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PUBLIC LAW 90-432-JULY 26, 1968
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Public Law 90-432 July 26, 1968 [ H. R. 16902]
Veterans. Treatment in State homes. 78 Stat. 500.
72 Stat. 1141; 76 Stat. 3 8 1.
78 Stat. 5 0 1.
AN ACT To amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to promote the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes. Be it enacted by the SeTiate and House of Representatives of the United States of America In Congress assembled, That section 641 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 641. Criteria for payment "The Administrator shall pay each State at the per diem rate of— " (1) $3.50 for hospital or domiciliary care, and " (2) $5.00 for nursing home care, for each veteran of any war receiving such care in a State home, if, in the case of such a veteran receiving domiciliary or hospital care, such veteran is eligible for such care in a Veterans' Administration facility, or if, in the case of such a veteran receiving nursing home care, such veteran meets the requirements of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 610(a) of this title, except that the requirements of clause (B) of such paragraph (1) shall for this purpose refer to the inability to defray the expenses of necessary nursing home care; however, in no case shall the payments made with respect to any veteran under this section exceed one-half of the cost of the veteran's care in such State home." SEC. 2. Section 5033(a) is amended by striking out "four succeeding fiscal years" and inserting in lieu thereof "nine succeeding fiscal years". Approved July 26, 1968.
Public Law 90-433 July 26, 1968 [S. 752]
I n t e r s t a t e Commerce Act, amendment. 54 Stat. 9 2 1. 49 USC 3 0 3.
AN ACT To amend sections 203(b)(5) and 220 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, and for other purposes. Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That at the end of section 203(b)(5) of the Interstate Commerce Act delete the semicolon and add the following language: ", but any interstate transportation performed by such a cooperative association or federation of cooperative associations for nonmembers who are neither farmers, cooperative associations, nor federations thereof for compensation, except transportation otherwise exempt under this part, shall be limited to that which is incidental to its primary transportation operation and necessary for its effective performance and shall in no event exceed 15 per centum of its total interstate transportation services in any fiscal year, measured in terms of tonnage: Provided, That, for the purposes hereof, notwithstanding any other provision of law, transportation performed for or on behalf of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof shall be deemed to be transportation performed for a nonmember: Provided further, That any such cooperative association or federation which performs interstate transportation for nonmembers who are neither farmers, cooperative associations, nor federations thereof, except transportation otherwise exempt under this part, shall notify the Commission of its intent to perform such transportation prior to the commencement thereof: And provided further, That in no event shall any such cooperative association or federation which is required hereunder to give notice to the Commission transport inter-
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