Executive Order 10070—Amending Executive Order No. 9975 of July 7, 1948, Prescribing Regulations Governing the Allowance of Travel Expenses of Claimants and Beneficiaries of the Veteran Administration and Their Attendants

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of March 14, 1940, 54 Stat. 49, as amended by the act of June 16, 1948, 62 Stat. 471 (38 U.S.C. 76), section 2 of Executive Order No. 9975 of July 7, 1948, entitled "Regulations Governing the Allowance of Travel Expenses of Claimants and Beneficiaries of the Veterans' Administration and Their Attendants," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"2. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may authorize in lieu of actual expenses of travel, including lodging and subsistence, payment of an allowance of 5 cents a mile to any claimant or beneficiary of the Veterans' Administration traveling under prior authorization to or from a Veterans' Administration facility, or other place, in connection with vocational rehabilitation or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care, or, in his discretion, to the person who or the organization which has actually paid the expenses of such travel, including lodging and subsistence: Provided, that payment of mileage in connection with vocational rehabilitation or upon termination of examination, treatment, or care may be made prior to completion of such travel."

This order shall become effective on August 1, 1949.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

July 20, 1949