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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4759
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the personnel system
of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 2000
Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mr. STUMP) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the
personnel system of the Veterans Health Administration,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel
Act of 2000’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code.
TITLE I—PERSONNEL MATTERS
Sec. 101. Revised authority for pay adjustments for nurses employed by the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 102. Special pay for dentists.
Sec. 103. Exemption for pharmacists from ceiling on special salary rates.
Sec. 104. Physician assistant consultant.
Sec. 105. Temporary appointment of graduates of physician assistant training.
TITLE II—CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION
Sec. 201. Authorization of major medical facility projects.
Sec. 202. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—MILITARY SERVICE ISSUES
Sec. 301. Military service history.
Sec. 302. Study of post-traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans.
TITLE IV—MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION MATTERS
Sec. 401. Coordination of hospital benefits program.
Sec. 402. Benefits for persons disabled by participation in compensated work
therapy program.
Sec. 403. Extension of authority to establish research and education corpora-
tions.
Sec. 404. Department of Veterans Affair Fisher Houses.
Sec. 405. Extension of annual report of Committee on Mentally Ill Veterans.
Sec. 406. Exception to recapture rule.
Sec. 407. Change to enhanced use lease congressional notification period.
Sec. 408. Technical and conforming changes.
Sec. 409. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic, Rome,
New York.
Sec. 410. Release of reversionary interest of the United States in certain real
property previously conveyed to the State of Tennessee.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of title 38, United States Code.
TITLE I—PERSONNEL MATTERS
SEC. 101. REVISED AUTHORITY FOR PAY ADJUSTMENTS
FOR NURSES EMPLOYED BY THE DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) REVISED PAY ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES.—Sec-
tion 7451 is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The
rates’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (e),
the rates’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Such’’
in the second sentence and inserting ‘‘Except as
provided in paragraph (1), such’’;
(C) in paragraph (3)(B)—
(i) by inserting after the first sentence
the following new sentence: ‘‘To the extent
practicable, the director shall use third-
party industry wage surveys to meet the
requirements of the preceding sentence.’’;
(ii) by inserting before the penul-
timate sentence the following new sentence:
‘‘To the extent practicable, all surveys con-
ducted pursuant to this subparagraph or
subparagraph (A) shall include the collec-
tion of salary midpoints, actual salaries,
lowest and highest salaries, average sala-
ries, bonuses, incentive pays, differential
pays, actual beginning rates of pay and
such other information needed to meet the
purpose of this section.’’; and
(iii) in the penultimate sentence, by
inserting ‘‘or published’’ after ‘‘com-
pleted’’;
(D) by striking clause (iii) of paragraph
(3)(C);
(2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(e)(1) An adjustment in a rate of basic pay under
subsection (d) may not reduce the rate of basic pay appli-
cable to any grade of a covered position.
‘‘(2) The director of a Department health-care facil-
ity, in determining whether to carry out an adjustment
under subsection (d) in rates of basic pay for a grade of
a covered position, may not consider as a factor in such
determination the absence of a current recruitment or re-
tention problem for personnel in that grade of that posi-
tion.
‘‘(3) The Under Secretary for Health may, to the ex-
tent necessary to carry out the purposes of subsection (d),
modify any determination made by the director of a De-
partment health-care facility with respect to adjusting the
rates of basic pay applicable to covered positions. Upon
such action by the Under Secretary, any adjustment shall
take effect on the first day of the first pay period begin-
ning after such action. The Secretary shall ensure that
the Under Secretary establishes a mechanism for the exer-
cise of the authority in the preceding sentence.’’;
(3) in subsection (f)—
(A) by striking ‘‘February 1 of 1991,
1992, and 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1 of
each year’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)(1)(A)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and
(4) by striking subsection (g) and redesignating
subsection (h) as subsection (g).
(b) REQUIRED CONSULTATIONS WITH NURSES.—(1)
Subchapter II of chapter 73 is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘§ 7323. Required consultations with nurses
‘‘The Under Secretary for Health shall ensure that—
‘‘(1) the director of a geographic service area,
in formulating policy relating to the provision of pa-
tient care, shall consult regularly with a senior nurse
executive or senior nurse executives; and
‘‘(2) the director of a medical center shall, to
the extent feasible, include a registered nurse as a
member of any committee used at that medical cen-
ter to provide recommendations or decisions on med-
ical center operations or policy affecting clinical
services, clinical outcomes, budget, or resources.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 7322 the following new item:
‘‘7323. Required consultations with nurses.’’.
SEC. 102. SPECIAL PAY FOR DENTISTS.
(a) FULL-TIME STATUS PAY.—Paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 7435(b) is amended by striking ‘‘$3,500’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$9,000’’.
(b) SPECIAL PAY FOR POST-GRADUATE TRAINING.—
Such section is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(8) For a dentist who has successfully com-
pleted a post-graduate year of hospital-based train-
ing in a program accredited by the American Dental
Association, an annual rate of $2,000 for each of the
first two years of service after successful completion
of that training.’’.
(c) TENURE PAY.—The table in paragraph (2)(A) of
that section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Length of Service
Rate
Minimum
Maximum
1 year but less than 2 years ...................................................................
$1,000
$2,000
2 years but less than 3 years ..................................................................
4,000
5,000
4 years but less than 7 years ..................................................................
5,000
8,000
8 years but less than 11 years ................................................................
8,000
12,000
12 years but less than 19 years ..............................................................
12,000
15,000
20 years or more .....................................................................................
15,000
18,000.’’.
(d) SCARCE SPECIALTY PAY.—Paragraph (3)(A) of
that section is amended by striking ‘‘$20,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$30,000’’.
(e) GEOGRAPHIC PAY.—Paragraph (6) of that sec-
tion is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$12,000’’.
(f) RESPONSIBILITY PAY.—(1) The table in para-
graph (4)(A) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Position
Rate
Minimum
Maximum
Chief of Staff or in an Executive Grade .................................................
$14,500
25,000
Director Grade ........................................................................................
25,000
Service Chief (or in a comparable position as determined by the Sec-
retary) .................................................................................................
4,500
15,000.’’.
(2) The table in paragraph (4)(B) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘Position
Rate
Deputy Service Director .............................................................. $20,000
Service Director ...........................................................................
25,000
Deputy Assistant Under Secretary for Health ............................
27,500
Assistant Under Secretary for Health (or in a comparable posi-
tion as determined by the Secretary) ......................................
30,000.’’.
(g) CREDITING OF INCREASED TENURE PAY FOR
CIVIL
SERVICE
RETIREMENT.—Section 
7438(b) 
is
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), a den-
tist employed as a dentist in the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration on the effective date of section 102 of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of
2000 shall be entitled to have special pay paid to the den-
tist under section 7435(b)(2)(A) of this title (referred to
as ‘tenure pay’) considered basic pay for the purposes of
chapter 83 or 84, as appropriate, of title 5 only as follows:
‘‘(A) In an amount equal to the amount that
would have been so considered under such section on
the day before such effective date based on the rates
of special pay the dentist was entitled to receive
under that section on the day before such effective
date.
‘‘(B) With respect to any amount of special pay
received under that section in excess of the amount
such dentist was entitled to receive under such sec-
tion on the day before such effective date, in an
amount equal to 25 percent of such excess amount
for each two years that the physician or dentist has
completed as a physician or dentist in the Veterans
Health Administration after such effective date.’’.
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and
ending on the effective date specified in subsection (h)(2)
who is eligible for an agreement under subchapter III of
chapter 74 of title 38, United States Code, any such
agreement may not extend beyond that effective date.
SEC. 103. EXEMPTION FOR PHARMACISTS FROM CEILING
ON SPECIAL SALARY RATES.
Section 7455(c)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘, phar-
macists,’’ after ‘‘anesthetists’’.
SEC. 104. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT CONSULTANT.
Section 7306(f) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(1);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) a physician assistant with appropriate ex-
perience (who may have a permanent duty station at
a Department medical care facility in reasonable
proximity to Washington, DC) advises the Under
Secretary on all matters relating to the utilization
and employment of physician assistants in the Ad-
ministration.’’.
SEC. 105. TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT OF GRADUATES OF
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT TRAINING.
Paragraph (2) of section 7405(c) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(2) A temporary full-time appointment may not be
made for a period in excess of two years in the case of
a person who—
‘‘(A) has successfully completed—
‘‘(i) a full course of nursing in a recog-
nized school of nursing, approved by the Sec-
retary; or
‘‘(ii) a full course of training for any cat-
egory of personnel described in paragraph (3)
of section 7401 of this title, or as a physician
assistant, in a recognized education or training
institution approved by the Secretary; and
‘‘(B) is pending registration or licensure in a
State or certification by a national board recognized
by the Secretary.
TITLE II—CONSTRUCTION
AUTHORIZATION
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY
PROJECTS.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the
following major medical facility projects, with each project
to be carried out in the amount specified for that project:
(1) Construction of a psychogeriatric care build-
ing at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Palo Alto, California, in an amount not to
exceed $26,600,000.
(2) Construction of a utility plant and electrical
vault at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Miami, Florida, in an amount not to exceed
$23,600,000.
(3) Seismic corrections, clinical consolidation,
and other improvements at the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, Cali-
fornia, in an amount not to exceed $51,700,000.
SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal
years 2001 and 2002 for the Construction, Major
Projects, account, $101,900,000 for the projects author-
ized in section 101.
(b) LIMITATION.—The projects authorized in section
101 may only be carried out using—
(1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001 or
2002 pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in subsection (a);
(2) funds appropriated for Construction, Major
Projects for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2001 that
remain available for obligation; and
(3) funds appropriated for Construction, Major
Projects for fiscal year 2001 or 2002 for a category
of activity not specific to a project.
TITLE III—MILITARY SERVICE
ISSUES
SEC. 301. MILITARY SERVICE HISTORY.
(a) MILITARY HISTORIES.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, in carrying out the responsibilities of the
Secretary under chapter 17 of title 38, United States
Code, shall ensure that—
(1) a protocol is used in any clinical evaluation
of a patient to identify pertinent military experiences
and exposures that may contribute to the health sta-
tus of the patient; and
(2) pertinent information relating to the mili-
tary history of the patient is included in the medical
records of the patient.
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House
of Representatives a report, not later than nine months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the feasi-
bility and desirability of using a computer-based system
in conducting clinical evaluations referred to in subsection
(a).
SEC. 302. STUDY OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
IN VIETNAM VETERANS.
(a) STUDY
ON
POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS
DIS-
ORDER.—Not later than 10 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall enter into a contract with an appropriate entity to
carry out a study on post-traumatic stress disorder.
(b) FOLLOW-UP STUDY.—The contract under sub-
section (a) shall provide for a follow-up study to the study
conducted in accordance with section 102 of the Veterans
Health Care Amendments of 1983 (Public Law 98–160).
Such follow-up study shall use the data base and sample
of the previous study.
(c) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED.—The study
conducted pursuant to this section shall be designed to
yield information on—
(1) the long-term course of post-traumatic
stress disorder;
(2) any long-term medical consequences of post-
traumatic stress disorder;
(3) whether particular subgroups of veterans
are at greater risk of chronic or more severe prob-
lems with such disorder; and
(4) the services used by veterans who have post-
traumatic stress disorder and the effect of those
services on the course of the disorder.
(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the
Committees of Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House
of Representatives a report, no later than October 1, 2004,
on the results of the study under this section.
TITLE IV—MEDICAL
ADMINISTRATION MATTERS
SEC. 401. COORDINATION OF HOSPITAL BENEFITS PRO-
GRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 17 is amended by insert-
ing after section 1724 the following new section:
‘‘§ 1725. Coordination of hospital benefits program
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may carry out a program in not more than four
geographic areas of the United States to improve access
to and coordination of inpatient care of eligible veterans.
Under such program, the Secretary, subject to subsection
(b), may pay certain costs described in subsection (b) for
which a veteran with health plan coverage would otherwise
be personally liable.
‘‘(b) In carrying out the program described in sub-
section (a), the Secretary may pay the costs authorized
under this section for hospital care and medical services
furnished on an inpatient basis in a non-Department hos-
pital to a veteran participating in the program. Such pay-
ment may cover the costs for applicable plan deductibles
and coinsurance and the reasonable costs of such inpatient
care and medical services not covered by any applicable
health plan, but only to the extent such care and services
are of the kind authorized under this chapter.
‘‘(c)(1) A veteran described in paragraph (1) or (2)
of section 1710(a) of this title may participate in the pro-
gram if the veteran—
‘‘(A) is enrolled to receive medical services from
an outpatient clinic operated by the Secretary which
is (i) within reasonable proximity to the principal
residence of the veteran, and (ii) located within the
geographic area in which the Secretary is carrying
out the program described in subsection (a);
‘‘(B) as determined by the Secretary before the
hospitalization of the veteran (i) requires such hos-
pital care and services for a non-service-connected
condition, and (ii) could not receive such services
from a clinic operated by the Secretary; and
‘‘(C) elects to receive such care under a health
plan (other than under this title) under which the
veteran is entitled to receive such care.
‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
duce the authority of the Secretary to contract with non-
Department facilities for care of a service-connected dis-
ability of a veteran.
‘‘(d) As part of the program under this section, the
Secretary shall, through provision of case-management,
coordinate the care being furnished directly by the Sec-
retary and care furnished under the program in non-De-
partment hospitals to veterans participating in the pro-
gram.
‘‘(e)(1) In designating geographic areas in which to
establish the program under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall ensure that—
‘‘(A) the areas designated are geographically
dispersed;
‘‘(B) at least 70 percent of the veterans who re-
side in a designated area reside at least two hours
driving distance from the closest medical center
(which provides medical and surgical hospital care)
operated by the Secretary; and
‘‘(C) the establishment of the program in any
such area would not result in jeopardizing the viabil-
ity of a Department medical center that serves that
area.
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), the Sec-
retary may designate for participation in the program at
least one area which is in proximity to a Department med-
ical center which, as a result of a change in mission of
that center, does not provide hospital care.
‘‘(f) The Secretary may limit the period of time with-
in which veterans who were not enrolled for Department
care at an outpatient clinic described in subsection
(c)(1)(A) as of October 1, 2000, may be enrolled to par-
ticipate in the program.
‘‘(g)(1) Not later than 12 months after implementing
the program under subsection (a) at any one site, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs
of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on
the experience in implementing such program.
‘‘(2) Not later than three years after implementing
the program at any one site, the Secretary shall submit
to such committees a report on the first two years’ experi-
ence in operating the program. The report shall include—
‘‘(A) a comparison of the costs incurred by the
Secretary under the program and the cost experience
for the calendar year preceding establishment of the
program at each such site;
‘‘(B) an assessment of the satisfaction of the
participants in the program; and
‘‘(C) an analysis of the effect of the program on
access and quality of care for veterans.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 1724 the following new
item:
‘‘1725. Coordination of benefits program.’’.
SEC. 402. BENEFITS FOR PERSONS DISABLED BY PARTICI-
PATION IN COMPENSATED WORK THERAPY
PROGRAM.
Section 1151(a)(2) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘proximately
caused’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ‘‘, or (B) by participation in a program
(known as a ‘compensated work therapy program’)
under section 1718 of this title’’.
SEC. 403. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RE-
SEARCH AND EDUCATION CORPORATIONS.
Section 7368 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31,
2000’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2005’’.
SEC. 404. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FISHER
HOUSES.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subchapter I of chapter 17 of title
38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘§ 1708. Temporary lodging
‘‘(a) The Secretary may furnish persons described in
subsection (b) with temporary lodging in a Fisher house
or other appropriate facility in connection with the exam-
ination, treatment, or care of a veteran under this chapter
or, as provided for under subsection (e)(5), in connection
with benefits administered under this title.
‘‘(b) Persons to whom the Secretary may provide
lodging under subsection (a) are the following:
‘‘(1) A veteran who must travel a significant
distance to receive care or services under this title.
‘‘(2) A member of the family of a veteran and
others who accompany a veteran and provide the
equivalent of familial support for such veteran.
‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘Fisher house’ means
a housing facility that—
‘‘(1) is located at, or in proximity to, a Depart-
ment medical facility;
‘‘(2) is available for residential use on a tem-
porary basis by patients of that facility and others
described in subsection (b)(2); and
‘‘(3) is constructed by, and donated to the Sec-
retary by, the Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher
Armed Services Foundation.
‘‘(d) The Secretary may establish charges for pro-
viding lodging under this section. The proceeds from such
charges shall be credited to the medical care account and
shall be available until expended for the purposes of pro-
viding such lodging.
‘‘(e) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to
carry out this section. Such regulations shall include
provisions—
‘‘(1) limiting the duration of such lodging;
‘‘(2) establishing standards and criteria under
which medical facilities may set charges for such
lodging;
‘‘(3) establishing criteria for persons considered
to be accompanying a veteran;
‘‘(4) establishing criteria for the use of such
premises; and
‘‘(5) any other limitations, conditions, and pri-
orities that the Secretary considers appropriate with
respect to temporary lodging under this section.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 1707 the following new
item:
‘‘1708. Temporary lodging.’’.
SEC. 405. EXTENSION OF ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMITTEE
ON MENTALLY ILL VETERANS.
Section 7321(d)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘three’’
and inserting ‘‘six’’.
SEC. 406. EXCEPTION TO RECAPTURE RULE.
Section 8136 is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ at the beginning of the
text of the section; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) The establishment and operation by the Sec-
retary of an outpatient clinic in facilities described in sub-
section (a) shall not constitute grounds entitling the
United States to any recovery under that subsection.’’.
SEC. 407. CHANGE TO ENHANCED USE LEASE CONGRES-
SIONAL NOTIFICATION PERIOD.
Paragraph (2) of section 8163(c) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not enter into an enhanced
use lease until the end of the 90-day period beginning on
the date of the submission of notice under paragraph
(1).’’.
SEC. 408. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES.
(a) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE CARE.—Section
1710A(a) is amended by inserting ‘‘(subject to section
1710(a)(4) of this title)’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1710(a)(4)
is amended by striking ‘‘requirement in’’ and inserting
‘‘requirements in section 1710A(a) and’’.
SEC. 409. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
OUTPATIENT CLINIC, ROME, NEW YORK.
The Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic
located at 125 Brookley Drive, Rome, New York, shall
after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and
designated as the ‘‘Donald J. Mitchell Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Outpatient Clinic’’. Any reference to such
outpatient clinic in any law, regulation, map, document,
record, or other paper of the United States shall be consid-
ered to be a reference to the Donald J. Mitchell Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.
SEC. 410. RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST OF THE
UNITED STATES IN CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY
PREVIOUSLY CONVEYED TO THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE.
(a) RELEASE OF INTEREST.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall execute such legal instruments as nec-
essary to release the reversionary interest of the United
States described in subsection (b) in a certain parcel of
real property conveyed to the State of Tennessee pursuant
to the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the transfer of
certain property of the Veterans’ Administration (in John-
son City, Tennessee) to the State of Tennessee’’, approved
June 6, 1953 (67 Stat. 54).
(b) SPECIFIED
REVERSIONARY
INTEREST.—Sub-
section (a) applies to the reversionary interest of the
United States required under section 2 of the Act referred
to in subsection (a), requiring use of the property con-
veyed pursuant to that Act to be primarily for training
of the National Guard and for other military purposes.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of such
Act is repealed.
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