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103 STAT. 1422 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 (2) address the feasibility of standardizing (and include proposals to standardize)— (A) the eligibility requirements for admission to the retirement homes for persons who served as enlisted mem- bers or warrant officers in the Armed Forces; (B) the monthly fees paid by residents of the retirement f-.: • homes; and (C) the funding arrangements for the retirement homes through a single trust fund; and (3) include proposals to administer the retirement homes through a joint board of directors. (c) PREPARATION OF THE REPORT. — (1) The Secretary shall appoint a board of five members to review the administration and financing of the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the Naval Home and to prepare the report required by subsection (a). (2) The members of the board shall be appointed from persons who— (A) are not officers or employees of the United States; and (B) are experts in the fields of gerontology, health care, or the provision of care for elderly persons. (d) EXPENSES OF PREPARATION.—The expenses of preparing the report required by subsection (a) shall be paid in equal amounts out of the funds available for the operation of the United States Sol- diers' and Airmen's Home and the Naval Home. (e) TIME FOR SUBMISSION.— The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than February 15, 1990. SEC. 346. DEFINITIONS For purposes of this part: (1) The terms "Armed Forces Retirement Home" and "retire- ment home" mean the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home or the Naval Home. (2) The term "administering authority" means— (A) the board of commissioners for the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, in the case of that home; and (B) the Governor of the Naval Home, in the case of that home. (3) The term "Armed Forces" does not include the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy. SEC. 347. REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' AND AIRMEN'S HOME The following provisions of law are repealed: (1) Sections 4818, 4820, and 4823, and the first and third sentences of section 4819, of the Revised Statutes of the United States (24 U.S.C. 44, 51, 53). (2) Sections 2 through 6 of the Act entitled "An Act prescrib- ing regulations for the Soldiers' Home located at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. 564; 24 U.S.C. 52, 55, 56, 57, 60). (3) The Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Treasurer of the United States to receive and keep on deposit funds of the Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia", approved January 16, 1891 (26 Stat. 718; 24 U.S.C. 47). (4) Section 2(a) of Public Law 94-454 (90 Stat. 1518; 24 U.S.C. 44c).