An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to promote the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes
PL 91-178 (H.R.9334), enacted 12/30/1969

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PUBLIC LAW 91-178-DEC. 30, 1969 
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Approved December 30, 1969. 
Public Law 91-178 
AN ACT 
December 30, 1969 
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[H. R. 9334] 
TQ amend title 38, United States Code, to promote the care and treatment of 
veterans in State veterans' homes. 
Veterans. 
Care and treat-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re'presentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 641 of 
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title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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"The Administrator shall pay each State at the per diem rate of— 
82 Stat. 448. 
"(1) $3.50 for domiciliary care, 
" (2) $5 for nursing home care, and 
"(3) $7.50 for hospital 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 
72 Stat. 1141, 
610(a) of this title, except that the requirements of clause (B) of 
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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-haJlf of the cost of the veteran's care in such State 
home." 
SEC. 2. (a) Subchapter V of chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
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Codc, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
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"§ 644. Authorization of appropriations 
"(a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and a like sum for each of the 
nine succeeding fiscal years. Subject to the conditions set forth in sub-
section (b) of this section, sums appropriated pursuant to this section 
shall be used for making grants to States which have submitted, and 
have had approved by the Administrator, api)lications for assistance 
in remodeling, modification, or alteration of existing hospital or domi-
ciliary facilities in State homes providing care and treatment for 
veterans. 
"(b) The amount which may be granted to a State home for pur-
poses of subsection (a) shall not exceed 50 per centum of the estimated 
cost of the project, nor may any one State receive in any fiscal year 
more than 20 per centum of the amount appropriated for that fiscal 
year. 
"(c) Grants under this section shall be made on such terms and 
conditions prescribed in regulations by the Administrator. 
"(d) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 
shall remain available until the end of the second fiscal year following 
the fiscal year for which they are appropriated." 
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(b) The analysis of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is J^ ^^^ ^'^^^ 
amended by inserting immediately below 
"643. Applications." 
the following: 
"644. Authorization of appropriations.". 
Approved December 30, 1969. 
Public Law 91-179 
AN ACT 
December 30, 1.969 
To amend section 1401a(b) of title 10, United States Code, relating to adjustments 
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of retired pay to reflect changes in Consumer Price Index. 
81 Stat. 652. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^sembled^ That the second 
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sentence of section 1401a (b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended adjustmenu^^' 
to read as follows: "If the Secretary determines that, for three con-
secutive months, the amount of the increase is at least 3 per centum 
over the base index, the retired pay and retainer pay of members and 
former members of the armed forces who become entitled to that pay 
before the first day of the third calendar month beginning after the 
end of those three months shall, except as provided in subsection (c), 
be increased, effective on that day, by the per centum obtained by add-
ing 1 per centum and the highest per centum of increase in the index 
during those months, adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 per 
centum." 
SEC. 2. The provisions of this Act become effective on October 31, 
1969. 
Approved December 30, 1969. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 91-180 
AN ACT 
December 30, 1969 
To continue for two additional years the duty-free status of certain gifts by 
[H. R. 15071] 
members of the Armed Forces serving in combat zones. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amenca in Congress assemhled^ That (a) item 915.25 
of the appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 
1202) is amended by striking out "On or before 12/31/69" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "On or before 12/31/71". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con-
sumption on or after January 1,1970. 
Approved December 30, 1969. 
Armed Fore 
Gifts, duty 
status. 
80 Stat. 71; 
81 Stat. 776. 
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free