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Title 38, U.S. Code, Veterans' Benefits

§ 616. Hospital care by other agencies of the United States. When so specified in an appropriation or other Act, the Administrator may make allotments and transfers to the Departments of Health, Education, and Welfare (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Interior, for disbursement by them under the various headings of their appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of veterans entitled to hospitalization from the Veterans' Administration under this chapter. The amounts to be charged the Veterans' Administration for care and treatment of veterans in hospitals shall be calculated on the basis of a per diem rate approved by the Bureau of the Budget. (Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1143.)

Title 42, U.S. Code, Chapter 6A, The Public Health Service

§ 222. Care of Service patients at Saint Elizabeths Hospital. .Insane patients entitled to treatment by the Service shall be admitted, upon order of the Secretary, into Saint Elizabeths Hospital or, upon order of the Surgeon General, into any hospital, institution, or station of the Service especially equipped for the accommodation of such patients and shall be cared for and treated therein until cured or until ordered removed by the officer authorizing such admittance. Funds available for the operation of such hospitals, institutions, and stations of the Service shall also be available for expenditure to meet court costs and other expenses of the Service incident to proceedings for the commitment, to Saint Elizabeths Hospital or to any hospital, institution, or station of the Service, of any mentally incompetent person entitled to treatment by the Service. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 504, 58 Stat. 710; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 6, 62 Stat. 1018; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F. R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)

§ 249. Medical care and treatment of seamen and certain other persons; foreign seamen; certain quarantined persons; temporary treatment in emergency cases; authorization for outside treatment.

(a) The following persons shall be entitled, in accordance with regulations, to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization without charge at hospitals and other stations of the Service:

(1) Seamen employed on vessels of the United States registered, enrolled, and licensed under the maritime laws thereof, other than canal boats engaged in the coasting trade;

(2) Seamen employed on United States or foreign flag vessels as employees of the United States through the War Shipping Administration;

(3) Seamen, not enlisted or commissioned in the military or naval establishments, who are employed on State school ships or on vessels of the United States Government of more than five tons' burden;

(4) Cadets at State maritime academies or on State training ships;

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(5) Seamen on vessels of the Mississippi River Commission and, upon application of their commanding officers, officers and crews of vessels of the Fish and Wildlife Service;

(6) Enrollees in the United States Maritime Service on active duty and members of the Merchant Marine Cadet Corps;

(7) Employees and noncommissioned officers in the field service of the Public Health Service when injured or taken sick in line of duty; and

(8) Persons who own vessels registered, enrolled, or licensed under the maritime laws of the United States, who are engaged in commercial fishing operations, and who accompany such vessels on such fishing operations, and a substantial part of whose services in connection with such fishing operations are comparable to services performed by seamen employed on such vessel or on vessels engaged in similar operations.

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(b) When suitable accommodations are available, seamen foreign-flag vessels may be given medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization on application of the master, owner, or agent of the vessel at hospitals and other stations of the Service at rates fixed by regulations. All expenses connected with such treatment, including burial in the event of death, shall be paid by such master, owner, or agent. No such vessel shall be granted clearance until such expenses are paid or their payment appropriately guaranteed to the Collector of Customs.

(c) Any person when detained in accordance with quarantine laws, or, at the request of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, any person detained by that Service, may be treated and cared for by the Public Health Service.

(d) Persons not entitled to treatment and care at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service may, in accordance with regulations of the Surgeon General, be admitted thereto for temporary treatment and care in the case of emergency.

(e) Persons entitled to care and treatment under subsection (a) of this section and persons whose care and treatment is authorized by subsection (c) of this section may, in accordance with regulations, receive such care and treatment at the expense of the Service from public or private medical or hospital facilities other than those of the Service, when authorized by the officer in charge of the station at which the application is made. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 322, 58 Stat. 696; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 3, 62 Stat. 1018; Aug. 13, 1964, Pub. L. 88-424, 78 Stat. 398.)

§ 251. Medical examination and treatment of Federal employees.

The Surgeon General is authorized to provide at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies for persons entitled to treatment under the United States Employees' Compensation Act and extensions thereof. The Surgeon General may also provide for making medical examinations of

(a) employees of the Alaska Railroad and employees of the Federal Government for retirement purposes;

(b) employees in the Federal classified service, and applicants for appointment, as requested by the Civil Service Commission for the purpose of promoting health and efficiency;

(c) seamen for purposes of qualifying for certificates of service; and (d) employees eligible for benefits under the longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, as requested by any deputy commissioner thereunder. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 324, 58 Stat. 697.)

§ 253. Medical services to Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service; examination of personnel of Service assigned to Coast Guard or Coast and Geodetic Survey. (a) Subject to regulations of the President

(1) commissioned officers, chief warrant officers, warrant officers, cadets, and enlisted personnel of the Regular Coast Guard on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and Regular, and temporary members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve when on active duty;

(2) commissioned officers, ships' officers, and members of the crews of vessels of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and

(3) commissioned officers of the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service on active duty; shall be entitled to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization by the Service. The Surgeon General may detail commissioned officers for duty aboard vessels of the Coast Guard or the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

(b) Repealed. Pub. L. 88-71, § 2(a), July 19, 1963, 77 Stat. 83. (c) The Service shall provide all services referred to in subsection (a) of this section required by the Coast Guard or Coast and Geodetic Survey and shall perform all duties prescribed 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 or Coast and Geodetic Survey vessels may extend aid to the crews of American vessels engaged in deep-sea fishing. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 326, 58 Stat. 697; June 7, 1956, ch. 374, § 306(3), 70 Stat. 254; Apr. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86-415, § 5(d), 74 Stat. 34; July 19, 1963, Pub. L. 88-71, § 2, 77 Stat. 83.)

AMENDMENTS

1963-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 88-71, § 2(a), repealed subsec. (b), which provided for treatment of dependents of personnel, and is now covered by section 253a (b) of this title.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 88-71, § 2(b), inserted "or Coast and Geodetic Survey" following "Coast Guard" in two instances.

1960-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-415 eliminated provisions which authorized medical, surgical, and dental care and hospitalization for retired personnel of the Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Public Health Service.

1956 Subsec. (b). Act June 7, 1956, repealed subsec. (b) except insofar as it related to dependent members of families of ships' officers and members of crews of vessels of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1956 AMENDMENT

Partial repeal of subsec. (b) of this section by act June 7, 1956, was made effective six months after June 7, 1956, by section 307 of act June 7, 1956.

OFFICE OF EDUCATION

The Cooperative Research Act, 20 U.S.C. 331 et seq.

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Cooperative Research Act-Enacted on July 26, 1954, as P.L. 531, 83d Congress, 62 Stat. 533; 20 U.S.C. 331. Amended on April 11, 1965, by P.L. 89–10, 79 Stat. 27

AN ACT To authorize cooperative research in education

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

PURPOSE

SEC. 1. The purpose of this Act is to enable the Office 20 USC 331 of Education more effectively to accomplish the purposes

and to perform the duties for which it was originally established.

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING

SEC. 2. (a) (1) The Commissioner of Education (here- 20 USC 331a inafter in this Act referred to as the "Commissioner") is authorized to make grants to universities and colleges and other public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations and to individuals, for research, surveys,

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