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matters related to the work of the Service, for such periods, in addition to conference periods, as he may determine.

(c) The National Advisory Mental Health Council shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to, the Surgeon General on matters relating to the activities and functions of the Service in the field of mental health. The Council is authorized (1) to review research projects or programs submitted to or initiated by it in the field of mental health and recommend to the Surgeon General, for prosecution under this chapter, any such projects which it believes show promise of making valuable contributions to human knowledge with respect to the cause, prevention, or methods of diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders; and (2) to collect information as to studies being carried on in the field of mental health and, with the approval of the Surgeon General, make available such information through the appropriate publications for the benefit of health and welfare agencies or organizations (public or private), physicians, or any other scientists, and for the information of the general public. The Council is also authorized to recommend to the Surgeon General, for acceptance pursuant to section 219 of this title, conditional gifts for work in the field of mental health; and the Surgeon General shall recommend acceptance of any such gifts only after consultation with the Council.

(d) The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to, the Secretary on matters relating to the activities and functions of the Secretary in the field of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The Council is authorized (1) to review research projects or programs submitted to or initiated by it in the field of alcohol abuse and alcoholism and recommend to the Secretary any such projects which it believes show promise of making valuable contributions to human knowledge with respect to the cause, prevention, or methods of diagnosis and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, and (2) to collect information as to studies being carried on in the field of alcohol abuse and alcoholism and, with the approval of the Secretary, make available such information through appropriate publications for the benefit of health and welfare agencies or organizations (public or private) or physicians or any other scientists, and for the information of the general public. The Council is also authorized to recommend to the Secretary, for acceptance pursuant to section 4591 of this title conditional gifts for work in the field of alcohol abuse and alcoholism; and the Secretary shall recommend acceptance of any such gifts only after consultation with the Council (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 217, 58 Stat. 691; July 3, 1946, ch. 538, § 5 (b-d), 60 Stat. 422; June 16, 1948, ch. 481, §§ 4 (a-c), 6 (b), 62 Stat. 467, 469; June 24, 1948, ch. 621, § 4 (a—c), 62 Stat. 600; Aug. 15, 1950, ch. 714, §3 (a-d), 64 Stat. 446; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Oct. 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91-515, title VI, § 601(a) (1), 84 Stat. 1310; Dec. 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91-616, title IV, § 401, 84 Stat. 1853.)

CODIFICATION

The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army.

AMENDMENTS

1970 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-616, § 401(a), made subsection applicable to the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and added alcohol abuse and alcoholism to the enumeration of diseases concerning which the members of such Council must be skilled, and prescribed the manner in which the terms of the members of the Council would expire.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-616, § 401 (b), added reference to the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism authorizing the Surgeon General to utilize the services of the members of such Council for additional periods.

Pub. L. 91-515 added "or committees" following "councils".

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 91-616, § 401 (c), added subsec. (d).

1950-Act Aug. 15, 1950, § 3(d), amended catchline to reflect addition of new advisory councils.

Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 15, 1950, § 3(a), applied provisions to all of the advisory councils with regard to composition, qualifications, and appointment and tenure of members.

Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 15, 1950, § 3(b), made subsection also applicable to new advisory councils. Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 15, 1950, § 3(c), redesignated former subsec. (e) as (c), and repealed former subsec. (c). Subsecs. (d), (f), (g). Act. Aug. 15, 1950, § 3(c), repealed subsecs. (d), (f), and (g).

1948-Acts June 16, 1948, § 4 (c), and June 24, 1948, § 4(c), included in the catchline the National Advisory Heart and Dental Research Councils, respectively.

Subsec. (a). Act June 16, 1948, § 6(b), substituted "National Institutes of Health" for "National Institute of Health" in second sentence.

Subsec. (b). Acts June 16, 1948, § 4(b), and June 24, 1948, § 4(b), made subsection applicable to the National Advisory Heart Council and the National Advisory Dental Research Council, respectively.

Subsec. (f). Act June 16, 1948, § 4(a), added subsec. (f), which established the National Advisory Heart Council.

Subsec. (g). Act June 24, 1948, § 4(a), added subsec. (g), which established the National Advisory Dental Research Council.

1946-Act July 3, 1946, inserted "Mental Health" in the catchline.

Subsec. (b). Act July 3, 1946, inserted "or of the National Advisory Mental Health Council". Subsecs. (d), (e). Act July 3, 1946, added subsecs. (d) and (e).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1950 AMENDMENT

Subsecs. (a) and (c) of section 3 of act Aug. 15, 1950, provided in part that the amendment of this section and the repeal of former subsecs. (c, d, f, g) shall be effective Oct. 1, 1950.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of Public Health Service, of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, and of all other officers and employees of the Public Health Service, and all functions of all agencies of or in the Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, effective June 25, 1966, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.

No. 1, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Federal Security Agency and the office of Administrator were abolished by section 8 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1.

AIR FORCE

For transfer of certain membership functions, insofar as they pertain to the Air Force, which functions were not previously transferred from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Air Force and from the Department of the Army to the Department of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. C (7)], July 22, 1949.

EXPIRATION OF TERMS OF OFFICE ON SEPT. 30, 1950 Section 3 (c) of act Aug. 15, 1950, provided in part that terms of office as members of national advisory councils pursuant to this section subsisting on September 30, 1950, shall expire at the close of business on such day.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 289, 292b, 2683 of this title.

§ 218a. Training of officers; availability of appropriations for pay and allowances, tuition, fees, and expenses; reimbursement by officer upon voluntary separation.

(a) Appropriations available for the pay and allowances of commissioned officers of the Service shall also be available for the pay and allowances of any such officer on active duty while attending any Federal or non-Federal educational institution or training program and, subject to regulations of the President and to the limitation prescribed in such appropriations, for payment of his tuition, fees, and other necessary expenses incident to such attend

ance.

(b) Any officer whose tuition and fees are paid pursuant to subsection (a) of this section while attending an educational institution or training program for a period in excess of thirty days shall be obligated to reimburse the Service for such tuition and fees if thereafter he voluntarily leaves the Service within whichever of the following periods of active service is the greater: (1) six months, or (2) twice the period of such attendance but in no event more than two years. Such subsequent period of service shall commence upon the cessation of such attendance and of any further continuous period of training duty for which no tuition and fees are paid by the Service and which is part of the officer's prescribed formal training program, whether such further training is at a Service facility or otherwise. The Surgeon General may waive, in whole or in part, any reimbursement which may be required by this subsection upon a determination that such reimbursement would be inequitable or would not be in the public interest. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 218, as added Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 8, 62 Stat. 47, and amended Apr. 27, 1956, ch. 211, § 6, 70 Stat. 117.)

AMENDMENTS

1956 Subsec. (a). Act Apr. 27, 1956, § 6(a), authorized the training of all officers of the Service, and substituted "any Federal or non-Federal educational institution or training program" for "any educational institution".

Subsec. (b). Act Apr. 27, 1956, § 6(b), required reimbursement of tuition and fees by officers who receive training in excess of 30 days and who voluntarily leave the Service within a period of time which is equal to twice the period of such training, with a minimum period of six months of service, and a maximum

period of two years, and permitted the Surgeon General to waive any reimbursement.

DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Functions of the President delegated to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, see Ex. Ord. No. 11140, January 30, 1964, 29 FR. 1637, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

§ 219. Acceptance and disposition of gifts.

(a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States gifts made unconditionally by will or otherwise for the benefit of the Service or for the carrying out of any of its functions. Conditional gifts may be so accepted if recommended by the Surgeon General, and the principal of and income from any such conditional gift shall be held, invested, reinvested, and used in accordance with its conditions, but no gift shall be accepted which is conditioned upon any expenditure not to be met therefrom or from the income thereof unless such expenditure has been approved by Act of Congress. (b) Any unconditional gift of money accepted pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (a) of this section, the net proceeds from the liquidation (pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of this section) of any other property so accepted, and the proceeds of insurance on any such gift property not used for its restoration, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and are hereby appropriated and shall be held in trust by the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefit of the Service, and he may invest and reinvest such funds in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. Such gifts and the income from such investments shall be available for expenditure in the operation of the Service and the performance of its functions, subject to the same examination and audit as is provided for appropriations made for the Service by Congress.

(c) The evidences of any unconditional gift of intangible personal property, other than money, accepted pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury and he, in his discretion, may hold them, or liquidate them except that they shall be liquidated upon the request of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare whenever necessary to meet payments required in the operation of the Service or the performance of its functions. The proceeds and income from any such property held by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be available for expenditure as is provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(d) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall hold any real property or any tangible

personal property accepted unconditionally pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (a) of this section and he shall permit such property to be used for the operation of the Service and the performance of its functions or he may lease or hire such property, and may insure such property, and deposit the income thereof with the Secretary of the Treasury to be available for expenditure as provided in subsection (b) of this section: Provided, That the income from any such real property or tangible personal property shall be available for expenditure in the discretion of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, for the maintenance, preservation, or repair and insurance of such property and that any proceeds from insurance may be used to restore the property insured. Any such property when not required for the operation of the Service or the performance of its functions may be liquidated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the proceeds thereof deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever in his judgment the purposes of the gifts will be served thereby. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 501, 58 Stat. 709; July 3, 1946, ch. 538, § 10, 60 Stat. 425; June 16, 1948, ch. 481, § 6 (b), 62 Stat. 469; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Oct. 15, 1968, Pub. L. 90-574, title V, § 503(b), 82 Stat. 1012.)

AMENDMENTS

1968-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 90-574 struck out subsec. (e), which provided for the acknowledgment of donations of $50,000 or more in aid of research by the establishment of suitable memorials within the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Mental Health.

1948 Subsec. (e). Act June 16, 1948, substituted "National Institutes of Health" for "National Institute of Health".

1946 Subsec. (e). Act July 3, 1946, made provisions applicable to the National Institute of Mental Health.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of the Federal Security Administrator were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of the Federal Security Agency were transferred to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Federal Security Agency and the office of Administrator were abolished by section 8 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1.

CROSS REFERENCES

National Institutes of Health gift fund and conditional gift fund to be classified on books of Treasury as trust funds, see section 725s (a) (33, 34) of Title 31, Money and Finance.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 278, 283, 284, 287b, 287c, 288c of this title.

§ 220. Use of immigration station hospitals.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service may, by agreement of the heads of the departments concerned, permit the Public Health Service to use hospitals at immigration stations for the care of

Public Health Service patients. The Surgeon General shall reimburse the Immigration and Naturalization Service for the actual cost of furnishing fuel, light, water, telephone, and similar supplies and services, which reimbursement shall be covered into the proper Immigration and Naturalization Service appropriation, or such costs may be paid from working funds established as provided by law, but no charge shall be made for the expense of physical upkeep of the hospitals. The Immigration and Naturalization Service shall reimburse the Surgeon General for the care and treatment of persons detained in hospitals of the Public Health Service at the request of the Immigration and Naturalization Service unless such persons are entitled to care and treatment under section 249 (a) of this title. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 502, 58 Stat. 710.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of Justice and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Attorney General, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3173, 64 Stat. 1261, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Immigration and Naturalization Service, referred to in this section, is a bureau in the Department of Justice.

§ 221. Disposition of money collected for care of patients.

Money collected as provided by law for expenses incurred in the care and treatment of foreign seamen, and money received for the care and treatment of pay patients, including any amounts received from any executive department on account of care and treatment of pay patients, shall be covered into the appropriation from which the expenses of such care and treatment were paid. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 503, 58 Stat. 710.)

§ 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.)

AMENDMENTS

1948-Act June 25, 1948, permitted the payment of court costs and other expenses of the Service incident to commitment of mental patients.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL PATIENTS IN SERVICE HOSPITALS Section 1108 of act July 1, 1944, as renumbered by acts Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 5, 60 Stat. 1049; July 30, 1956, ch. 779, § 3(b), 70 Stat. 720; Sept. 4, 1964, Pub. L. 88-581, § 4(b), 78 Stat. 919; Oct. 6, 1965, Pub. L. 89-239, § 3(b), 79 Stat. 931; Dec. 24, 1970, Pub. L. 91-572, § 6(b), 84 Stat. 1506, provided: "Insane patients entitled to treatment in Saint Elizabeths Hospital who may heretofore or hereafter, during the continuance of the present war [World War II], or during the period of six months thereafter, have been admitted to hospitals of the Service, may continue to be cared for and treated in such hospitals notwithstanding the termination of such period."

§ 223. Settlement of claims.

The Secretary may consider, ascertain, adjust and determine any claim which shall accrue, on account of damages occasioned by collisions or incident to the operation of vessels of the Service, and for which damages such vessels are found by him to be responsible. To be considered for settlement under this section, claims must be presented to the Secretary within one year of their accrual. The amount ascertained and determined to be due any claimant, not exceeding $3,000 in any one case, shall be certified to Congress as a legal claim for payment out of appropriations that may be made therefor by Congress, together with a brief statement of the character of each claim, the amount claimed, and the amount allowed. Acceptance by any claimant of the amount determined to be due under this section shall be deemed to be in full and final settlement of such claim against the Government of the United States. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 505, 58 Stat. 710; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F. R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

No. 1, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Federal Security Agency and the office of Administrator were abolished by section 8 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1.

§ 224. Transportation of remains of officers. Appropriations available for traveling expenses of the Service shall be available for meeting the cost of preparation for burial and of transportation to the place of burial of remains of commissioned officers, and of personnel specified in regulations, who die in line of duty. Appropriations available for carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall also be available for the payment of such expenses relating to the recovery, care and disposition of the remains of personnel or their dependents as may be authorized under other provisions of law. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 506, 58 Stat. 710; July 15, 1954, ch. 507, § 14 (b), 68 Stat. 481.)

AMENDMENTS

1954 Act July 15, 1954, added sentence relating to availability of appropriations for paying expenses relating to the recovery, care, and disposition of the remains of personnel or their dependents.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

DISPOSITION OF REMAINS OF DECEASED PERSONNEL Recovery, care and disposition of the remains of deceased members of the uniformed services and other deceased personnel, see section 1481 et seq. of Title 10, Armed Forces.

§ 225. Repealed. July 12, 1955, ch. 328, §5 (4), 69 Stat. 296.

Section, acts July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 507, 58 Stat. 711; Feb. 25, 1946, ch. 35, § 2, 60 Stat. 30, provided for the settlement of accounts of deceased officers. See section 2771 of Title 10, Armed Forces, and section 714 of Title 32, National Guard.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Repeal of section by act July 12, 1955, effective as of the effective date of the payment provisions of former section 361-365 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances, except with respect to the deaths of members, see section 5 of act July 12, 1955.

§ 225a. Availability of appropriations for grants to Service hospitals, Bureau of Prisons, and Saint Elizabeths Hospital.

Appropriations to the Public Health Service available under this chapter for research, training, or demonstration project grants or for grants to expand existing treatment and research programs and facilities for alcoholism, narcotic addiction, drug abuse, and drug dependence, and appropriations available under the Community Mental Health Centers Act for construction and staffing of community mental health centers and alcoholism and narcotic addiction, drug abuse, and drug dependence facilities shall also be available on the same terms and conditions as apply to non-Federal institutions, for grants for the same purpose to hospitals of the Service, of the Veterans' Administration, or of the Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice, and to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, except that grants

to such Federal institutions may be funded at 100 per centum of the costs. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 507, as added June 24, 1967, Pub. L. 90-31, § 5, 81 Stat. 79, and amended Oct. 27, 1970, Pub. L. 91513, title I, § 3 (c), 84 Stat. 1241.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Community Mental Health Centers Act, referred to in text, is title II of Pub. L. 88-164, Oct. 31, 1963, 77 Stat. 290, which is classified to section 2681 et seq. of this title.

CODIFICATION

A former section 507 of act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, providing for the settlement of accounts of deceased officers, was classified to section 225 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1970-Pub. L. 91-513 inserted references to appropriations available for grants to expand existing treatment and research programs and facilities for alcoholism, narcotic addiction, drug abuse, and drug dependence, and appropriations available under the Community Mental Health Centers Act for construction and staffing of community mental health centers and alcoholism and narcotic addiction, drug abuse, and drug dependence facilities, and added provision that grants to the specified Federal institutions may be funded at 100 per centum of the costs.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 5 of Pub. L. 90-31 provided in part that this section shall be effective July 1, 1968.

§ 226. Transfer of funds.

For the purpose of any reorganization under section 203 of this title, the Secretary, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, is authorized to make such transfers of funds between appropriations as may be necessary for the continuance of transferred functions. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 508, 58 Stat. 711; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F. R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

§ 227. Availability of appropriations.

Appropriations for carrying out the purposes of this chapter shall be available for expenditure for personal services and rent at the seat of Government; books of reference, periodicals, and exhibits; printing and binding; transporting in Governmentowned automotive equipment, to and from school, children of personnel who have quarters for themselves and their families at stations determined by the Surgeon General to be isolated stations; expenses incurred in pursuing, identifying, and returning prisoners who escape from any hospital, institution, or station of the Service or from the custody of any officer or employee of the Service, including rewards for the capture of such prisoners; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning such wearing apparel as may be prescribed by the Surgeon General for use by employees in the performance of their official duties; reimbursing officers and employees, subject to regulations of the Secretary,

for the cost of repairing or replacing their personal belongings damaged or destroyed by patients while such officers or employees are engaged in the performance of their official duties; and maintenance of buildings of the National Institutes of Health. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 509, 58 Stat. 711; June 16, 1948, ch. 481, § 6 (b), 62 Stat. 469; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 7, 62 Stat. 1018; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F. R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)

AMENDMENTS

1948-Act June 25, 1948, amended section generally to make it apply to all appropriations to carry out the purposes of the Service instead of merely to appropriations to carry out the research functions of the Service. Act June 16, 1948, substituted "National Institutes of Health" for "National Institute of Health".

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of the Federal Security Administrator were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of the Federal Security Agency were transferred to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of the 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Federal Security Agency and the office of Administrator were abolished by section 8 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1.

§ 227a. Availability of appropriations for research grants to Service hospitals, Bureau of Prisons, and Saint Elizabeths Hospital.

CODIFICATION

Section, Pub. L. 90-132, title II, § 204, Nov. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 407, providing that appropriations to the Public Health Service be available for research grants to hospitals of the Service, the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, and to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, on the same terms and conditions as grants to non-Federal institutions, was enacted as part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1968, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act, which comprises this chapter, and is now covered by section 225a of this title.

SIMILAR PROVISIONS

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior Appropriation Acts:

1966-Pub. L. 89-787, title II, § 204, Nov. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 1400.

1965-Pub. L. 89-156, title II, § 204, Aug. 31, 1965, 79 Stat. 609.

1964-Pub. L. 88-605, title II, § 204, Sept. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 979.

1963-Pub. L. 88-136, title II, § 204, Oct. 11, 1963, 77 Stat. 244.

1962-Pub. L. 87-582, title II, § 204, Aug. 14, 1962, 76 Stat. 379.

1961-Pub. L. 87-290, title II, § 206, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 608.

1960-Pub. L. 86-703, title II, § 207, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 773.

1959-Pub. L. 86-158, title II, § 210, Aug. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 355.

§ 228. Wearing of uniforms.

Except as may be authorized by regulations of the President, the insignia and uniform of commissioned officers of the Service, or any distinctive part of such insignia or uniform, or any insignia or uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part thereof,

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