77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 450-JUNE 27, 1942 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, $138,000. 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, $445,000,000, 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, $12,821,000. National Service Life Insurance: For transfer to the National Service Life Insurance Fund, in accordance with the provisions of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, on account of pay- ments of benefits in excess of the reserve of the policy in case of death, or for premiums waived in case of total disability, in cases where the death or total disability of the insured shall have been determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to be the result of disease or injury traceable to the extra hazards of military or naval service, and to reimburse the National Service Life Insurance Fund for payments made therefrom when recovery of such payments is waived by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under the authority of section 609 (a) of said Act, $27,770,000, to be immediately available. Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary facilities, $4,557,000, to remain available until expended and of which amount not to exceed $500,000 shall be immediately available: Provided, That this amount shall be available for use by the Admin- istrator of Veterans' Affairs, with the approval of the President, for extending any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1 and 2 of the Act approved March 4, 1931 (38 U. S . C . 438j): Provided further, That not to exceed 3 per centum of this amount shall be available for the employment in the District of Columbia and in the field of necessary technical and clerical assistants to aid in the preparation of plans and specifications for the projects as approved hereunder and in the supervision of the execution thereof, and for traveling expenses, field office equipment, and supplies in connection therewith. Total, Veterans' Administration, $601,195.088: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of oleo- margarine or butter substitutes except for cooking purposes: Pro- vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans unless reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. SEC. 2. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, the salaries of the Commissioners of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Commissioners of the United States Maritime Commission with the exception of the Chairman so long as the office is held by the present incumbent, and the Commissioners of the United States Tariff Com- mission shall be at the rate of $10,000 each per annum. 421 Printing and bind- ing. Pensions. Military and naval insurance. National Service Life Insurance. 54 Stat. 1008. 38 U. S. C.0 801- 818; Supp. I,§ 802. Ante, p. 88; post, pp. 657, 796. 54 Stat. 1013. 38 U.S. c. §809(a). Provisos. Extension. 46 Stat. 1550, 1561 . 38 U. S. 0.i§ 438), 438k. Technical and cleri- cal assistants. Total. Provisos. Butter substitutes, etc. Hospitalization, etc. , re strictions. Salaries of desig- nated officials. 56 STAT.]
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