June 24, 1948, 62 Stat. 581 U. S. C. 38: c. 12, note [PUBLIC LAW 748-80TH CONGRESS] [H. R. 3889] AN ACT To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), parts I and II, as amended, to Amended June 23. 1950, Pub 81st Cong. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subparagraph ie Law 573, (c) of paragraph I, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended by substituting a colon for the period at the end thereof and adding the following: "Provided further, That the term 'chronic disease' as used in this paragraph shall include anemia, primary; arteriosclerosis; arthritis, bronchiectasis; calculi of the kidney, bladder, or gall bladder; cardiovascular-renal disease, including hypertension, myocarditis, Buerger's disease and Raynaud's disease; cirrhosis of the liver; coccidiomycosis; endocarditis; diabetes, mellitus; endocrinopathies; epilepsies; Hodgkin's disease; leukemia, nephritis; osteitis, deformans; osteomalacia; organic diseases of the nervous system, including tumors of the brain, cord, or peripheral nerves; encephalitis lethargica residuals; scleroderma; tuberculosis, active; tumors, malignant; ulcers, peptic (gastric or duodenal) and such other chronic diseases as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may add to this list: And provided further, That, subject to the limitations of this subparagraph, tropical diseases, such as cholera; dysentery; filariasis; leishmaniasis; leprosy; loiasis; malaria; black water fever; onchocerciasis; oroya fever; dracontiasis; pinta; plague; schistosomiasis; yaws; yellow fever and others and the resultant disorders or diseases originating because of therapy, administered in connection with such diseases, or as a preventative thereof, shall be accorded service connection when shown to exist within one year after separation from active service or at a time when standard and accepted treatises indicate that the incubation period thereof commenced during active service. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent service connection for any disease or disorder otherwise shown by sound judgment to have been incurred in or aggravated by active service." SEC. 2. Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), part II, paragraph I, as amended, is hereby amended by adding subparagraph (d) thereto, said paragraph to read as follows: "That for the purpose of paragraph I (a) hereof, any person who served in the military or naval service for six months or more and was honorably discharged therefrom and contracts a tropical disease such as cholera; dysentery; filariasis; leishmaniasis; leprosy; loiasis; malaria; black water fever; onchocerciasis; oroya fever; dracontiasis; pinta; plague; schistosomiasis; yaws; yellow fever and others and the resultant disorders or diseases originating because of therapy administered in connection with such diseases, or as a preventative thereof, unless shown by clear and unmistakable evidence to have had its inception prior or subsequent to active service, shall be deemed to have incurred such disability in active service when it is shown to exist within one year after separation from active service, or at a time when standard and accepted treatises indicate that the incubation period thereof commenced during active service. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent service connection. for any disease or disorder otherwise shown by sound judgment to have been incurred in or aggravated by active service." Approved June 24, 1948. October 12, 1949. 63 Stat. 764-765 U. S. C. 38: 15b U. S. C. 38: 15f [PUBLIC LAW 349-81ST CONGRESS] [H. R. 6022] AN ACT To increase the rates of compensation of certain employees of the Department of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act of January 3, 1946, as amended (Public Law 293, Seventyninth Congress, 59 Stat. 675; 38 U. S. C. 15), is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: "The office of the Chief Medical Director shall consist of the Chief Medical Director, one Deputy Chief Medical Director, not to exceed eight Assistant Chief Medical Directors, and such other personnel and employees as may be authorized by this Act." (2) Subsection (b) is amended by striking out the figures "$12,000" and substituting therefor "$16,000". (3) Subsection (c) is amended to read as follows: "The Deputy Chief Medical Director shall be the principal assistant of the Chief Medical Director. He shall be a qualified doctor of medicine, appointed by the Administrator. During the period of his service as such, the Deputy Chief Medical Director shall be paid a salary of $15,000 a year." (4) Subsection (d) is amended to read as follows: "Each Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be appointed by the Administrator upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director and shall be paid a salary of $13,000 minimum to $14,000 maximum: Provided, That one Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be a qualified doctor of dental surgery who shall be directly responsible to the Chief Medical Director for the operations of the Dental Service. Not to exceed twenty directors of service or chiefs of division, designated by the Chief Medical Director, shall, within the limitations otherwise prescribed in this Act, be paid a salary of $11,500 minimum to $12,500 maximum." (5) Subsection (e) is amended by striking out the figures "$8,000" and substituting therefor "$10,000", and striking out the figures "$7,000" and substituting therefor "$8,800". (6) Subsection (f) is amended by striking out the figures "$6,000" and substituting therefor "$8,800". SEC. 2. Section 7 (a) of said Act of January 3, 1946, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "The grades and per annum full-pay ranges for positions provided in subsection (a) of section 4 of this Act shall be as follows: "MEDICAL SERVICE "Chief grade, $10,000 minimum to $11,000 maximum. "Full grade, $6,400 minimum to $7,400 maximum. "Associate grade, $5,400 minimum to $6,400 maximum. "Junior grade, $5,000 minimum to $5,750 maximum. U.S. C. 38: 15g U.S. C. 38: 15j T. S. C. 38: 15. note "DENTAL SERVICE "Chief grade, $10,000 minimum to $11,000 maximum. "NURSING SERVICE "Assistant Director, $6,400 minimum to $7,400 maximum. SEC. 3. Section 8 (d) of the said Act of January 3, 1946, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out the figures "$11,000" and substituting therefor "$12,000". SEC. 4. Section 11 of the Act of January 3, 1946, as amended (Public Law 293, Seventy-ninth Congress; 38 U. S. C. 15), is amended by substituting a period for the colon immediately preceding the last proviso and by deleting the said last proviso. SEC. 5. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the second calendar month following the date of enactment of this Act. Approved October 12, 1949. 63 Stat. 1065 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 OF 1949 Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress Assembled, June 20, 1949, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, Approved June 20, 1949.1 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SECTION 1. Bureau of Employment Security. The Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency, including the United States Employment Service and the Unemployment Insurance Service, together with the functions thereof, is transferred as an organizational entity to the Department of Labor. The functions of the Federal Security Administrator with respect to employment services, unemployment compensation, and the Bureau of Employment Security, together with his functions under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (as amended, and as affected by the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1946, 60 Stat. 1095, 26 U. S. C. 16001611), are transferred to the Secretary of Labor. The functions transferred by the provisions of this section shall be performed by the Secretary of Labor or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers, agencies, and employees of the Department of Labor as he shall designate. SEC. 2. Veterans' Placement Service Board. The functions of the Veterans' Placement Service Board under title IV of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284, as amended; 38 U. S. C. 695695f) are transferred to and shall be performed by the Secretary of Labor. The functions of the Chairman of the said Veterans' Placement Service Board are transferred to the Secretary of Labor and shall be performed by the Secretary or, subject to his direction and control, by the Chief of the Veterans' Employment Service. The Veterans' Placement Service Board is abolished. SEC. 3. Federal Advisory Council. The Federal Advisory Council established pursuant to section 11 (a) of the Act of June 6, 1933 (48 Stat. 116, as amended, 29 U. S. C. 49j (a)), is hereby transferred to the Department of Labor and shall, in addition to its duties under the aforesaid Act, advise the Secretary of Labor and the Director of the Bureau of Employment Security with respect to the administration and coordination of the functions transferred by the provisions of this reorganization plan. SEC. 4. Personnel, records, property, and funds. There are transferred to the Department of Labor, for use in connection with the functions transferred by the provisions of this reorganization plan, the personnel, property, records and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds (available or to be made available) of the Bureau of Employment Security, together with so much as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine of other personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and funds (available or to be made available) of the Federal Security Agency which relate to the functions transferred by the provisions of this reorganization plan. (F. R. Doc. 49-6867; Filed, Aug. 22, 1949; 8: 45 a. m.) 1 Effective August 20, 1949, under the provisions of section 6 of the act; published pursuant to section 11 of the act (Pub. Law 109, 81st Cong.). March 10, 1950 [PUBLIC LAW 456-81ST CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 55-2D SESSION] [S. 2541] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans' Administration", approved January 3, 1946, as amended, to extend the period for which employees may be detailed for training and research, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 13 (b) (1) of the Act of January 3, 1946, as amended (59 Stat. 678; 38 U. S. C. 151), is amended to read as follows: "(b) (1) The Administrator is authorized to place in schools of the Army, Navy, and Public Health Service, and in civil institutions of learning, with the consent of the authorities concerned, full-time professional, technical, and n.edical administrative employees of outstanding ability employed in the Department of Medicine and Surgery, other than temporary employees appointed under section 14 (a) of this Act, on duty for a period not to exceed two hundred and eighty days in a year, for the purpose of increasing their professional knowledge or technical training in fields of medical education, research and related sciences and occupations or their proficiency in medical administrative techniques and which will materially contribute to the medical care and treatment of veterans and the more effective functioning of the Department of Medicine and Surgery: Provided, That the number of any one class of employees placed upon such duty at any one time shall not exceed 5 per centum of full-time personnel of such class employed in the Department: And provided further, That no full-time employee with less than two years of experience in the service of the Veterans' Administration shall be placed upon such duty for a full academic year or the equivalent thereof." Approved March 10, 1950. |