Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102

§8222 Authorization of Appropriations

Title 38 › PART VI — ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY › CHAPTER 82 — ASSISTANCE IN ESTABLISHING NEW STATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS; GRANTS TO AFFILIATED MEDICAL SCHOOLS; ASSISTANCE TO HEALTH MANPOWER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — GRANTS TO AFFILIATED MEDICAL SCHOOLS › § 8222

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress may provide these amounts: $50,000,000 for the year ending June 30, 1973 and the same amount for each of the next six fiscal years; $15,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1980; $25,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1981; and $30,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1982. Money from these appropriations can be spent until the end of the sixth fiscal year after the year it was provided. For fiscal year 1979, Congress may also supply whatever funds are needed to give supplemental grants to institutions with agreements under subchapter I whose applications were approved before May 1, 1978, and to meet commitments made before May 1, 1978 for grants approved under this subchapter and subchapters III and IV. Those 1979 funds cannot be used for grants approved under those subchapters until the full approved amounts have first been obligated under subchapter I.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §8222

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(a)There is authorized to be appropriated for carrying out programs authorized under this chapter $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; a like sum for each of the six succeeding fiscal years; $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980; $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981; and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982.
(b)Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall remain available until the end of the sixth fiscal year following the fiscal year for which they are appropriated.
(c)There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1979 to carry out the programs authorized under this chapter such sums as may be necessary (1) to make to institutions with which the Secretary has entered into agreements under subchapter I of this chapter supplemental grants for which the Secretary had, before May 1, 1978, approved applications from such institutions, and (2) to meet fully the commitments made by the Secretary before May 1, 1978, for grants and applications approved under authority of this subchapter and subchapters III and IV of this chapter, except that no funds appropriated under this subsection may be used for grants and applications approved under this subchapter and such subchapters III and IV until the full amounts for which applications had been so approved have been obligated under such subchapter I.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5082 of this title as this section. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” wherever appearing. 1979—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–151 inserted provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1980 through Sept. 30, 1982. 1978—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–520 added subsec. (c).

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 8222

Title 38, Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

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