Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73

§8305 Savings provision

Title 38 › Part PART VI— - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 83— - ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS › § 8305

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Laws in this chapter do not cancel or change other laws that let the United States accept gifts, wills, or bequests for its own use or for a purpose the donor named. If the United States receives property that seems meant to help the people described in section 8301, or a hospital or similar institution run mainly for them, the property or the money from it must be put into the General Post Fund and used under the rules of this chapter.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §8305

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(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.

Legislative History

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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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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 8305

Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73