Free-standing lawTitles 11 and 24 of the U.S. Code

Title 24: outdated, inapplicable and wrong provisions

Generated by python3 tools/outdated/report.py 24 from analysis/outdated/tables/t24.tsv (reviewed) and analysis/outdated/candidates/t24.json (tools/outdated/scan.py, usc24.xml). Method: tools/outdated/README.md.

59 sections in force; 73 signals in 29 sections; 11 outdated, 12 not applicable, 8 wrong, 8 checked and not a finding.

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Id Provision Confidence Finding Evidence Draft section Draft treatment Recommendation
t24-o-01 24 U.S.C. 18 high Places the Army and Navy General Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, under the Department of the Army. The hospital no longer exists as a Federal hospital. Pub. L. 86-323 (Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 594) directed the Secretary of the Army to convey the hospital to the State of Arkansas and returned the reserved part to Hot Springs National Park (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-73/pdf/STATUTE-73-Pg594.pdf). The State accepted the deed on Apr. 1, 1960; the site became the Hot Springs Rehabilitation Center, later the Arkansas Career Training Institute, closed 2019 (Encyclopedia of Arkansas; NPS, nps.gov/places/army-and-navy-hospital.htm). Ex. Ord. No. 10272 (1951), set out under the section, still delegates the President's authority over the hospital. § 302 restated unchanged; question t24-q-0004 (which says no source held confirms the closure) Repeal as obsolete, citing Pub. L. 86-323; answers t24-q-0004
t24-o-02 24 U.S.C. 20 high Makes patients at the Hot Springs hospital subject to "the rules and articles for the government of the armies". The hospital has been out of Federal hands since 1960, and the Articles of War were replaced by the Uniform Code of Military Justice (Act of May 5, 1950, ch. 169, eff. May 31, 1951). As t24-o-01. Articles of War: 10 U.S.C. ch. 47 (UCMJ). § 304 restated unchanged; questions t24-q-0004 and t24-q-0006 Repeal as obsolete with § 302
t24-o-03 24 U.S.C. 19 high Opens the tuberculosis hospital at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, to Navy and Marine Corps personnel. The Army left Fort Bayard in 1919-1922; the hospital was a Veterans Bureau and Veterans Administration hospital from 1922 to 1965 and then passed to the State of New Mexico. National Register nomination 02000726 (npgallery.nps.gov), period of significance 1922-1965 for the VA hospital; Fort Bayard Historic District (Wikipedia). Fort Bayard Medical Center is a State facility. § 303 restated unchanged; question t24-q-0005 Repeal as obsolete; answers t24-q-0005
t24-o-04 24 U.S.C. 301 high Names "the Government hospital within the Canal Zone" the Gorgas Hospital. The Canal Zone ceased to exist on Oct. 1, 1979; the hospital ended its service to the United States on Oct. 1, 1997, and has housed Panama's Instituto Oncológico Nacional since 1999. 22 U.S.C. 3602(b) (Panama Canal Act of 1979); Hektoen International, "Gorgas Hospital, Ancon, Panama" (2017). § 306 restated unchanged; question t24-q-0007 Repeal as obsolete with § 307; answers t24-q-0007
t24-o-05 24 U.S.C. 302 high Saves rights and records against the 1928 renaming of Ancon Hospital. Depends on § 301. As t24-o-04. § 307 restated; comma restored (t24-f-0012); question t24-q-0007 Repeal as obsolete with § 306
t24-o-06 24 U.S.C. 13 high Allows up to ten persons with infectious diseases to be admitted "into marine hospitals" for study. The Public Health Service hospitals (the former marine hospitals) were closed or transferred by Oct. 31, 1981. Pub. L. 97-35, §§ 985-988 (42 U.S.C. 248b and notes): "the prompt and orderly closure by October 31, 1981, of Public Health Service hospitals and clinics which cannot reasonably be transferred"; NLM, "Images from the History of the Public Health Service". § 301 restated unchanged, with a revision note on "marine hospitals"; no marker New finding: add a question; repeal as obsolete
t24-o-07 24 U.S.C. 14 medium Requires the Secretary of the Navy to provide, at one of the Navy hospitals, "a permanent asylum for disabled and decrepit Navy officers, seamen, and marines". The Naval Asylum (later the Naval Home) left Philadelphia for Gulfport in 1976 and was redesignated the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Gulfport, under the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991, which the Secretary of Defense administers. The rest of the section (sites and superintendence of Navy hospitals) is still in use. 24 U.S.C. 411(c)(2) ("The Naval Home is hereby redesignated as the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Gulfport"); AFRH, afrh.gov/locations/afrh-g-history. § 101 restated; f-0011 restores "after March 4, 1913"; no marker on the asylum clause New finding: omit the asylum clause as superseded by chapter 13 (former 24 U.S.C. 401 et seq.)
t24-o-08 24 U.S.C. 17 medium Has the Secretary of the Navy govern "the asylum for disabled and decrepit Navy officers, seamen, and marines". That institution is the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Gulfport, governed by the Chief Operating Officer under the Secretary of Defense. 24 U.S.C. 411(c)(2), 413a, 414; as t24-o-07. § 111 restated unchanged; no marker New finding: repeal as superseded by chapter 13
t24-o-09 24 U.S.C. 152 low Names the "Battle Mountain Sanitarium". The facility operates as the Hot Springs campus of the VA Black Hills Health Care System; the reserve and the Secretary's control are still in force. VA's plan to close most of the campus (Record of Decision, Jan. 2017) stopped when the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission was not convened (2022). VA Black Hills Health Care System; Sen. Thune release, June 27, 2022; ACHP record of decision (2017). § 502 restated unchanged Keep; a revision note may name the facility's current name
t24-o-10 24 U.S.C. 225d(c)(1) high Gives Hospital employees a right of first refusal to positions at "the Department of Human Services of the District" and "the District of Columbia General Hospital". D.C. General closed in May 2001; the District's mental health functions moved to the Department of Mental Health (2001) and the Department of Behavioral Health (2013). The transition itself ran in 1987. D.C. Law 20-61, D.C. Code § 7-1141.02; D.C. General Hospital (Wikipedia; BU School of Public Health, "Lessons from the Fight over D.C. General"). § 705 restated; question t24-q-0008 Omit as executed
t24-o-11 24 U.S.C. 321(d)(2) medium Defines an eligible person by a certificate that the individual "has been legally adjudged insane" abroad. The rest of 24 U.S.C. 321-329 (the repatriation program for mentally ill nationals, run by HHS) is in use. Obsolete term; compare Pub. L. 111-256 (Rosa's Law) for the practice of replacing such terms. A substitution would change the evidentiary test, so it is a question for HHS. § 1101 restated unchanged Keep the words; record a question

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Id Provision Confidence Finding Evidence Draft section Draft treatment Recommendation
t24-n-01 24 U.S.C. 6 medium Diverts the pension of a pensioner in a naval hospital to the hospital fund. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs held R.S. 4813 repealed by implication in 1944, and naval hospitals are funded by annual appropriations (24 U.S.C. 14a). Decision No. 571 of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs (July 27, 1944), reported in the revision note to 10 U.S.C. 6201 (now 8281). § 105 restated unchanged; question t24-q-0002 Omit or repeal as superseded
t24-n-02 24 U.S.C. 6a medium Sends to the Treasury pensions "required by law prior to July 1, 1943" to be deducted for naval homes and hospitals. Depends on § 6, and the naval home part was struck in 1990. 57 Stat. 153; Pub. L. 101-510, § 1533(c)(2) (104 Stat. 1736); Code footnote "So in original" on "home or". § 106 restated; "home or" omitted (t24-f-0006); question t24-q-0002 Omit with § 105
t24-n-03 24 U.S.C. 153 medium Lets settlers perfect claims initiated before Sept. 2, 1902, and lets South Dakota select lieu lands for school section 16. Both are 1906 transitional provisions; the exchange proviso still operates. Act of Mar. 22, 1906, ch. 1127, § 3 (34 Stat. 80). Whether any claim or selection is open has not been checked with BLM. § 503 restated; revision note on the date New finding: omit the first sentence and the lieu-selection sentence as executed, after confirmation
t24-n-04 24 U.S.C. 170a high Caps Federal amounts available to Saint Elizabeths Hospital "in fiscal year 1989 and thereafter". The hospital passed to the District on Oct. 1, 1987, and the Federal subsidy ended with the financial transition period on Oct. 1, 1991. 24 U.S.C. 225a(7); Pub. L. 100-436, title II (102 Stat. 1692-1693). § 712 restated unchanged; question t24-q-0009 Omit as obsolete
t24-n-05 24 U.S.C. 225(b)(1) high Purpose: an integrated mental health system in operation "no later than October 1, 1993". Pub. L. 98-621, § 2. D.C. operates Saint Elizabeths through the Department of Behavioral Health (D.C. Law 20-61, D.C. Code § 7-1141.02). § 701 restated; question t24-q-0008 (chapter-wide) Omit the dated purpose with the transition provisions (t24-q-0008)
t24-n-06 24 U.S.C. 225a(6), 24 U.S.C. 225a(7) high Defines the service coordination period (Oct. 1, 1985 - Oct. 1, 1987) and the financial transition period (Oct. 1, 1985 - Oct. 1, 1991). Both have ended. The definitions' own terms. § 702 restated; question t24-q-0008 Omit with the provisions that use them
t24-n-07 24 U.S.C. 225b(a)(2), 24 U.S.C. 225b(b), 24 U.S.C. 225b(e)(2), 24 U.S.C. 225b(f)(2) high Plans due 3 and 12 months after Oct. 1, 1985, implementation by Oct. 1, 1993, a moratorium on contracting studies during the service coordination period, and Federal repairs and maintenance of the hospital by 1987-1993. The dates in the text; Pub. L. 109-396, § 102(a) (24 U.S.C. 225b note): the United States is not required to perform the repairs under section 4(f). § 703 restated; f-0001 (spelling); § 710 restates the 2006 note; question t24-q-0008 Omit as executed; keep subsections the District still relies on (a)(1), (g)
t24-n-08 24 U.S.C. 225c high Congressional review of the 1985-86 system implementation plan. Pub. L. 98-621, § 5. § 704 restated; question t24-q-0008 Omit as executed
t24-n-09 24 U.S.C. 225f high Transfers the Saint Elizabeths property to the District "on October 1, 1987" and requires a plan for the property "on or before October 1, 1992". Both are done. The transfer names "the Department of Human Services" (see t24-o-10). The dates in the text; Saint Elizabeths East (District) and West (GSA, DHS headquarters) campuses. § 707 restated; f-0003 (spelling); question t24-q-0008 Keep (a) as the root of title for the East Campus; omit (b) as executed
t24-n-10 24 U.S.C. 225g(a), 24 U.S.C. 225g(h) high Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1988 to 1991, and allocates liability for claims that accrued before Oct. 1, 1987. The fiscal years in the text. Subsection (b) (Federal agencies pay for services) is still in use. § 708 restated; question t24-q-0008 Omit (a) as expired; keep (b); ask the Department of Justice whether any pre-1987 claim is open before omitting (h)
t24-n-11 24 U.S.C. 225h(c) high Requires a report on purchases from foreign entities "in fiscal years 1992 and 1993". The fiscal years in the text. § 709(c) restated; no marker on (c) New finding: omit (c) as executed
t24-n-12 24 U.S.C. 411(h) high Annual report to Congress, terminated effective Dec. 31, 2021. Pub. L. 114-328, § 1061 (10 U.S.C. 111 note); Termination of Reporting Requirements note under 24 U.S.C. 411. § 1302(h) restated; question t24-q-0013 Omit as terminated

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t24-w-01 24 U.S.C. 34 high Charges are "deposited as provided in section 32 of this title". Section 32 (sec. 2 of the 1943 Act) was repealed in 1956. The section also treats Alaska as outside the continental limits, written before statehood (1959); dependents' care is now governed by 10 U.S.C. chapter 55. Act of June 7, 1956, ch. 374, § 306(2), 70 Stat. 254; References in Text note under 24 U.S.C. 34. § 108 restated unchanged; question t24-q-0003 Strike the dead reference or name the account; ask the Navy whether §§ 108 and 109 are still used
t24-w-02 24 U.S.C. 168b high Cites 24 U.S.C. 191, 196, 211, 212 and 222 (repealed by Pub. L. 98-621 in 1984), 24 U.S.C. 253 (no such section) and 24 U.S.C. 324 (now restated as § 1104), and limits amounts by "the direct Federal subsidy appropriated under this heading", a fiscal year 1989 heading. References in Text note under 24 U.S.C. 168b; Pub. L. 98-621, § 10. § 711 restated unchanged; question t24-q-0009 Omit as obsolete (the subsidy ended Oct. 1, 1991)
t24-w-03 24 U.S.C. 225b(b)(2), 24 U.S.C. 225b(b)(4), 24 U.S.C. 225b(e)(1), 24 U.S.C. 225c(a), 24 U.S.C. 225c(b), 24 U.S.C. 225f(b) high Names the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House (abolished 1995) and the Senate Committees on Labor and Human Resources and on Governmental Affairs (renamed). Pub. L. 104-14, § 1(b) (2 U.S.C. note prec. 21); S. Res. 20, 106th Cong.; S. Res. 445, 108th Cong.; Change of Name and Abolition notes under 24 U.S.C. 225b, 225c, 225f. §§ 703, 704, 707 restated with the 1984 names; no marker New finding: if the provisions are kept, substitute the successor committees with a revision note (title 54 practice, CRPT-113hrpt44); otherwise moot under t24-q-0008
t24-w-04 24 U.S.C. 225h(d) high Cites the Buy American Act as "41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.", repealed and restated in 2011 as chapter 83 of title 41. Pub. L. 111-350, §§ 3, 6(c), 7(b); References in Text note under 24 U.S.C. 225h. § 709(d) kept; question t24-q-0010 Cite chapter 83 of title 41
t24-w-05 24 U.S.C. 225h(b)(2), 24 U.S.C. 225h(e) high "subsection (a)(2)" for (b)(2), "Trade Agreement Act", a stray comma, and "pursuant to (g)(1)(A)" without "subsection". 105 Stat. 981; Code footnotes "So in original". § 709 corrected (t24-f-0004, f-0005, f-0007) None further
t24-w-06 24 U.S.C. 225b(e)(1), 24 U.S.C. 225e(a)(7), 24 U.S.C. 225f(a)(1) high Misprints: "responsibilites", "District Government", "indentified". Code footnotes "So in original". §§ 703, 706, 707 corrected (t24-f-0001, f-0002, f-0003) None further
t24-w-07 24 U.S.C. 421(b)(1) high Refers to section 5532 of title 5 (reduction of retired pay of reemployed retirees), repealed in 1999. Pub. L. 106-65, § 651(a)(1), 113 Stat. 664. § 1314(b)(1) restated; question t24-q-0014 Omit paragraph (1)
t24-w-08 24 U.S.C. 416(c)(4), 24 U.S.C. 420(c), 24 U.S.C. 421(c) high "the each facility"; two subsection headings the Code changed without authority. 125 Stat. 1422; Statute Compilation of Pub. L. 101-510; 106 Stat. 2394. §§ 1308(c)(4), 1313(c), 1314(c) corrected (t24-f-0008, f-0009, f-0010) None further

Checked and not a finding

Id Provision Signal Why it is not a finding
t24-c-01 24 U.S.C. 14a "Commencing with the fiscal year 1944": dated wording of a standing authorization of appropriations. None: the authorization is in force
t24-c-02 24 U.S.C. 16a "On and after May 29, 1945": standing authority for Navy medical personnel to care for VA patients. VA-DoD sharing now also rests on 38 U.S.C. 8111.
t24-c-03 24 U.S.C. 30 Payments to blood donors, capped at $50 (1927). The cap is dated but in force.
t24-c-04 24 U.S.C. 225e(a)(7), 24 U.S.C. 225e(a)(8) Retirement coverage of Hospital employees by hire date (before or after Jan. 1, 1984). Governs annuities still paid.
t24-c-05 24 U.S.C. 412(a)(4) Eligibility of persons who served in a women's component before June 12, 1948. Eligibility of living veterans.
t24-c-06 24 U.S.C. 295a Memorials and entombments in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater. In force; the Vietnam plaque note (Pub. L. 95-479, § 307) is executed and the draft repeals it (t24-u-0001).
t24-c-07 24 U.S.C. 322, 24 U.S.C. 328 Change of Name notes: the Code substitutes the Secretary and Department of Health and Human Services for Health, Education, and Welfare. The substitution follows 20 U.S.C. 3508(b); the draft's revision notes record it (§§ 1102, 1108).
t24-c-08 24 U.S.C. 401, 24 U.S.C. 415 Transfer of Functions note (Coast Guard to Homeland Security) and a 1996 savings provision for staggered Board terms. The definitions name current officers, including the Space Force's; the Armed Forces Retirement Home Board and Local Boards the savings provision names no longer appear in the text of the chapter, which provides an Advisory Council (24 U.S.C. 416).

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