§ 8305. Savings provision

Statutory text

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.

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

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.

1958
Pub. L. 85–857 · 72 Stat. 1105
Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 8305
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1255, § 5105
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1255, § 5105
1991
Department of Veterans Affairs Health-Care Personnel Act of 1991
Pub. L. 102–40 § 402(b)(1) · 105 Stat. 187
Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 8305
Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(b)(1), renumbered section 5105 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(b)(1), renumbered section 5105 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.
1991
Department of Veterans Affairs Health-Care Personnel Act of 1991
Pub. L. 102–40 § 402(d)(1) · 105 Stat. 187
Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 8305(b)
Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(d)(1), substituted “8301” for “5101”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(d)(1), substituted “8301” for “5101”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Each provision of title 38, United States Code, that contains a reference to a section redesignated by section 401(a)(4) or by subsection (b) is amended so that the reference refers to the section as redesignated.

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

Editorial Notes

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”.

Credits

1958–1991 · 2 acts

1958Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1255, § 5105
1991renumbered § 8305 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1255, § 5105; renumbered § 8305 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239.)