An Act to change the period during which an individual is permitted to enroll under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (relating to supplementary medical insurance benefits for the aged), and for other purposes
PL 90-97 (H.R.13026), enacted 09/30/1967

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to section 2208 of title 10, United States (^ode, may be maintained in 
only such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse-
ments to be made from such funds: Provided^ That transfers may be 
made between such funds in such amounts as may be determined by 
the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the Bureau of the 
Budget. 
(b) During the current fiscal year none of the funds available to 
the Department of Defense may be used to install or utilize any new 
''cost-based" or "expense-based" system or systems for accounting, 
including accounting results for the purposes prescribed by section 
113(a) (4) of the Budget and Accountmg Procedures Act of 1950 (31 
TLS.C. 66a(a) (4)), until forty-five days after the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States (after consultation with the Director of the 
Bureau of the Budget) has reported to the Congress that in his 
opinion such system or systems are designed to: (1) meet the require-
ments of all applicable laws governing budgeting, accounting, and 
the administration of public funds and the standards and procedures 
established pursuant thereto; (2) provide for uniform application to 
the extent practicable throughout the Department of Defense; and 
(3) prevent violations of the antideficiency statute (R.S. 3679; 31 
U.S.C. 665). 
SEC. 641. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1968". 
Approved September 29, 1967. 
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76 Stat. 521. 
Use of funds for 
new accounting 
systems. 
64 Stat. 836. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Short title. 
Public Law 90-97 
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AN A C T 
September30,1967 
To extend through March 1968 the first general enrollment period under part B 
[H.R. 13026] 
of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (relating to supplementary medical 
insurance benefits for the aged), and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate mid House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the general 
enrollment period under section 1837(e) of the Social Security Act 
beginning October 1, 1967, and ending December 31, 1967, shall, for 
purposes of enrolling in the insurance program established under part. 
B of title XVIII of such Act and of terminating such enrollment as 
provided in section 1838(b)(1) of such Act, be extended through 
March 31, 1968. 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1839 (a) and (b) 
of the Social Security Act^— 
(1) the dollar amount applicable for premiums under part B 
of title X V I I I of such Act for each month before April 1968 
shall be $3, and 
(2) the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may de-
termine and promulgate such dollar amount for months after 
March 1968 and before January 1970 at any time on or before 
December 31, 1967. 
SEC. 3. (a) In the case of any individual who, pursuant to section 
1838(b) (1) of the Social Security Act, terminates his enrollment in 
the insurance program established under part B of title X V I I I of such 
Act, his coverage period (as defined in section 1838(a) of such Act)— 
(1) shall terminate at the close of December 31, 1967, if he 
filed his notice of termination before January 1, 1968, or 
Social Security. 
Medical insur-
ance. 
Enrollment peri-
od, extension. 
79 Stat. 304. 
42 use 1395p. 
42 use 139Sq. 
Premium amounts. 
Determination by 
HEW Secretary. 
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Coverage period, 
termination dates. 
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(2) shall terminate at the close of March 31, 1968, if he filed 
his notice of termination after December 31, 1967, and before 
April 1, 1968. 
An individual whose coverage period terminated pursuant to para-
graph (1) at the close of December 31, 1967, may, notwithstanding 
section 1837(b) (2) of such Act, enroll in such program before April 1, 
1968, and for purposes of sections 1838(a) (2) (E) and 1837(b) (2) of 
such Act such enrollment shall be deemed an enrollment under section 
1837(e) of such Act and a second enrollment under such part. 
(b) In the case of any individual who did not enroll in the insur-
ance program established under part B of title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act in his initial enrollment period, but does so enroll before 
April 1, 1968, the enrollment period in w^hich he so enrolls shall, for 
purposes of section 1839(c) of such Act, be deemed to have closed on 
December 31,1967. 
Approved September 30, 1967. 
October 2,1967 
[H. R. 472] 
Public Law 90-98 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase certain land from Texas 
Southmost ('oUege, Brownsville. Texas. 
Southmost Col-
lege, Browns-
ville, Tex. 
U. S. land pur-
chase. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized to acquire by purchase, with any funds 
available for agricultural reseiirch, one and nineteen one-hundredths 
acres and three and sixty-eight one-hundredths acres, more or less, as 
improved, out of the motor transport area fourteen and six thousand 
seven hundred fifteen ten-thousandths acres in the Fort Brown Reser-
vation in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, and now leased to 
the Government of the United Statas for research purposes. 
Approved October 2, 1967. 
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October 3, 1967 
[H. R. 12257] 
Public Law 90-99 
AN ACT 
To amend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to extend and expand the authoriza-
tion of grants to States for rehabilitation services, to authorize assistance in 
establishment and operation of a National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and 
Adults, and to provide assistance for migrants. 
Vocational 
Rehabilitation 
Amendments of 
1967. 
79 Stat. 1282. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That this Act may be 
cited as the "Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1967". 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 
SERVICES 
SEC. 2. Effective with respect to appropriations for fiscal years 
ending after June 30,1968, section 1 (b) (1) of the Vocational Rehabili-
tation Act (29 U.S.C. 31(b) (1)) is amended by striking out "and", 
and by inserting before the period at the end thereof ", for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1969, the sum of $500,000,000^ and for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1970, the sum of $600,000,000".