Section is from act May 29, 1945, popularly known as the Naval Appropriation Act, 1946.

1991—Pub. L. 102–54 substituted “Department of Veterans Affairs” for “United States Veterans’ Administration”.

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

June 22, 1944, ch. 269, § 1, 58 Stat. 308.

June 26, 1943, ch. 147, § 101, 57 Stat. 204.