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PUBLIC LAW 86-000—MMMM. DD, 1960
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PUBLIC LAW 86-501-JUNE 10, 1960

(1) for Department of the Army: (a) Army National Guard of the United States, $18,226,000. (b) Army Eeserve, $13,152,000. (2) for Department of the Navy: Naval and Marine Corps Reserves, $6,450,000. (3) for Department of the Air Force: (a) Air National Guard of the United States, $13,797,000. (b) Air Force Reserve, $4,497,000. SEC. 605. Any of the amounts named in section 601 of this Act may, in the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, be increased by 15 per centum, but the total cost for all projects authorized for the Army National Guard of the United States, the Army Reserve, the Naval and Marine Corps Reserves, the Air National Guard of the United States, and the Air Force Reserve, may not exceed the amounts named in clauses (l)(a), (l)(b), (2), (3)(a), and (3)(b) of section 604, respectively. SEC. 606. As of July 1, 1961, all authorizations for specific facilities for reserve forces to be accomplished by the Secretary of Defense, and all authorizations for appropriations therefor, that are contained in the Reserve Forces Facilities Act of 1958, and not superseded or otherwise modified by a later authorization, are repealed except the authorizations for facilities for the reserve forces as to which appropriated funds have been obligated in whole or in part before July 1, 1961, and authorizations for appropriations therefor. SEC. 607. This title may be cited as the "Reserve Forces Facilities Act of 1960". Approved June 8, 1960.

Cost V a r i ation and limitation.

Partial repeal.

72 Stat. 664.

Short title.

Public Law 86-501 AN ACT To prohibit the severance of service connection which has been in effect for ten or more years, except under certain limited conditions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new section:

    • % 359. Protection of service connection

"Service connection for any disability or death granted under this title which has been in force for ten or more years shall not be severed on or after January 1, 1962, except upon a showing that the original grant of service connection was based on fraud or it is clearly shown from military records that the person concerned did not have the requisite service or character of discharge." SEC. 2. The analysis of chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately below "3o8. Disapi^arance." the following: "350. Protection of service connection."

Approved June 10, 1960.

June 10, 1960 [H.R. 113]

Veterans. 72 Stat. 1117.