Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102

§7804 Financing of Service

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money can be approved as needed to set up, run, and maintain the Service. That money may pay for five things: equipment and furnishings for canteens, warehouses, and storage depots; merchandise and reserve stocks; employee pay and expenses; administrative and operating costs; and working capital for each canteen and the Service as a whole. All money provided under this law and all income from canteen operations go into a revolving fund and are used to carry out the law.

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.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

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 38, Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102