42 U.S.C. § 97 — State health laws observed by United States

Page 11 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 98 Section 94d, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, § 17, as added Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 409, § 1, 46 Stat. 1492, provided medical and hospital benefits to officers and employees of na- tional quarantine service. See section 253 of this title. Section 94e, act Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 409, § 3, 46 Stat. 1492, provided for extended quarantine service. See section 267 of this title. Section 95, acts Mar. 27, 1890, ch. 51, § 1, 26 Stat. 31; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309, related to regulations to prevent spread of communicable diseases. See section 264 of this title. Section 96, act June 19, 1906, ch. 3433, § 6, 34 Stat. 301, provided that jurisdiction over established station ac- quired by the United States be ceded before payment of compensation. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries RENUMBERING AND REPEAL OF REPEALING ACT Title XIII, § 1313, formerly title VI, § 611, of act July 1, 1944, which repealed these sections, was renumbered title VII, § 711, by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 5, 60 Stat. 1049; § 713, by act Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 9(b), 62 Stat. 47;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 L. 93–154, § 2(b)(2), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 604, and was repealed by Pub.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. § 97. State health laws observed by United States officers The quarantines and other restraints estab- lished by the health laws of any State, respect- ing any vessels arriving in, or bound to, any port or district thereof, shall be duly observed by the officers of the customs revenue of the United States, by the masters and crews of the several Coast Guard vessels, and by the military officers commanding in any fort or station upon the sea- coast; and all such officers of the United States shall faithfully aid in the execution of such quarantines and health laws, according to their respective powers and within their respective precincts, and as they shall be directed, from time to time, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. But nothing in title 58 of the Revised Statutes shall enable any State to col- lect a duty of tonnage or impost without the consent of Congress. (R.S. § 4792; Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 1, 38 Stat. 800; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, § 201, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §§ 1, 20, 63 Stat. 496, 561; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Title 58 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this Title’’ meaning title 58 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§ 4792 to 4800, which were classified to sections 88 to 91, 97, and 112 to 114 of this title and section 8 of former Title 4, Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States. Such section 8 of former Title 4 was repealed by act July 30, 1947, ch. 389, § 2, 61 Stat. 645, and reenacted by the first section thereof as section 73 of Title 4. For complete classifica- tion of R.S. §§ 4792 to 4800 to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION R.S. § 4792 derived from act Feb. 23, 1799, ch. 12, § 1, 1 Stat. 619. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub- stituted in text for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare’’ pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Edu- cation. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat- ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu- rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor- ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. ‘‘Coast Guard vessels’’ substituted in text for ‘‘rev- enue-cutters’’, Revenue Cutter Service and Life-Saving Service having been combined to form Coast Guard by section 1 of act Jan. 28, 1915. That act was repealed by section 20 of act Aug. 4, 1949, section 1 of which reestab- lished the Coast Guard by enacting Title 14, Coast Guard. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of Federal Security Administrator trans- ferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out as a note under section 3501 of this title. Federal Security Agen- cy and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953. Functions of Department of the Treasury relating to public health transferred to Federal Security Agency pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, set out in the Ap- pendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Em- ployees. § 98. Vessels for quarantine officers The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in his discretion, at the request of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to place gratu- itously, at the disposal of the proper quarantine authorities, at any of the ports of the United States, to be used temporarily for quarantine purposes, such vessels or hulks belonging to the United States as are not required for other uses of the national government, subject to such re- strictions and regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary to impose for the preservation thereof. (June 14, 1879, No. 6, 21 Stat. 50; Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 27 Stat. 449; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, § 201, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub- stituted in text for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education,