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title: "24 U.S.C. § 196b"
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# 24 U.S.C. § 196b - Repealed. Pub. L. 98–621, § 10(n), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3380

## Notes

Section, acts July 18, 1940, ch. 638, 54 Stat. 766; July 18, 1950, ch. 464, § 1, 64 Stat. 343; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 5, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Oct. 17, 1979, Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), 93 Stat. 695, related to transfer to Saint Elizabeths Hospital of persons adjudged insane in Virgin Islands.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of RepealRepeal effective Oct. 1, 1987, see section 12(b) of Pub. L. 98–621, set out as an Effective Date note under section 225 of this title.