Volume 53 · 1042
Public Law 76–282
To amend and clarify the provisions of the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1507), and for other purposes.
Approved July 15, 1939
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend and clarify the provisions of the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1507), and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Army.
Hospitalization, etc., of persons in active military service without reference to line-of-duty status.
That neither of the provisions of the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1507), nor any other law of the United States shall be construed as limiting the power and authority of the Secretary of War, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to require the hospitalization and medical treatment of persons in the active military service, and to incur obligations with respect thereto, without reference to their line-of-duty status: Provided,
Proviso.
Exceptions.
That this Act shall not apply to officers and enlisted men who are treated in private hospitals or by civilian physicians while on furloughs or leaves of absence in excess of twenty-four hours.
Approved, July 15, 1939.