chairman. The chairman shall determine the rates of pay applicable to such stafT, except that a staff member who is a member of the ^jmed Forces on active duty or who is a full-time officer or employee of the United States shall receive no additional pay by reason of service on the administrative staff.". (c) HOSPITAL CARE FOR HOME RESIDENTS.— Section 1513(b) of such Act (24 U.S.C. 413(b)) is amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Secondary and tertiary hospital care for residents that is not available at a facility maintained as a separate establishment of the Retirement Home shall, to the extent available, be obtained by agreement with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of Defense
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