Title 24, Hospitals and AsylumsRelease 119-102
§16a Additional Personnel for Patients of Department of Veterans Affairs in Naval Hospitals
Title 24 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS › § 16a
Summary
Starting May 29, 1945, the Navy may hire extra medical staff for Department of Veterans Affairs patients in naval hospitals beyond the usual yearly limits.
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Title 24, §16a
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On and after May 29, 1945, additional commissioned, warranted, appointed, enlisted, and civilian personnel of the Medical Department of the Navy, required for the care of patients of the Department of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals, may be employed in addition to the numbers annually appropriated for.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section is from act May 29, 1945, popularly known as the Naval Appropriation Act, 1946.
Amendments
1991—Pub. L. 102–54 substituted “Department of Veterans Affairs” for “United States Veterans’ Administration”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Similar ProvisionsSimilar 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.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
24 U.S.C. § 16a
Title 24, Hospitals and Asylums
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102