An Act to extend certain construction authority to the Administrator of Veterans Affairs in order to provide adequate veterans hospital facilities in Los Angeles, Calif
PL 88-434 (H.R.7751), enacted 08/14/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-434-AUG. 14, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
"Contractor." 
Special restora-
tive training. 
Effective date. 
"(6) In administering the provisions of tliis section, the Adminis-
trator may use the facilities and services of private insurance orga-
nizations, and he may contract to pay a reasonable compensation 
therefor. 
Any contract made under the provisions of this subsection 
may be made without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the 
Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5), upon a showing by the Administrator 
that advertising is not reasonably practicable, and advance payments 
may be made. 
"(7) The authority to indemnify contractors under this section does 
not create any rights in third persons which would not otherwise exist 
by law. 
"(8) As used in this section, the term 'contractor" includes subcon-
tractors of any tier under a contract in which an indemnification pro-
vision pursuant to subsection (b) (1) is contained." 
(c) Such section 216 is further amended by adding the following at 
the end of the catchline:"; indemnification of contractors". 
(d) The analysis of chapter 3 of such title 38 regarding sec-
tion 216 is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
thereof "; indemnification of contractors". 
SEC. 2. The amendments made by section 6 of the Act of July 7, 
1964 (Public Law 88-361,78 Stat. 297), shall take effect as of January 
1, 1964. 
Approved August 14, 1964. 
August 14, 1964 
[H. R. 7751] 
Public Law 88-434 
AN ACT 
To extend certain construction autliority to tlie Administrator of Veterans' 
Affairs in order to provide adequate veterans' tiospital facilities in Los 
Angeles, California. 
Los Angeles, 
Calif.; Hazard 
Park. 
Army Reserve 
Center, construc-
tion. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in order to 
make available an adequate site for the proposed Veterans' Admin-
istration hospital on land known as Hazard Park, city of Los 
Angeles, California, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is author-
ized to construct for the Department of Defense an Army Reserve 
Center on a site approved by the Department of Defense to be pro-
vided for such purpose by the city of Los Angeles and pursuant 
to specifications established by such Department or any component 
thereof. 
Such construction may be effected under any procedure 
now authorized for the construction of Veterans' Administration 
hospitals. 
SEC. 2. Upon completion of such Reserve Center the Department of 
Defense is authorized to (1) assume full control and jurisdiction 
thereof, and (2) relinquish to the Veterans' Administration all right, 
title, and interest in and to the now existing Army Reserve Center 
located on the Hazard Park tract. 
SEC. 3. Funds appropriated to the Veterans' Administration for 
the construction of hospital and domiciliary facilities shall be avail-
able for the purpose of the first section of this Act. 
Approved August 14, 1964. 
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