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Repeal.
Exemptions.
Repeal. Effective date.
PUBLIC LAW 87-850-OCT. 23, 1962
[76 STAT.
has been a final conviction for any violation of this chapter, and the United States shall be entitled to recover iii addition to any penalty prescribed by law or in a contract the amount expended or the thing transferred or delivered on its behalf, or the reasonable value thereof." SEC. 2. Sections 281 and 283 (except as they may apply to retired officers of the armed forces of the United States), 282 and 284 of chapter 15 of title 18, section 484 of chapter 23 of title 18, and section 1914 of chapter 93 of title 18 of the United States Code are repealed and will, respectively, be supplanted by sections 203, 205, 204, 207, 208, and 209 of title 18 of the United States Code as set forth in section 1 of this Act. All exemptions from the provisions of sections 281, 282, 283, 284, 434, or 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code heretofore created or authorized by statute which are in force on the effective date of this Act shall, on and after that date, be deemed to be exemptions from sections 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, or 209, respectively, of title 18 of the United States Code except to the extent that they affect officers or employees of the executive branch of the United States Government, of any independent agency of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, as to whom they are no longer applicable. SEC. 3. Section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99) is repealed. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect ninety days after the date of its enactment. Approved October 23, 1962.
Public Law 87-850 October 23, 1962 [H. R. 6190]
Veterans. Prosthetic appliances, replacement. 38 USC 601-618. Ante, p. 308.
AN ACT To amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide for the repair or replacement for veterans of certain prosthetic or other appliances damaged or destroyed as a result of certain accidents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§619. Repair or replacement of certain prosthetic and other appliances "The Administrator may repair or replace any artificial limb, truss, brace, hearing aid, spectacles, or similar appliance (not including dental appliances) reasonably necessary to a veteran and belonging to him which was damaged or destroyed by a fall or other accident caused by a service-connected disability for which such veteran is in receipt of, or but for the receipt of retirement pay would be entitled to, disability compensation." (b) The analysis of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately below "618. Therapeutic and rehabilitative activities."
the following: "619. Repair or replacement of certain prosthetic and other appliances." Restriction.
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall apply only with respect to the repair or replacement of artificial limbs, trusses, braces, hearing aids, spectacles, and similar devices damaged or destroyed after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved October 23, 1962.
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