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title: "24 U.S.C. § 16a"
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title_name: "HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS"
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chapter_name: "NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS"
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# 24 U.S.C. § 16a - Additional personnel for patients of Department of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals
## Text
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.
(May 29, 1945, ch. 130, § 1, 59 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 10254, § 13(i)(1), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 276.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Section is from act May 29, 1945, popularly known as the Naval Appropriation Act, 1946.
Amendments1991—Pub. L. 10254 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.