57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 125, 126 -JUNE 15, 1943 SEC. 2 . Effective July 1, 1943, (a) the trust fund, Navy fines and forfeitures (48 Stat. 1235 (81) (7s984); 31 U. S . C . 725s (a) (81)), is abolished, and any unobligated balance remaining therein as of that date shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury; (b) moneys theretofore required by law to be paid into such fund from annual appropriations, and all pay forfeited by law or by the terms of a court-martial sentence, shall remain to the credit of the appro- priation concerned; and (c) commencing with the fiscal year 1944, annual appropriations for "Pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy", or "Pay, Marine Corps", as may be appropriate, shall be avail- able for payment of (a) necessary personal allowances of prisoners during confinement, and (b) transportation, gratuity, and civilian clothing of discharged naval prisoners: Provided, That savings de- posits forfeited by desertion shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. SEC. 3. (a) Sections 4808, 4809, and 1614 of the Revised Statutes; and (b) somuch of the Act approved June 7, 1900 (24 U. S. C. 5), as requires that all forfeitures on account of desertion shall be passed to the credit of the naval hospital fund, are hereby repealed: Provided, That pensions of inmates of a naval home or naval hospital, heretofore required by law to be deducted from the account of the pensioner and applied for the benefit of the fund from which such home or hospital is maintained, shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That this section shall be effective July 1, 1943: And provided further, That all moneys accruing to the trust funds naval hospital fund (7s815) or navy fines and forfeitures (7s984) prior to that date but not credited thereto prior to that date shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury. Approved June 15, 1943. [CHAPTER 126] AN ACT To provide for the training of nurses for the armed forces, governmental and civilian hospitals, health agencies, and war industries, through grants to insti- tutions providing such training, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- pose of assuring a supply of nurses for the armed forces, govern- mental and civilian hospitals, health agencies, and war indlustries, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated sums sufficient to carry out the purposes of this Act: Provided That there shall be no discrimination in the administration of the benefits and appropria- tions made under the respective provisions of this Act, on account of race, creed, or color. Such sums shall be used for making payments to schools of nursing or other institutions which have submitted, and had approved by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (hereinafter referred to as the Surgeon General), plans for nurses' training, for making payments under section 4, and for all necessary expenses of the Public Health Service in administering the provisions of this Act. SEC. 2 . A plan for training of nurses may be limited to student- nurse training, or to postgraduate or refresher-nursing courses, or may include both. A plan submitted by any institution may be approved only if it provides- (a) That no student or graduate nurse will be included under the plan unless in the judgment of the head of the institution such nurse will be available for military or other Federal governmental or essen- 153 Navy fines and for- feitures. Appropriations available. Post, pp . 202, 207. Forfeitures on ac- count of desertion. 24U.S.C.§§3-5. 31 Stat. 697. Pensions of inmates. Effective date. Accruals. June 15, 1943 [H. R . 2664] [Public Law 74] Training of nurses. Appropriation au- thorized. Post, pp. 05S ,610. No racial, etc., dis- crimlnation. Grants to institu- tions. Training plan. . Conditions for ap- proval. Availability for war, etc., service.
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