An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide increases to rates of compensation for disabled veterans
PL 90-493 (H.R.16027), enacted 08/19/1968

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establishments operated in connection therewith, including the opera-
tions under and the effectiveness of this Act." 
SEC. 18. The heading "Designation" preceding section 5 of said 
Act is hereby amended to read "J^'ederal and State cooperation"; 
the heading "Labeling" preceding section 8 of said Act is hereby 
amended to read "Labeling and containers; standards"; the heading 
"Records of interstate shipment" preceding section 11 of said Act 
is hereby amended to read "Articles not intended for human food; 
record and related requirements for processors of poultry prod-
ucts and related industries engaged in commerce; registration 
requirements for related industries engaged in commerce; regu-
lation of transactions in commerce in dead, dying, disabled, or 
diseased poultry and carcasses thereof; authority to regulate 
comparable intrastate activities"; and the heading "Violations by 
exempted persons" preceding section 16 of said Act is hereby amended 
to read "Entry of materials into official establishments." 
SEC. 19. If any provisions of this Act or of the amendments made 
hereby or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held 
invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the remaining 
amendments and of the application of such provision to other persons 
and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 20. This Act shall become effective upon enactment except as 
provided in paragraphs (a) through (c): 
(a) The provisions of subparagraphs (a) (2) (A) and (a) (3) of 
section 9 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended by sec-
tion 9 of this Act, shall become effective upon the expiration of sixty 
days after enactment hereof. 
(b) Section 14 of this Act, amending section 15 of the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act, shall become effective upon the expiration of 
sixty days after enactment hereof. 
(c) Paragraph 11(d) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act, as 
added by section 11 of this Act, shall become effective upon the expira-
tion of sixty days after enactment hereof. 
Approved August 18, 1968, 10:20 a.m. 
August 19,1968 
[H.R. 16027] 
Veterans. 
Disability com-
pensation, in-
crease. 
79 Stat. 1154. 
Public Law 90-493 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide increases in rates of compensa-
tion for disabled veterans, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 314 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "$21" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$23"; 
(2) by striking out "$40" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$43"; 
(3) by striking out "$60" in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$65"; 
(4) by striking out "$82" in subsection (d) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$89"; 
(5) by striking out "$113" in subsection (e) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$122"; 
(6) by striking out "$136" in subsection (f) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$147"; 
(7) by striking out "$161" in subsection (g) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$174"; 
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(8) by striking out "$186" in subsection (h) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$201"; 
(9) by striking out "$209" in subsection (i) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$226"; 
(10) by striking out "$300" in subsection (j) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$400"; 
(11) b^ striking out "$600" in subsections (k), (o), and (p) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$700"; 
(12) by striking out "$400" in subsection (1) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$500"; 
(13) by striking out "$450" in subsection (m) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$550"; 
(14) by striking out "$525" in subsection (n) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$625"; 
(15) by striking out "$250" in subsection (r) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$300"; 
(16) by striking out "$350" in subsection (s) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$450"; 
(17) by striking out "$400" in subsection (k) and inserting in ^^ ^*^*- ^^"• 
lieu thereof "$500". 
(b) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may adjust adminis- 
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tratively, consistent with the increases authorized by this section, the "" " ^' 
rates of disability compensation payable to persons within the pur-
view of section 10 of Public Law 85-857 who are not in receipt of 
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compensation pursuant to chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code. prec. 101"° ^ 
SEC. 2. The compensation payable pursuant to the amendments made 
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by this Act shall be payable fcJeginnmg with the first day of January 
1969. 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 617 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
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to read as follows: 
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§ 617. Invalid lifts and other devices 
"The Administrator may furnish an invalid lift, or any type of 
therapeutic or rehabilitative device, as well as other medical equip-
ment and supplies (excludi;ng medicines), if medically indicated, to 
anv veteran who is receiving (1) compensation under subsections 314 
(l)-(p) (or the comparable rates provided pursuant to section 334) 
of this title, or (2) pension under chapter 15 of this title by reason 
of being in need of regular aid and attendance." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out 
"Sec. 617. Invalid lifts and other devices for pensioners." 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Sec. 617. Invalid lifts and other devices." 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 314(q) and section 356 of title 38, United States 
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Code, are hereby repealed. 
(b) The repeals made by subsection (a) of this section shall not 
apply in the case of any veteran who, on the date of enactment of this 
xlct, was receiving or entitled to receive compensation for tuberculosis 
which in the judgment of the Administrator had reached a condition 
of complete arrest. 
SEC. 6. Any veteran determined by the Administrator of Veterans' p^f"if^|<fho^] 
Affairs to have received overpayments of educational benefits under Board, L 
former chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, in connection with payments. 
the institutional on-f arm training program conducted by the Tangipa- 
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hoa Parish School Board, Amite, Louisiana, shall be relieved of all 
liability to the United States for the amount of such overpayment, 
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remaining due on the effective date of this section, if he makes applica-
tion for relief within two years following the date of enactment of this 
Act, and if the Administrator finds that such veteran— 
(1) owned, or operated under a valid lease, a farm which met 
the requirements of the law and implementing Veterans' Admin-
istration regulations; 
(2) was engaged in the cultivation of such farm and was not 
employed on a full-time basis in a non-farm occupation; and 
(3) participated in the institutional instruction furnished by 
the Tangipahoa Parish School Board in connection with the in-
stitutional on-farm training program, even though such instruc-
tion may not have met all of the requirements of the law and 
implementing Veterans' Administration regulations. 
In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or dis-
bursing officer of the United States, credit shall be given for amounts 
for which liability is relieved by this section. 
Approved August 19, 1968. 
August 20, 1968 
[S. 633] 
Foreign Service 
Information Officer 
Corps. 
Establishment. 
Public Law 90-494 
AN ACT 
To promote the foreign policy of the United States by strengthening and improv-
ing the Foreign Service personnel system of the United States Information 
Agency through establishment of a Foreign Service Information OflScer Corps. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That there is hereby 
established a category of officers of the United States Information 
Agency (hereinafter referred to as "the Agency") to be known as For-
eign Service information officers. 
STATEMENT OF POLICY 
SEC. 2. It is the sense of the Congress that the establishment of a per-
manent career service for officers of the Agency who serve our country 
throughout the world in a vital function of the foreign relations of the 
United States is essential to enable the Director of the United States 
Information Agency (hereinafter referred to as "the Director") to 
carry out effectively such functions and responsibilities assigned to the 
Agency. 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSES 
SEC. 3. The Congress of the United States hereby declares that the 
purposes of this Act are— 
(a) to provide a statutory basis necessary for a worldwide 
career officer personnel system designed to meet the continuing 
needs of both the Agency and those qualified citizens who shall 
serve as Foreign Service information officers in this vital activity; 
(b) to give the Director the full range of personnel authority 
necessary to establish and administer the Foreign Service Infor-
mation Officer Corps; 
(c) to regularize the personnel system of the Agency by estab-
lishing a career service in which qualified Foreign Service infor-
mation officers may be recruited, trained, and serve; 
(d) to assure maximum efficiency and flexibility in the utiliza-
tion of the talents of Foreign Service information officers; and