Title 24 — Hospitals and AsylumsRelease 119-73
§6a Disposition of amounts deducted from pensions
Title 24 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS › § 6a
Summary
Pension payments taken from inmates of a naval hospital under laws in effect before July 1, 1943 must be paid into the U.S. Treasury. Those amounts, which had been required to fund the hospital’s support, are treated as miscellaneous receipts.
Full Legal Text
Title 24, §6a
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Pensions of inmates of a naval hospital, required by law prior to July 1, 1943, to be deducted from the account of the pensioner and applied for the benefit of the fund from which such home or 11 So in original. The words “home or” probably should not appear after amendment by Pub. L. 101–510, see 1990 Amendment note below. hospital is maintained, shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1990—Pub. L. 101–510 struck out “naval home or” before “naval hospital”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1990 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101–510 effective one year after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 1541(a) of Pub. L. 101–510, formerly set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 401 of this title.
Effective Date
Act
June 15, 1943, ch. 125, § 3, 57 Stat. 153, provided that this section is effective
July 1, 1943.
Reference
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Citation
24 U.S.C. § 6a
Title 24 — Hospitals and Asylums
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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