57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1sT SESS.-CH. 145 -JUNE 26, 1943 facilities: Provided further, That notwithstanding the limitation in section 106 of this Act, this appropriation shall be available for the purchase of legal newspapers in an amount not exceeding $200. 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 con- tract 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, $200,000. 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 annu- ities, 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, $493,000,000, 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, $21,458,000. 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), $125,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. 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, $250,000,000, to be immediately available. Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary facilities, $4,557,000, to remain available until expended: Provided That this amount shall be available for use by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, with the approval of the President, for extending any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Adminis- tration 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 fur- ther, That not to exceed 3 per centum of this amount shall be avail- able 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. 81077--44 -PT . I 13 193 Legal newspapers. Post, p . 194. Construction and repair, restrictions. Printing and bind- ing. Post, p . 618. Pensions. Military and naval insurance. Adjusted service and dependent pay. 43 Stat. 125, 128. National Service Life Insurance. 54 Stat. 10(8. 38U.S. . i. 801- SIA; Supp. II, It 801- 817. Ante, p. 64. 54 Stat. 1013 . 38U. .C.§809(a). Hospital and domi- ciliary facilities. Extension. Post, p. 618 . 46 Stat. 1550, 1551 . 38 U. S. C. IS438J, 438k. Technical and cleri- cal assistants.
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