77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 40 -APR . 5 , 1941 the maintenance and operation of farms; for recreational articles and facilities at institutions maintained by the Veterans' Administration; for administrative expenses incidental to securing employment for war veterans; for funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries of the Veterans' Administration accruing during the year for which this appropriation is made or prior fiscal years: Pro- vided further, That the appropriations herein made for the care and maintenance of veterans in hospitals or homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration shall be available for the purchase of tobacco to be furnished, subject to such regulations as the Admin- istrator of Veterans' Affairs shall prescribe, to veterans receiving hos- pital treatment or domiciliary care in Veterans' Administration hospitals or homes: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for continuing aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors, in conformity with the Act approved August 27, 1888 (24 U. S . C . 134), as amended, for those veterans eligible for admission to Veterans' Administration facilities for hospital or domiciliary care: Provided further, That the Administrator is hereby authorized to employ medical consult- ants for duty on such terms as he may deem advisable and without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended: Provided fur- ther, That this appropriation shall be available for the purchase directly from sources authorized by the common carriers of printed reduced fare requests for use by veterans when traveling at their own expense from or to Veterans' Administration facilities. No part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home, or for the purchase of any hospital or home; and not more than $2,500,000 of this appropriation may be used to repair, alter, improve, or provide facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and the purchase of materials. For printing and binding for the Veterans' Administration, includ- ing all its bureaus and functions located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $144,250. Pensions: For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allowances, now authorized under any Act of Congress, or regu- lation of the President based thereon, or which may hereafter be authorized, including emergency officers' retirement pay and annuities, the administration of which is now or may hereafter be placed in the Veterans' Administration, accruing during the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made or in prior fiscal years, $453,597,000, to be immediately available. For military and naval insurance accruing during the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made or in prior fiscal years, $16,240,000. Adjusted service and dependent pay: For payment of adjusted- service credits of not more than $50 each and the quarterly install- ments due to dependents of deceased veterans, as provided in the Act of May 19, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 631-632, 661-670; U. S. C.. Supp. I, sees. 662-664), $485,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. Adjusted compensation payments: To enable the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to carry out the provisions of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, 1924 (38 U. S . C . 591-683), as amended, and the Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936, except section 5 thereof (38 U. S . C . 686-688b), $10,000,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the Adjusted Service Certificate Trust Fund, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. Purchase of tobacco. Aid to State, etc., homes. 25 Stat. 450. Medical consult- ants. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U. S . C. §§661-674. Post, p . 613. Reduced fare re- quests. Construction and repair, restrictions. Printing and bind- ing. Pensions. Military and naval insurance. 43 Stat. 125, 129. 38 U.S. C . §§631- 632,661-670. 43 Stat. 121; 49 Stat. 1099. 121 55 STAT.]
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