An Act to amend section 200 of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 to permit the establishment of certain facts by a declaration under penalty of perjury in lieu of an affidavit, and for other purposes
PL 86-721 (H.R.3313), enacted 09/08/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-721-SEPT. 8, 1960 
[74 ST A T . 
72 Stat. 401. 
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during succeeding years. 
Payment pursuant to such grants may be 
made in advance or by way of reimoursement, and in such install-
ments as the Surgeon General shall prescribe by regulations after 
consultation with representatives of sucn schools." 
(b) The first sentence of subsection (d) of section 306 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 242d) is amended by inserting "and section 309" 
after "this section" and by adding before the period at the end there-
of "and including, in the case of section 309, certification to the Sur-
geon General of projects which it has reviewed and approved". 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend section 
314(c) of the Public Health Service Act, so as to authorize the Sur-
geon General to make certain grants-in-aid for provision in public 
or nonprofit accredited schools of public health of training and serv-
ices in the fields of public health and in the administration of State 
and local public health programs", approved July 22, 1958, is re-
pealed. 
Approved September 8, 1960. 
September 8, 1960 
[H. R. 3313] 
Public Law 86-721 
AN ACT 
To amend section 200 of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 to 
permit the establishment of certain facts by a declaration under penalty of 
perjury in lieu of an afflda^vit, and for other purposes. 
S o l d l e r s 
a n d 
Sailors Civil Re-
lief 
Act of 
1940, 
amendment. 
F a c t s b y affi-
davit. 
54 Stat. 1180. 
72 Stat. 1171. 
Be it ertacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subdivision 
^1) of section 200 of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Belief Act of 1940 
(50 U.S.C. App. 620) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new sentence: "Whenever, under the laws applicable with 
respect to any court, facts may be evidenced, established, or proved by 
an unsworn statement, declaration, verification, or certificate, in 
writing, subscribed and certified or declared to be true under penalty 
of perjury, the filing of such an unsworn statement, declaration, veri-
fication, or certificate shall satisfy the requirement of this subdivision 
that facts be established by affidavit." 
SEC. 2. Subdivision (2) of such section 200 is amended by inserting 
immediately after "affidavit required under this section," the follow-
ing : "or a statement, declaration, verification, or certificate certified 
or declared to be true under penalty of perjury permitted under sub-
division (1),". 
SEC. 3. Section 1502(c) of title 38 of the United States Code is 
amended by— 
(1) striking the word "Vocational" in paragraph (1) and in-
serting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
vocational"; and 
(2) redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) 
and (4), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
"(2) Vocational rehabilitation may be afforded on account of 
World War I I service beyond the termination date otherwise 
applicable, but not beyond July 25,1965, if— 
"(A) the veteran was unable to enter or complete a suit-
able course of training within the period otherwise applicable 
because of one of the reasons set forth in subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) of paragraph (1); or 
"(B) the veteran was in the pursuit of a course of training 
under this chapter on June 1,1960." 
Approved September 8, 1960.