24 U.S.C. § 14 : US Code - Section 14: Establishment of Navy hospitals

Search 24 U.S.C. § 14 : US Code - Section 14: Establishment of Navy hospitals

The Secretary of the Navy shall procure at suitable places proper
sites for Navy hospitals, and if the necessary buildings are not
procured with the site, shall cause such to be erected, having due
regard to economy, and giving preference to such plans as with most
convenience and least cost will admit of subsequent additions, when
the funds permit and circumstances require; and shall provide, at
one of the establishments, a permanent asylum for disabled and
decrepit Navy officers, seamen, and marines: Provided, That no
sites shall be procured or hospital buildings erected or extensions
to existing hospitals made unless authorized by Congress.