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38 U.S.C. § 8105 — Structural requirements

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38 U.S.C. § 8105 — Structural requirements

**(a)** Each medical facility (including each nursing home facility for which the Secretary contracts under [section 1720 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1720&num=0&edition=prelim) and each State home facility constructed or altered under subchapter III of this chapter) shall be of fire, earthquake, and other natural disaster resistant construction in accordance with standards which the Secretary shall prescribe on a State or regional basis after surveying appropriate State and local laws, ordinances, and building codes and climatic and seismic conditions pertinent to each such facility. When an existing structure is acquired for use as a medical facility, it shall be altered to comply with such standards. **(b)** (1) In order to carry out this section, the Secretary shall appoint an advisory committee to be known as the “Advisory Committee on Structural Safety of Department Facilities”, on which shall serve at least one architect and one structural engineer who are experts in structural resistance to fire, earthquake, and other natural disasters and who are not employees of the Federal Government. (2) Such advisory committee shall advise the Secretary on all matters of structural safety in the construction and altering of medical facilities in accordance with the requirements of this section and shall review and make recommendations to the Secretary on the regulations prescribed under this section. (3) The Associate Deputy Secretary, the Under Secretary for Health or the designee of the Under Secretary for Health, and the Department official charged with the responsibility for construction shall be ex officio members of such advisory committee.

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5 U.S.C. § 1013 — Termination of advisory committees

**(a) In General.—** (1) **Advisory committees in existence on january 5, 1973.—** — Each advisory committee that is in existence on January 5, 1973, shall terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following that date unless— (A) in the case of an advisory committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such advisory committee is renewed by the President or that officer by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period; or (B) in the case of an advisory committee established by an Act of Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. (2) **Advisory committees established after january 5, 1973.—** — Each advisory committee established after January 5, 1973, shall terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of its establishment unless— (A) in the case of an advisory committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. such advisory committee is renewed by the President or such officer by appropriate action prior to the end of such period; or (B) in the case of an advisory committee established by an Act of Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. **(b) Charters.—** (1) **Upon renewal.—** — Upon the renewal of an advisory committee, the advisory committee shall file a charter in accordance with [section 1008(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section1008/c&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Upon expiration of successive 2-year periods.—** — An advisory committee established by an Act of Congress shall file a charter in accordance with [section 1008(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.x

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38 U.S.C. § 1720 — Transfers for nursing home care; adult day health care

**(a)** (1) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary may transfer to a non-Department nursing home, for care at the expense of the United States— (A) a veteran— (i) who has been furnished care by the Secretary in a facility under the direct jurisdiction of the Secretary; and (ii) who the Secretary determines— (I) requires a protracted period of nursing home care which can be furnished in the non-Department nursing home; and (II) in the case of a veteran who has been furnished hospital care in a facility under the direct jurisdiction of the Secretary, has received maximum benefits from such care; and (B) a member of the Armed Forces— (i) who has been furnished care in a hospital of the Armed Forces; (ii) who the Secretary concerned determines has received maximum benefits from such care but requires a protracted period of nursing home care; and (iii) who upon discharge from the Armed Forces will become a veteran. (2) The Secretary may transfer a person to a nursing home under this subsection only if the Secretary determines that the cost to the United States of the care of such person in the nursing home will not exceed— (A) the amount equal to 45 percent of the cost of care furnished by the Department in a general hospital under the direct jurisdiction of the Secretary (as such cost may be determined annually by the Secretary); or (B) the amount equal to 50 percent of such cost, if such higher amount is determined to be necessary by the Secretary (upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health) to provide adequate care. (3) Nursing home care may not be furnished under this subsection at the expense of the United States for more than six months in the aggregate in connection with any one tra

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38 U.S.C. § 8101 — Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) The term “alter”, with respect to a medical facility, means to repair, remodel, improve, or extend such medical facility. (2) The terms “construct” and “alter”, with respect to a medical facility, include such engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, and economic investigations and studies and such surveys, designs, plans, construction documents, specifications, procedures, and other similar actions as are necessary for the construction or alteration, as the case may be, of such medical facility and as are carried out after the completion of the advanced planning (including the development of project requirements and design development) for such facility. (3) The term “medical facility” means any facility or part thereof which is, or will be, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, or as otherwise authorized by law, for the provision of health-care services (including hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or domiciliary care or medical services), including any necessary building and auxiliary structure, garage, parking facility, mechanical equipment, trackage facilities leading thereto, abutting sidewalks, accommodations for attending personnel, and recreation facilities associated therewith. (4) The term “committee” means the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate, and the term “committees” means both such committees.

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38 U.S.C. § 1114 — Rates of wartime disability compensation

For the purposes of [section 1110 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1110&num=0&edition=prelim)— **(a)** if and while the disability is rated 10 percent the monthly compensation shall be $123; **(b)** if and while the disability is rated 20 percent the monthly compensation shall be $243; **(c)** if and while the disability is rated 30 percent the monthly compensation shall be $376; **(d)** if and while the disability is rated 40 percent the monthly compensation shall be $541; **(e)** if and while the disability is rated 50 percent the monthly compensation shall be $770; **(f)** if and while the disability is rated 60 percent the monthly compensation shall be $974; **(g)** if and while the disability is rated 70 percent the monthly compensation shall be $1,228; **(h)** if and while the disability is rated 80 percent the monthly compensation shall be $1,427; **(i)** if and while the disability is rated 90 percent the monthly compensation shall be $1,604; **(j)** if and while the disability is rated as total the monthly compensation shall be $2,673; **(k)** if the veteran, as the result of service-connected disability, has suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of one or more creative organs, or one foot, or one hand, or both buttocks, or blindness of one eye, having only light perception, has suffered complete organic aphonia with constant inability to communicate by speech, or deafness of both ears, having absence of air and bone conduction, or, in the case of a woman veteran, has suffered the anatomical loss of 25 percent or more of tissue from a single breast or both breasts in combination (including loss by mastectomy or partial mastectomy) or has received radiation treatment of breast tissue, the

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38 U.S.C. § 4335 — Training for Federal executive agency human resources personnel on employment and reemployment rights and limitations

**(a) Training Required.—** The head of each Federal executive agency shall provide training for the human resources personnel of such agency on the following: (1) The rights, benefits, and obligations of members of the uniformed services under this chapter. (2) The application and administration of the requirements of this chapter by such agency with respect to such members. **(b) Consultation.—** The training provided under subsection (a) shall be developed and provided in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. **(c) Frequency.—** The training under subsection (a) shall be provided with such frequency as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall specify in order to ensure that the human resources personnel of Federal executive agencies are kept fully and currently informed of the matters covered by the training. **(d) Human Resources Personnel Defined.—** In this section, the term “human resources personnel”, in the case of a Federal executive agency, means any personnel of the agency who are authorized to recommend, take, or approve any personnel action that is subject to the requirements of this chapter with respect to employees of the agency.

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38 U.S.C. § 8105 — Structural requirements

Page 1308 TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS § 8105 erans Affairs from any statutory or regulatory obliga- tions or requirements existing prior to the enactment of this section and such amendments.’’ § 8105. Structural requirements (a) Each medical facility (including each nurs- ing home facility for which the Secretary con- tracts under section 1720 of this title and each State home facility constructed or altered under subchapter III of this chapter) shall be of fire, earthquake, and other natural disaster resistant construction in accordance with standards which the Secretary shall prescribe on a State or regional basis after surveying appropriate State and local laws, ordinances, and building codes and climatic and seismic conditions perti- nent to each such facility. When an existing structure is acquired for use as a medical facil- ity, it shall be altered to comply with such standards. (b)(1) In order to carry out this section, the Secretary shall appoint an advisory committee to be known as the ‘‘Advisory Committee on Structural Safety of Department Facilities’’, on which shall serve at least one architect and one structural engineer who are experts in struc- tural resistance to fire, earthquake, and other natural disasters and who are not employees of the Federal Government. (2) Such advisory committee shall advise the Secretary on all matters of structural safety in the construction and altering of medical facili- ties in accordance with the requirements of this section and shall review and make recommenda- tions to the Secretary on the regulations pre- scribed under this section. (3) The Associate Deputy Secretary, the Under Secretary for Health or the designee of the Under Secretary for Health, and the Department official charged wit

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