§ 16a.
Additional personnel for patients of Department of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals
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. 102–54, § 13(i)(1)], June 13, 1991, [105 Stat. 276].)