An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Columbia, Missouri, as the "Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital"; to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance and special training allowances paid to certain eligible veterans and persons; and for other purposes.
PL 93-602 (H.R.10212), enacted 01/02/1975

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1957 
of this Act, shall abridge or affect the right of any person or his suc-
cessors in business who made, purchased or used anything covered by 
the patent, after the date of the application became abandoned or 
patent lapsed for failure to pay the issue fee but prior to the grant 
or restoration of the patent, to continue the use of or to sell to others 
to be used or sold, the specific thing so made, purchased, or used. A 
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continued manufacture, use or sale of the thing made, purchased or 
used as specified, or for the manufacture, use or sale of which sub-
stantial preparation was made after the date the application became 
abandoned or patent lapsed for failure to pay the fee but prior to the 
grant or restoration of the patent, and it may also provide for the 
continued practice of any process covered by the patent, practiced, or 
for the practice of which substantial preparation was made, after the 
date the application became abandoned or patent lapsed for failure to 
pay the issue fee but prior to the grant or restoration of the patent, to 
the extent and under such terms as the court deems equitable for the 
protection of investments made or business commenced before the 
grant or restoration of the patent. 
(b) This Act shall be effective upon enactment. Examiners-in-chief 
^l%''scl note' 
in office on the date of enactment shalh continue in office under and 
in accordance with their then existing appointments. 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
Public Law 93-602 
AN ACT 
j _ ^ ^ ^ 2. 1975 
To designate the Veterans" Administration hospital in Columbia, Missouri, 
[H.R. 10212] 
as the "Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital"; to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to increase the rates of vocational rehabilitation, educa-
tional assistance, and special training allowances paid to certain eligible 
veterans and persons; and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RefreHentaticeH of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
veterans. 
Hospital desig-
nation; education 
T I T L P : I — D E S I G N A T I N G T H E V E T E R A N S ' A D M I N I S T R A - and rehabilitation 
TION HOSPITAL AT COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, AS T H E "^^^^'"""• 
"HARRY S. TRUMAN MEMORIAL VETERANS' HOSPI-
TAL" 
SEC. 101. The Veterans' Administration hospital at Columbia, Mis- 
^^"y s- Truman 
souri, shall hereafter be known and designated as the "Harry S. anT°nospiilu' 
Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital". Any reference to such 
hospital in any law, regulation, document, record, or other paper of 
the United States shall be deemed a reference to it as the Harry S. 
Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital. 
SP:C. 102. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to 
provide such memorial at the above-named hospital as he may deem 
suitable to preserve the remembrance of the late Harry S. Truman. 
38-194 O - 76 - 41 Pt. 2 
1958 
PUBLIC LAW 93-602-JAN. 2, 1975 
[88 
STAT. 
38 
note. 
use 1504 
Subsistance 
allowances. 
An te, p 1579 
Ante, 
p. 1579. 
Ante, 
p. 1579. 
Ante, 
p. 1580. 
Ante, 
p. 1580. 
Special training 
allowance. 
Ante, 
p. 1580. 
TITLE II—VETEEANS' EDUCATION AND KEHABILITA-
TION EQUALIZATION AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1974 
SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "Veterans' Education and 
Rehabilitation Equalization Amendments Act of 1974". 
SEC. 202. The table contained in section 1504(b) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"Column I 
Type of training 
Institutional: 
Full-time 
._ _ 
Three-quarter-
time _ __ 
Half-time 
Farm cooperative, 
apprentice, or 
other on-job 
training: 
Full-time 
Column 
II 
No de-
pendents 
$209 
157 
105 
182 
Column 
III 
One de-
pendent 
$259 
194 
130 
220 
Column 
IV 
Two de-
pendents 
$304 
229 
152 
254 
Column V 
More than two 
dependents 
The amount in 
column IV, 
plus the fol-
lowing for 
each depend-
ent in excess 
of two: 
$22 
17 
11 
17". 
Ante, 
p. 1580. 
SEC. 203. Chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(a) by striking out in the last sentence of section 1677 (b) "$260" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$270"; 
(b) by striking out in section 1682(b) "$260" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$270"; and 
(c) by striking out in section 1696(b) "$260" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$270". 
SEC. 204. Chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(a) by striking out in section 1732(b) "$209" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$2l7"; and 
(b) by amending section 1742(a) to read as follows: 
"(a) While the eligible person is enrolled in and pursuing a full-
time course of special restorative training, the parent or guardian shall 
be entitled to receive on behalf of such person a special training allow-
ance computed at the basic rate of $270 per month. If the charges for 
tuition and fees applicable to any such course are more than $85 per 
calendar month, the basic monthly allowance may be increased by the 
amount that such charges exceed $85 a month, upon election by the 
parent or guardian of the eligible person to have such person's period 
of entitlement reduced by one day for each $9.02 that the special 
training allowance paid exceeds the basic monthly allowance.". 
SEC. 205. Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(a) by striking out in section 1786(a) (2) "$260" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "$270"; and 
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(b) by amending the table contained in paragraph (1) of 
section 1787(b) 
"Column I 
Periods of training 
First 6 months 
Second 6 months._ 
Third 6 months,_. 
Fourth and any-
succeeding 
6-month periods 
to read as 
Column 
II 
No de-
pendents 
$196 
147 
98 
49 
follows: 
Column 
III 
One de-
pendent 
$220 
171 
122 
73 
Column 
IV 
Two de-
pendents 
$240 
191 
142 
93 
Column V 
More than two 
dependents 
The amount in 
column IV, 
plus the fol-
lowing for 
each depend-
ent in excess 
of two: 
$10 
10 
10 
10". 
SEC. 206. The provisions of this title shall become effective on 
January 1, 1975. 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
1959 
Ante, p. 1580. 
Effective date. 
38 u s e 1504 
note. 
Public Law 93-603 
AN ACT 
Designating the lake created by the Hidden Reservoir project, Fresno River, 
California, as "Hensley Lake". 
Be it enacted hy the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the lake 
created by the Hidden Reservoir project, Fresno River, California, 
authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962, shall hereafter be known 
as Hensley Lake, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the 
United States in which such lake is designated or referred to shall be 
held to refer to such lake under and by the name of "Hensley Lake". 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
January 2, 1975 
[H.R. 12044] 
Hensley Lake., 
Designation, 
76 Stat. 1180. 
Public Law 93-604 
AN ACT 
To revise and restate certain functions and duties of the Comptroller General 
of the United States and for other purposes. 
Be it enucted 'by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may be 
cited as ih^ "General Accounting Office Act of 1974". 
TITLE 
I—STATISTICAL SAMPLING 
PROCEDURES 
IN 
T H E EXAMINATION OF VOUCHERS 
SEC. 101. Subsection (a) of Public Law 88-521, approved August 
30, 1964 (31 U.S.C. 82b-l(a)), is amended to read: 
January 2, 1 975 
[H.R, 12113] 
General Ac-
counting Office 
Act of 1974, 
31 u s e 52c 
note.