Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

24 U.S.C. § 16a

Additional personnel for patients of Department of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals

On and after , 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, § 159 Stat. 208Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(i)(1)105 Stat. 276(, ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section is from act , popularly known as the Naval Appropriation Act, 1946.

Amendments

Pub. L. 102–541991— substituted “Department of Veterans Affairs” for “United States Veterans’ Administration”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar Provisions

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

June 22, 1944, ch. 269, § 158 Stat. 308, .

June 26, 1943, ch. 147, § 10157 Stat. 204, .