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scribed by statute in connection with the examinations to determine physical or mental condition for purposes of appointment, enlistment, and reenlistment, promotion and retirement, and officers of the Service assigned to duty on Coast Guard vessels may extend aid to the crews of American vessels engaged in deep-sea fishing.

INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORK

SEC. 327. Nothing contained in this part shall affect the authority of the Service to furnish any materials, supplies, or equipment, or perform any work or services, requested in accordance with section 7 of the Act of May 21, 1920, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 31, sec. 686), or the authority of any other executive department to furnish any materials, supplies, or equipment, or perform any work or services, requested by the Federal Security Agency for the Service in accordance with that section.

PART E-NARCOTICS ADDICTS

CARE AND TREATMENT

SEC. 341. The Surgeon General is authorized to provide for the confinement, care, protection, treatment, and discipline of persons addicted to the use of habit-forming narcotic drugs who voluntarily submit themselves for treatment and addicts who have been or are hereafter convicted of offenses against the United States, including persons convicted by general courts martial and consular courts. Such care and treatment shall be provided at hospitals of the Service especially equipped for the accommodation of such patients and shall be designed to rehabilitate such persons, to restore them to health, and, where necessary, to train them to be self-supporting and selfreliant.

EMPLOYMENT OF ADDICTS

SEC. 342. Narcotic addicts in hospitals of the Service designated for their care shall be employed in such manner and under such conditions as the Surgeon General may direct. In such hospitals the Surgeon General may, in his discretion, establish industries, plants, factories, or shops for the production and manufacture of articles, commodities, and supplies for the United States Government. The Secretary of the Treasury may require any Government department, establishment, or other institution, for whom appropriations are made directly or indirectly by the Congress of the United States, to purchase at current market prices, as determined by him or his authorized representative, such of the articles, commodities, or supplies so produced or manufactured as meet their specifications;

QUARANTINE STATIONS

SEO. 364. (a) Except as provided in title II of the Act of June 15, 1917, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 50, secs. 191-194), the Surgeon General shall control, direct, and manage all United States quarantine stations, grounds, and anchorages, designate their boundaries, and designate the quarantine officers to be in charge

thereof. With the approval of the President he shall from time to time select suitable sites for and establish such additional stations, grounds, and anchorages in the States and possessions of the United States as in his judgment are necessary to prevent the introduction of communicable diseases into the States and possessions of the United States.

(b) The Surgeon General shall establish the hours during which quarantine service shall be performed at each quarantine station, and, upon application by any interested party, may establish quarantine inspection during the twenty-four hours of the day, or any fraction thereof, at such quarantine stations as, in his opinion, require such extended service. He may restrict the performance of quarantine inspection to hours of daylight for such arriving vessels as cannot, in his opinion, be satisfactorily inspected during hours of darkness. No vessel shall be required to undergo quarantine inspection during the hours of darkness, unless the quarantine officer at such quarantine station shall deem an immediate inspection necessary to protect the public health. Uniformity shall not be required in the

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TITLE VI-TEMPORARY AND EMERGENCY PROVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

EXISTING POSITIONS, PROCEDURES, AND SO FORTH

SEO. 601. (a) The provisions of this Act shall not affect the term or tenure of office or employment of the Surgeon General, or of any officer or employee of the Service, or of any member of the National Advisory Health Council or the National Advisory Cancer Council, in office or employed at the time of its enactment.

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TEMPORARY PROVISIONS RESPECTING MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL BENEFITS

SEC. 610. (a) Subject to regulations of the President, members of the Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard, or their dependents, shall be entitled to the benefits provided by section 326 for male officers and enlisted men of the Coast Guard or their dependents: Provided, That the husbands of such members shall not be considered dependents, and the children of such members shall not be considered dependents unless their father is dead or they are in fact dependent on their mother for their chief support.

(b) Subject to regulations of the President, lightkeepers, assistant lightkeepers, and officers and crews of vessels of the former Lighthouse Service, including any such persons who subsequent to June 30, 1939, have involuntarily been assigned to other civilian duty in the Coast Guard, who were entitled to medical relief at hospitals and other stations of the Public Health Service prior to enactment of this Act, and who are now or hereafter on active duty or who have been or may hereafter be retired under the provisions of section 6 of the Act of June 20, 1918, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 33, sec. 763), shall be entitled to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization at hospitals and other stations of the Public Health Service: Provided, That such persons while on active duty shall also be entitled to care and treatment in accordance with the provisions of section 322 (e) of this Act.

[CHAPTER 374-2D SESSION]

[H. R. 4728]

AN ACT

To amend the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 14, 1940, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1125), as amended, is amended by inserting after the word "it" in the last proviso of said section 3 the phrase as a claimant agency under the controlled materials plan established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 2 of the Act entitled 'An Act to expedite national defense, and for other purposes', approved June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 676), as amended,", and by deleting the words "for persons engaged in national defense activities" from the last proviso of said section 3.

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Approved July 1, 1944.

(252)

[CHAPTER 376-2D SESSION]

[H. R. 4810]

AN ACT

To extend the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, to the Virgin Islands.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 15 (b) of the Act of September 16, 1940 (54 Stat. 896; 50 U. S. C., App., sec. 315 (b)), is amended to read as follows:

"(b) The term 'United States', when used in a geographical sense, shall be deemed to mean the several States, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands."

Approved July 1, 1944.

(253)

[CHAPTER 377-2D SESSION]

[H. R. 4881]

AN ACT

To amend the Internal Revenue Code, the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended, and the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, to classify a new synthetic drug, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 2550 of the Internal Revenue Code is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the phrase "levied, assessed, collected, and paid upon opium," the word "isonipecaine,".

SEC. 2., Subsection (a) of section 2553 of the Internal Revenue Code is hereby amended by striking out the word "for" immediately following the phrase "absence of appropriate tax-paid stamps" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "from".

SEC. 3. Paragraphs 5 and 6 of subsection (b) of section 2557 of the Internal Revenue Code are hereby amended by inserting in each immediately following the words "or conspiring to sell, import, or export opium, coca leaves, cocaine," the word "isonipecaine,"; by deleting in each the word "or" from the phrase "preparation of opium, coca leaves, or cocaine," and by inserting in each immediately following such phrase the words "or isonipecaine,".

SEC. 4. The first sentence of subsection (b) of section 2558 of the Internal Revenue Code is hereby amended by striking out the words "its salts, derivatives, and compounds, and coca leaves, salts, derivatives, and compounds thereof," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "coca leaves, isonipecaine, and all salts, derivatives, and preparations of opium, coca leaves, and isonipecaine,"; and by inserting immediately following the citation "or the Act of February 9, 1909 (ch. 100, 35 Stat. 614), as amended by the Act of January 17, 1914 (ch. 9, 38 Stat. 275)" the following citations: ", the Act of May 26, 1922 (ch. 202, 42 Stat. 596), the Act of June 7, 1924 (ch. 352, 43 Stat. 657), and the Act of June 14, 1930 (ch. 488, 46 Stat. 586)".

SEC. 5. Section 2565 of the Internal Revenue Code is hereby amended by adding the following new reference at the end thereof: "Isonipecaine.-Subsection (e)."

SEC. 6. The first paragraph of section 3220 of the Internal Revenue Code is hereby amended by striking out the word "or" immediately following the word "opium" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma; and by inserting immediately following the words "coca leaves," the words "or isonipecaine,".

SEC. 7. Section 3228 of the Internal Revenue Code is hereby amended by adding the following new subsection (e) at the end thereof:

"(e) ISONIPECAINE.-The word 'isonipecaine' as used in this part and subchapter A of chapter 23 shall mean any substance identified

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