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Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits

Part IV · Chapter 55 — Minors, Incompetents, and Other Wards

§ 5501. Commitment actions

Statutory text

The Secretary may incur necessary court costs and other expenses incident to proceedings for the commitment of mentally incompetent veterans to a Department hospital or domiciliary when necessary for treatment or domiciliary purposes.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 85–857 · 72 Stat. 1105

    Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 5501

    Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1232, § 3201

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1232, § 3201

  2. Department of Veterans Affairs Health-Care Personnel Act of 1991

    Pub. L. 102–40 title IV § 402(b)(1) · 105 Stat. 187

    Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 5501

    Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 3201 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 3201 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Each section contained in any of chapters 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 71, 72, 76, 78 (as redesignated by subsection (a)), 81, 83, and 85 is redesignated so that the first two digits of the section number of that section are the same as the chapter number of the chapter containing that section.

  3. Pub. L. 102–83 § 4(b)(1) · 105 Stat. 378

    Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 5501

    Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Title 38 is further amended by striking out “Administrator” and “Administrator’s” each place they appear (except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (9) and including where they appear in section headings and tables of sections) and inserting in lieu thereof “Secretary” and “Secretary’s”, respectively.

  4. Pub. L. 102–83 § 4(a)(3) · 105 Stat. 378

    Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 5501

    Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Such title is further amended by striking out “Veterans’ Administration” each place it appears (other than as amended under paragraphs (1) and (2) and as specified in paragraph (4)) and inserting in lieu thereof “Department”.

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 3201 of this title as this section.

Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.

Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”.

Credits

1958–1991 · 3 acts
  1. 1958Pub. L. 85–857, , 72 Stat. 1232, § 3201
  2. 1991renumbered § 5501, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), , 105 Stat. 238
  3. 1991amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), , 105 Stat. 404, 405.
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(Pub. L. 85–857, , 72 Stat. 1232, § 3201; renumbered § 5501, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), , 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), , 105 Stat. 404, 405.)

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