An Act to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to promote the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans homes
PL 90-432 (H.R.16902), enacted 07/26/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-432-JULY 26, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
July 26,1968 
[H.R. 16902] 
Public Law 90-432 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to promote the care and 
treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes. 
Veterans. 
Treatment in 
State homes. 
78 Stat. 500. 
72 Stat. 1141; 
76 Stat. 381. 
78 Stat. 501. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America In Congress assejnbled, That section 641 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 641. Criteria for payment 
"The Administrator shall pay each State at the per diem rate of— 
" (1) $3.50 for hospital or domiciliary care, and 
" (2) $5.00 for nursing home care, 
for each veteran of any war receiving such care in a State home, if, 
in the case of such a veteran receiving domiciliary or hospital care, 
such veteran is eligible for such care in a Veterans' Administration 
facility, or if, in the case of such a veteran receiving nursing home 
care, such veteran meets the requirements of paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3) of section 610(a) of this title, except that the requirements of 
clause (B) of such paragraph (1) shall for this purpose refer to 
the inability to defray the expenses of necessary nursing home care; 
however, in no case shall the payments made with respect to any 
veteran under this section exceed one-half of the cost of the veteran's 
care in such State home." 
SEC. 2. Section 5033(a) is amended by striking out "four succeeding 
fiscal years" and inserting in lieu thereof "nine succeeding fiscal 
years". 
Approved July 26, 1968. 
Public Law 90-433 
July 26,1968 
[S. 752] 
Interstate Com-
merce Act, amend-
ment. 
54 Stat. 921. 
49 u s e 303. 
AN ACT 
To amend sections 203(b) (5) and 220 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as 
amended, and for other purposes. 
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That at the end of 
section 203(b) (5) of the Interstate Commerce Act delete the semicolon 
and add the following language: ", but any interstate transportation 
performed by such a cooperative association or federation of coopera-
tive associations for nonmembers who are neither farmers, cooperative 
associations, nor federations thereof for compensation, except trans-
portation otherwise exempt under this part, shall be limited to that 
which is incidental to its primary transportation operation and neces-
sary for its effective performance and shall in no event exceed 15 per 
centum of its total interstate transportation services in any fiscal year, 
measured in terms of tonnage: Provided^ That, for the purposes hereof, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, transportation performed 
for or on behalf of the United States or any agency or instrumentality 
thereof shall be deemed to be transportation performed for a non-
member : Provided further^ That any such cooperative association or 
federation which performs interstate transportation for nonmembers 
who are neither farmers, cooperative associations, nor federations 
thereof, except transportation otherwise exempt under this part, shall 
notify the Commission of its intent to perform such transportation 
prior to the commencement thereof: And provided further^ That in 
no event shall any such cooperative association or federation which is 
required hereunder to give notice to the Commission transport inter-