An Act to provide for the payment of the cost of medical, surgical, hospital, or related health care services provided certain retired, disabled officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the U.S. Park Police force, the Executive Protective Service, and the U.S. Secret Service, and for other purposes
PL 92-121 (H.R.8794), enacted 08/16/1971

85 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-121-AUG. 16, 1971 
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Public Law 92-121 
AN ACT 
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August 16, 1971 
To provide for the ijayiiieut of the cost of medical, surgical, hospital, or related 
[H. R. 8794] 
health care services provided certain retired, disabled officers and members 
of the Metropolitan lV)lice for<e of the District of Columbia, the Fire Depart-
ment of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, the 
Executive Protective Service, and the United States Secret Service, and for 
other puri»<>«fi^-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of RepreHentatioes of the 
United States of America in ('ongress assembled^ That (a) subject to 
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the provisions of subsection (b), the District of Cokimbia shall pay the "Dis^buu"' retire-
reasonable costs of medical, surgical, hospital, or other related health ^^riu 
care services of any officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force pj^mem!^ costs,, 
of the District of Columbia, the Fire Department of the District of 
Columbia, the United States Park Police force, the Executive Protec-
tive Service, or the LTnited States Secret Service who— 
(1) retires after the date of enactment of this Act under sub-
section (g) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and 
Disability Act (D.C. Code, sec. 4-5-27(g)) (relating to retirement 
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tor disability) ; and 
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(2) at the time of such retirement, has a disability caused by 
injury or disease contracted or aggravated in the line of duty, 
which is determined by, or under regulations of, the Commissioner 
of the District of Columbia (hereafter in this Act referred to as 
the "Commissioner") to be a total disability. 
(b) No payment maj" be made under this Act for medical, surgical, 
hospital, or other related health care services provided a retired officer 
or member unless— 
(1) at the time such services are provided the disability of the 
retired officer or member has been determined by, or under regula-
tions of, the Commissioner to be a total disability; 
(2) such services have been determined by, or under regula-
tions of, the Commissioner to be necessary and directly related 
to the treatment of the injury or disease which caused the dis-
ability of the retired officer or member; and 
(3) the retired officer or member submits to such medical 
examinations as the Commissioner may require. 
(c) The Commissioner may determine that the disability of a . '^°}^^ disabii-
retired officer or member is a total disability only if the Commissioner ^ ^' ^ ermmation. 
Hnds that the retired officer or member is unable (because of the injury 
or disease causing his disability) to secure or follow substantially 
gainful employment. In determining whether employment is substan-
tially gainful employment the Commissioner shall take into account 
the amount of expenses incurred by, or which can reasonably 
be expected to be incurred by, the retired officer or member in secur-
ing the medical, surgical, hospital, or other related health care serv-
ices necessitated by his disability, and such other factors as the 
Commissioner deems advisable. 
(d) In addition to any medical examination required under the Medical review. 
Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act, the Com-
missioner shall require, in each year that payments under this Act are 
made with respect to any retired officer or member, a medical review of 
the disability of such retired officer or member. 
(e) The Commissioner may provide for payments under this Act 
Payment 
to be made either directly to the retired officer or member or to the "
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provider of the medical, surgical, hospital, or other related health 
care services. 
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Appropriation. 
Effective date. 
SEC. 2. The Commissioner shall prescribe such regulations as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated from revenues of the 
United States such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the District 
of Columbia, on a monthly basis, for payments made under this Act 
from revenues of the District of Columbia in the case of retired officers 
or members of the LTnited States Park Police force, the Executive 
Protective Service, or the United States Secret Service. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first month 
which begins more than thirty days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
Approved August 16, 1971. 
August 16, 1971 
[H. R. 7586] 
Public Law 92-122 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of December 80, 1969, establishing the Cabinet Committee on 
Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People, to authorize appropriations for two 
additional years. 
Cabinet Com-
mittee on Oppor-
tunities for 
Spanish-Speaking 
People. 
Appropriation 
extension. 
83 Stat. 840. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate (ind Houne of Representat'tces of the 
United States of American in Congress assembled^ That section 10 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to establish the Cabinet Committee on 
Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People, and for other purposes", 
approved December 30, 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4310), is amended by striking 
out "and 1971"' and inserting in lieu thereof ", 1971,1972, and 1973". 
Approved August 16, 1971. 
August 16, 1971 
[S. J. Res. 105] 
Public Law 92-123 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the President to issue a proclamation designating;; 1971 as the "Year 
of World Minority Language Groups". 
Groups 
Designation 
authorization. 
Resolred hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the Vnited 
Year o
f World 
i<,tates of America in Congress assembled. That the Congress finds and 
Minority Language 
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(1) there are more than two thousand minority language groups 
of one hundred and sixty million people, most of whom live in 
remote areas of the world in cultural isolation without books or 
even an alphabet; 
(2) it has been shown that these people are gifted individuals 
whose human resources the world is denied; 
(3) the translation of literacy materials and teachings of moral 
and spiritual significance into minority languages, which requires 
that an alphabet be produced and a thorough grammatical analysis 
of the languages be undertaken, results in an expansion of literacy 
and an improvement of the cultural bases of the language groups 
affected; 
(4) such organizations as the Summer Institute of Linguistics 
composed of linguistic scholars trained at the Universities of 
Oklahoma, North Dakota, Washington, Michigan, Indiana, Cali-
fornia, Pennsylvania, Texas, and elsewhere have undertaken the 
task of bringing literacy to sxich groups;