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.
PL 87-850 (H.R.6190), enacted 10/23/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-850-OCT. 23, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Repeal. 
Exemptions. 
Repeal. 
Effective date. 
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1914 of chapter 93 of title 18 of the United States Code are repealed 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 exemp-
tions 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the District of Columbia, as to whom they are no longer applicable.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 Section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99) is repealed.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. 
October 23, 1962 
[H. R. 6190] 
Public Law 87-850 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide for the repair or replace-
ment for veterans of certain prosthetic or other appliances damaged or 
destroyed as a result of certain accidents. 
Veterans. 
Prosthetic ap-
pliances, re-
placement. 
38 use 601-618. 
Ante, p. 308. 
Restriction. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ainerica in Congress assemhled^ That (a) subchapter 
I I 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 w^as 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." 
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.