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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 4132

PUBLIC LAW 100-687—NOV. 18, 1988

bility. The report shall be submitted contemporaneously with the budget submission for such fiscal year. The report shall specify (1) the information, systems, equipment, or personnel that would be required in order for it to be feasible for the Administrator or the Secretary to identify such amount, and (2) the actions to be taken in order to ensure that it will be feasible to make such an estimate in connection with the submission of the budget request for the next fiscal year.

TITLE XV—HEALTH CARE SEC. 1501. READJUSTMENT COUNSELING FACILITIES. (a) RELOCATIONS FOR CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND CONTROL OP VETER-

ANS' ADIONISTRATION.—Section 612A(g)(l) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking out "The" and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, the"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(C) The Administrator may relocate a center in existence on January 1, 1988, without r^ard to the national plan (including any revision to such plan) if such relocation is to a new location away from a Veterans' Administration general health-care facility when such relocation is necessitated by circumstances beyond the control of the Veterans' Administration. Such a relocation may be carried out only after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Administrator notifies the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the proposed relocation, of the circumstances making it necessary, and of the reason for the selection of the new site for the center.". 38 USC 612A

note.

(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR RELOCATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES.—The

requirements of section 612A(g)(l) of title 38, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to the relocation of 17 Veterans' Administration Readjustment Counseling Service Vet Centers from their locations away from general Veterans* Administration healthcare facilities to other such locations, as described in letters dated July 25, 1988, from the CJhief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration to the Chairmen of the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives. SEC. 1502. CONTRACTS AND GRANTS FOR MEDICAL CARE FOR VETERANS IN THE PHILIPPINES. (a) ONE-YEAR EXTENSION.—Subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 632

are each amended by striking out "September 30, 1989" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 1990^'. (b) INCREASE IN ANNUAL AUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (b)(D

of

such section is further amended by striking out "$500,0()0" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,000,000,'^'. (c) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than February 1, 1989, and not later than February 1, 1990, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing detailed information describing the use of funds provided to the Republic of the Philippines under section 632(b) of title 38, United States Code, during the preceding fiscal year. (2) Not later than May 1, 1989, the Administrator shall submit to those committees a report with respect to the furnishing of health-