PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 775-JUNE 30,1948 VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION Ante, p . 1035; post, p. 1S91. 60 Stat. 903 . Transportation of school children. 60 Stat. 810. 38 U. S. C. note fell. 739, p. 4276. Purchase of tobacco. Aid to State or Ter- ritorial homes. 25 Stat. 450 . Ante, p . 237. Reduced-fare re- quests. Visual educational information. Public relations work. Construction, etc., restrictions. 60 Stat. 843. Ante. p. 1008. Administration, medical, hospital, and domiciliary services: For necessary expenses of the Veterans' Administration, including main- tenance and operation of medical, hospital, and domiciliary services, in carrying out the functions pursuant to all laws for which the Administration is charged with administering, including personal services in the District of Columbia; examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, including actual expenses of subsistence or per diem allowance in lieu thereof; furnishing and laundering of such wearing apparel as may be prescribed for employees in the per- formance of their official duties; health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S . C. 150); purchase of three hundred and ninety passen- ger motor vehicles, of which two hundred and twenty-eight shall be for replacement only; utilization of Government-owned automotive equipment in transporting children of Veterans' Administration employees located at isolated stations to and from school under such limitations as the Administrator may by regulation prescribe; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C . 55a); maintenance and operation of farms; recreational articles and facilities at institutions maintained by the Veterans' Administration; expenses incidental to securing employment for war veterans; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries of the Veterans' Administration except burial awards authorized by Vet- erans' Administration Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended; the purchase of tobacco to be furnished, subject to regulations of the Administrator, to veterans receiving hospital treatment or domiciliary care in Veterans' Administration hospitals or homes; aid to State or Territorial homes in conformity with the Act approved August 27, 1888, as amended (24 U. S. C. 134), for the support of veterans eligible for admission to Veterans' Administration facilities for hospital or domiciliary care; the purchase of printed reduced-fare requests for use by veterans when traveling at their own expense from or to Vet- erans' Administration facilities; not to exceed $5,765 for newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed $57,905 for the preparation, ship- ment, installation, and display of exhibits, photographic displays, mov- ing pictures, and other visual educational information and descriptive material, including the purchase or rental of equipment; $936,755,000, from which allotments and transfers may be made to the Federal Security Agency (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, and Inte- rior Departments, for disbursement by them under the various head- ings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans' Administration, including minor repairs and improvements of existing facilities under their jurisdiction necessary to such care and treatment: Provided,That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay in excess of one hundred persons engaged in public relations work: Pro- vided further, That 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 $8,534,800 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 con- tract or by the hire of temporary employees and the purchase of materials. Printing and binding: For printing and binding, $3,148,000. Tort claims: For payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 921), $15,000. Pensions: For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, [62 STAT. 1200
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