38 U.S.C. § 8241: Expenditures to remodel and…

§8241 Expenditures to Remodel and Make Special Allocations to Department Hospitals for Health Manpower Education and Training

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 IV — EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENT HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CAPACITY › § 8241

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may use up to 30 percent of the funds the Department gets under section 8222 to renovate, expand, or equip Department buildings and to add classrooms, labs, or other teaching space so they can be used for educating and training health workers to carry out the purpose in section 7302. The Secretary may also make special allocations to Department hospitals and other medical facilities to start or develop improved education and training methods, including plans that shorten required training time without lowering quality.

Title 38, §8241

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Out of funds appropriated to the Department pursuant to the authorization in section 8222 of this title, the Secretary may expend such sums as the Secretary deems necessary, not to exceed 30 per centum thereof, for (1) the necessary extension, expansion, alteration, improvement, remodeling, or repair of Department buildings and structures (including provision of initial equipment, replacement of obsolete or worn-out equipment, and, where necessary, addition of classrooms, lecture facilities, laboratories, and other teaching facilities) to the extent necessary to make them suitable for use for health manpower education and training in order to carry out the purpose set forth in section 7302, and (2) special allocations to Department hospitals and other medical facilities for the development or initiation of improved methods of education and training which may include the development or initiation of plans which reduce the period of required education and training for health personnel but which do not adversely affect the quality of such education or training.

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(b)(2)(E), renumbered section 5096 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in two places. Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration” in section catchline and wherever appearing in text. Pub. L. 102–40, § 403(b)(7), substituted “7302” for “4101(b)”. Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(d)(1), substituted “8222” for “5082”. 1976—Pub. L. 94–581 substituted “the Administrator” for “he”.

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Effective Date

of 1976 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 94–581 effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 of Pub. L. 94–581, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.