24 U.S.C. § 6a — Disposition of amounts deducted from pen-

Page 1 1 So in original. The words ‘‘home or’’ probably should not ap- pear after amendment by Pub. L. 101–510, see 1990 Amendment note below. TITLE 24—HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS Chap. Sec. 1. Navy Hospitals, Army and Navy Hospital, and Hospital Relief for Seamen and Others ......................... 1 2. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home [Re- pealed] ................................................ 41 3. National Home for Disabled Volun- teer Soldiers ...................................... 71 4. Saint Elizabeths Hospital ................. 161 5. Columbia Institution for the Deaf [Omitted] ............................................ 231 6. Freedmen’s Hospital [Omitted] ....... 261 7. National Cemeteries ........................... 271 7A. Private and Commercial Ceme- teries [Repealed] .............................. 298 8. Gorgas Hospital ................................... 301 9. Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Na- tionals Returned From Foreign Countries ........................................... 321 10. Armed Forces Retirement Home .... 401 CHAPTER 1—NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS Sec. 1 to 5. Repealed. 6. Pension paid to fund for benefit of naval hos- pital. 6a. Disposition of amounts deducted from pen- sions. 7 to 12. Repealed. 13. Admission of cases for study. 14. Establishment of Navy hospitals. 14a. Annual appropriations for maintenance, oper- ation, and improvement of naval hospitals. 15. Superintendence of Navy hospitals. 16. Allowance of rations to Navy hospitals. 16a. Additional personnel for patients of Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals. 17. Government of Naval Asylum. 18. Rules and regulations for Army and Navy Hospital. 19. Tubercular hospital at Fort Bayard. 20. Discipline of patients at Army and Navy Hos- pital. 21 to 29a. Repealed. 30. Payments to donors of blood for persons un- dergoing treatment at Government expense. 31 to 33. Repealed. 34. Hospitalization of persons outside conti- nental limits of United States; persons enti- tled; availability of other facilities; rate of charges; disposition of payments. 35. Limitation of medical, surgical or hospital services. 36. Repealed. 37. Manufacture of products by patients at naval hospitals; ownership of products. §§ 1, 2. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, § 1313, 58 Stat. 714 Section 1, acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, § 3, 18 Stat. 485; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309, defined seamen. See section 201 of Title 42, The Public Health and Wel- fare. Section 2, R.S. § 4801, provided for acceptance of gifts in aid of marine hospitals. See section 219 of Title 42. Editorial Notes RENUMBERING OF REPEALING ACT Title XIII, § 1313, formerly title VI, § 611, of act July 1, 1944, which repealed these sections, was renumbered title VII, § 711, by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 5, 60 Stat. 1049; § 713, by act Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 9(b), 62 Stat. 47; title VIII, § 813, by act July 30, 1956, ch. 779, § 3(b), 70 Stat. 721; title IX, § 913, by Pub. L. 88–581, § 4(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat. 919; title X, § 1013, by Pub. L. 89–239, § 3(b), Oct. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 931; title XI, § 1113, by Pub. L. 91–572, § 6(b), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1506; title XII, § 1213, by Pub. L. 92–294, § 3(b), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 137; title XIII, § 1313, by Pub. L. 93–154, § 2(b)(2), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 604, and was repealed by Pub. L. 93–222, § 7(b), Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 936. §§ 3 to 5. Repealed. June 15, 1943, ch. 125, § 3, 57 Stat. 153, eff. July 1, 1943 Section 3, R.S. §§ 1614, 4808, related to deduction from pay of seamen for Navy hospital fund. Section 4, R.S. § 4809, related to fines on seamen ap- propriated for Navy hospitals. Section 5, act June 7, 1900, ch. 859, 31 Stat. 697, related to forfeitures from desertion for naval hospital fund. § 6. Pension paid to fund for benefit of naval hos- pital Whenever any officer, seaman, or marine enti- tled to a pension is admitted to a naval hospital, his pension, while he remains there, shall be de- ducted from his accounts and paid to the Sec- retary of the Navy for the benefit of the fund from which such hospital is maintained. (R.S. § 4813; May 4, 1898, ch. 234, 30 Stat. 377; Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 421, 30 Stat. 1027; June 30, 1914, ch. 130, 38 Stat. 398.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 4813 derived from act Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, § 5, 2 Stat. 650. § 6a. Disposition of amounts deducted from pen- sions Pensions of inmates of a naval hospital, re- quired by law prior to July 1, 1943, to be de- ducted from the account of the pensioner and applied for the benefit of the fund from which such home or 1 hospital is maintained, shall be Page 2 TITLE 24—HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS §§ 7 to 12 deposited into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. (June 15, 1943, ch. 125, § 3, 57 Stat. 153; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, § 1533(c)(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1736.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1990—Pub. L. 101–510 struck out ‘‘naval home or’’ be- fore ‘‘naval hospital’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Amendment 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 sec- tion 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. §§ 7 to 12. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, § 1313, 58 Stat. 714 Section 7, R.S. § 4806; acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, § 4, 18 Stat. 485; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309; July 26, 1916, ch. 256, 39 Stat. 390; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for lease and sale of hospitals. See sec- tion 248 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Section 8, acts Aug. 4, 1894, ch. 213, 28 Stat. 229; Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 2, 38 Stat. 801; July 30, 1937, ch. 545, § 2, 50 Stat. 548; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for admission of Coast Guard personnel and their fami- lies to hospitals. See section 253 of Title 42. Act Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 2, 38 Stat. 801 was also repealed by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 20, 63 Stat. 561. Section 9, act June 23, 1913, ch. 3, § 1, 38 Stat. 24, pro- vided for hospital relief of officers and employees of the Public Health Service. See sections 249 and 253 of Title 42. Section 10, act July 1, 1918, ch. 113, § 1, 40 Stat. 694, provided for hospital relief for officers and crews of the Fish and Wildlife Service. See section 249 of Title 42. Section 11, acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, § 6, 18 Stat. 486; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for care of foreign seamen. See section 249 of Title 42. Section 11a, R.S. § 4805; acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, § 6, 18 Stat. 486; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided that foreign vessels were liable for hospital charges for care of their seamen. See section 249 of Title 42. Section 12, R.S. § 4804, provided for exclusion of em- ployees on canal boats in coasting trade from hospital care. See section 249 of Title 42. Editorial Notes RENUMBERING OF REPEALING ACT For renumbering of act July 1, 1944, which repealed these sections, see note set out under sections 1, 2 of this title. § 13. Admission of cases for study There may be admitted into marine hospitals for study persons with infectious or other dis- eases affecting the public health, and not to ex- ceed ten cases in any one hospital at one time. (June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 884.) § 14. Establishment of Navy hospitals The Secretary of the Navy shall procure at suitable places proper sites for Navy hospitals, and if the necessary buildings are not procured with the site, shall cause such to be erected, having due regard to economy, and giving pref- erence to such plans as with most convenience and least cost will admit of subsequent addi- tions, when the funds permit and circumstances require; and shall provide, at one of the estab- lishments, a permanent asylum for disabled and decrepit Navy officers, seamen, and marines: Provided, That no sites shall be procured or hos- pital buildings erected or extensions to existing hospitals made unless authorized by Congress. (R.S. § 4810; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 148, 37 Stat. 902.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 4810 derived from acts Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, § 3, 2 Stat. 650; July 10, 1832, ch. 194, § 5, 4 Stat. 573. § 14a. Annual appropriations for maintenance, operation, and improvement of naval hos- pitals Commencing with the fiscal year 1944, annual appropriations in such amounts as may be nec- essary are authorized from the general fund of the Treasury for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of naval hospitals. (June 15, 1943, ch. 125, § 1(c), 57 Stat. 152.) § 15. Superintendence of Navy hospitals The Secretary of the Navy shall have the gen- eral charge and superintendence of Navy hos- pitals. (R.S. § 4807.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 4807 derived from acts Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, § 1, 2 Stat. 650; July 10, 1832, ch. 194, § 5, 4 Stat. 573. § 16. Allowance of rations to Navy hospitals For every Navy officer, seaman, or marine ad- mitted into a Navy hospital, the institution shall be allowed one ration per day during his continuance therein, to be deducted from the ac- count of the United States with such officer, seaman, or marine. (R.S. § 4812.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 4812 derived from act Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, § 5, 2 Stat. 650. § 16a. Additional personnel for patients of De- partment of Veterans Affairs in naval hos- pitals On and after May 29, 1945, additional commis- sioned, warranted, appointed, enlisted, and civil- ian personnel of the Medical Department of the Navy, required for the care of patients of the De- partment of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals,