2011 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans’ Benefits
Part VI - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY (§§ 8101 - 8528)
Chapter 83 - ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS (§§ 8301 - 8305)
Section 8305 - Savings provision

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 38 - VETERANS’ BENEFITS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 38 - VETERANS’ BENEFITS
PART VI - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER 83 - ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS
Sec. 8305 - Savings provision
Containssection 8305
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1255, §5105; renumbered §8305 and amended Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, §402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239.
Statutes at Large References72 Stat. 1255
105 Stat. 238
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 85-857, Public Law 102-40

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38 USC § 8305 (2011)
§8305. Savings provision

(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to repeal or modify any law authorizing the acceptance of devises, bequests, or gifts to the United States for their own use and benefit or for any particular purpose specified by the donors or testators.

(b) Whenever the United States receives property and it appears that it is, or shall have been, the intention of the testator or donor that such devise, bequest, or gift be for the benefit of those persons described in section 8301 of this title, or any particular hospital or other institution operated primarily for their benefit, such property or the proceeds thereof shall be credited to the General Post Fund, and shall be used or disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1255, §5105; renumbered §8305 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, §402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239.)

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40, §402(b)(1), renumbered section 5105 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–40, §402(d)(1), substituted “8301” for “5101”.

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