Volume 80 · 30
Public Law 89–361
To provide statutory authority for the Deputy Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to assume the duties of Administrator during the absence or disability of the Administrator, or during a vacancy In that office, and for other purposes.
Approved March 7, 1966
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide statutory authority for the Deputy Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to assume the duties of Administrator during the absence or disability of the Administrator, or during a vacancy In that office, 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
Deputy Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs
210 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding a new subsection (d) to read as follows:
“(d) There shall be in the Veterans’ Administration a Deputy Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs who shall be appointed by the Administrator. The Deputy Administrator shall perform such functions as the Administrator shall designate and, unless the President shall designate another officer of the Government, shall be Acting Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs during the absence or disability of the Administrator or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Administrator.”
The catchline of such section 210 is amended by adding “; Deputy Administrator” at the end thereof.
The analysis at the head of chapter 3 of such title 38, regarding section 210, is amended by deleting the period at the end thereof and inserting the following: Deputy Administrator.”
Sec. 2.
Section 212(a) of such title 38 is amended by inserting immediately after the word “delegate”, in the first sentence thereof, the following: “, or authorize successive redelegation of,”.
Such section 212(a) is further amended by inserting redelegations.” immediately after the word “delegations”
in the second sentence thereof.
Approved March 7, 1966.