An Act to authorize payments by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs on the purchase of automobiles or other conveyances by certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
PL 82-187 (S.1864), enacted 10/20/1951

574 
October 20,1951 
[S. 1864] 
Automobiles for cer-
tain disabled veterans. 
Restrictions. 
Veterans not quali-
fied to operate vehi-
cles. 
Payment of pur-
chase price. 
60 Stat. 915. 
64 Stat. 894. 
38 U.S. C. I 252. 
PUBLIC LAW 187—OCT. 20, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
Public Law 187 
CHAPTER 532 
AN ACT 
To authorize payments by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs on the purchase 
of automobiles or other conveyances by certain 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, subject to the 
conditions hereinafter set forth, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs 
is authorized and directed, under such regulations as he shall prescribe, 
to provide or assist in providing an automobile or other conveyance 
by paying not to exceed $1,600 on the purchase price, including equip-
ment with such special attachments and devices as the Administrator 
may deem necessary, for each veteran of World War I I or of service 
on or after June 27,1950, and prior to such date as shall thereafter be 
determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of 
the Congress, who is entitled to compensation under the laws admin-
istered by the Veterans' Administration for any of the following due 
to disability incurred in or aggravated by active military, naval, or air 
service of the United States during either of such periods: 
(a) Loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet; 
(b) Loss or permanent loss of use of one or both hands; 
(c) Permanent impairment of vision of both eyes of the follow-
ing status: Central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, 
with corrective glasses, or central visual acuity of more than 
20/200 if there is a field defect in which the peripheral field has 
contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual 
field subtends an angular distance no greater than twenty degrees 
in the better eye. 
SEC. 2. No payment shall be made under this Act for the repair, main-
tenance, or replacement of any such automobile or other conveyance 
and no veteran shall be given an automobile or other conveyance until 
it is established to the satisfaction of the Administrator that such 
veteran will be able to operate such automobile or other conveyance in 
a manner consistent with his own safety and the safety of others and 
will be licensed to operate such automobile or other conveyance by 
the State of his residence or other proper licensing authority: Pro-
vided^ That a veteran who cannot qualify to operate a vehicle shall 
nevertheless be entitled to the payment of not to exceed $1,600 on the 
purchase price of an automobile or other conveyance, as provided in 
section 1 of this Act, to be operated for him by another person, pro-
vided such veteran meets the other eligibility requirements set forth in 
this Act. 
SEC. 3. The furnishing of such automobile or other conveyance, or 
the assisting therein, shall be accomplished by the Administrator 
paying the total purchase price, if not in excess of $1,600, or the amount 
of $1,600, if the total purchase price is in excess of $1,600, to the seller 
from whom the veteran is purchasing under sales agreement between 
the seller and the veteran. 
SEC. 4. No veteran shall be entitled to receive more than one auto-
mobile or other conveyance under the provisions of this Act and no 
veteran who has received or who hereafter receives an automobile or 
other conveyance under the provisions of the paragraph under the 
heading "Veterans' Administration" in the First Supplemental Appro-
priation Act, 1947, as extended, or the Act of September 21, 1950 
(Public Law 798, Eighty-first Congress), shall be entitled to receive an 
automobile or other conveyance under the provisions of this Act. 
65 STAT. 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
SEC. 5. The benefits provided in this Act shall not be available to any 
veteran who has not made application for such benefits to the Admin-
istrator within three years after the effective date of this Act, or 
within three years after the date of the veteran's discharge or release 
from active service if the veteran is not discharged or released until 
on or after said effective date. 
SEC. 6. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Veterans' 
Administration, out of any moneys in tne Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, such sums as may be required to curry into effect the 
provisions of this Act. 
SAM RAYBURN 
Speaker of the House oj Re/presentatives. 
ALBEN W BARKLEY 
Vice President oj the United States and 
President of the Senate. 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, 
October 19 {legislative day, October 1), 1951. 
The Senate having proceeded to reconsider the bill (S. 1864) entitled 
' A n Act to authorize payments by the Administrator of Veterans' 
Affairs on the purchase of automobiles or other conveyances by cer-
tain disabled veterans, and for other purposes", returned by the 
President of the United States with his objections, to the Senate, in 
which it originated, it was 
Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two-thirds of the Senators 
present having voted in the affirmative. 
Attest: 
LESLIE L BIFFLE 
Secretary. 
I certify that this Act originated in the Senate. 
LESLIE L BIFFLE 
Secretary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U . S. 
October 20,1951. 
The House having proceeded to reconsider the bill (S. 1864) entitled 
'An Act to authorize payments by the Administrator of Veterans' 
Affairs on the purchase of automobiles or other conveyances by cer-
tain disabled veterans, and for other purposes", returned by the 
President of the United States with his objections, to the Senate, 
in which it originated, and passed by the Senate on reconsideration 
of the same, it was 
Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two-thirds of the Representa-
tives present having voted in the affirmative. 
Attest: 
RALPH R ROBERTS 
Clerk. 
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Public Law 188 
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October 22,1951 
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