Title 38Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73

§7804 Financing of Service

Title 38 › Part PART V— - BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES › Chapter CHAPTER 78— - VETERANS’ CANTEEN SERVICE › § 7804

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money may be provided, as needed, to set up, run, and maintain the Service. The funding covers five kinds of costs: buying furniture and equipment for canteens and storage, stocking merchandise and reserve supplies, paying employees, paying administrative and operating costs, and keeping working capital for each canteen and the Service. All money appropriated and all income from canteen sales are put into and run through a revolving fund to carry out these activities.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §7804

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To finance the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the Service there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, from time to time, such amounts as are necessary to provide for (1) the acquisition of necessary furniture, furnishings, fixtures, and equipment for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of canteens, warehouses, and storage depots; (2) stocks of merchandise and supplies for canteens and reserve stocks of same in warehouses and storage depots; (3) salaries, wages, and expenses of all employees; (4) administrative and operation expenses; and (5) adequate working capital for each canteen and for the Service as a whole. Amounts appropriated under the authority contained in this chapter and all income from canteen operations become and will be administered as a revolving fund to effectuate the provisions of this chapter.

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Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 4204 of this title as this section. 1986—Pub. L. 99–576 struck out “, amounts heretofore appropriated to carry out Public Law 636, Seventy-ninth Congress,” before “and all income”. 1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out “and premiums on fidelity bonds of employees” in cl. (4).

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 7804

Title 38Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73