Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102
§8305 Savings Provision
Title 38 › PART VI — ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY › CHAPTER 83 — ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS › § 8305
Summary
Existing laws that let the United States accept gifts, bequests, or devises for its own use or for a purpose chosen by the donor are not changed by this chapter. If a gift was meant to help the people named in section 8301 or a particular hospital or institution run mainly for them, the gift or the money from it must be put into the General Post Fund and used under this chapter. (Section 8301 identifies those people.)
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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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38 U.S.C. § 8305
Title 38, Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102