Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits
Part VI · Chapter 85 — Disposition of Deceased Veterans’ Personal Property
§ 8508. Relinquishment of Federal jurisdiction
Statutory text
Subject to the provisions of this subchapter and to the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter, there is hereby relinquished to the respective State or dependency of the United States such jurisdiction pertaining to the administration of estates of decedents as may have been ceded to the United States by said State or dependency of the United States respecting the Federal reservation on which is situated any Department facility while such facility is operated by the Department; such jurisdiction with respect to any such property on any such reservation to be to the same extent as if such premises had not been ceded to the United States. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive any State or dependency of the United States of any jurisdiction which it now has nor to give any State, possession, or dependency of the United States authority over any Federal official as such on such premises or otherwise.
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.
Pub. L. 85–857 · 72 Stat. 1105
Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 8508
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1259, § 5208
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1259, § 5208Department 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. § 8508
Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5208 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5208 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.Pub. L. 102–83 § 4(a)(3) · 105 Stat. 378
Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 8508
Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration” in two places
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration” in two places.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”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5208 of this title as this section.
Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration” in two places.
Credits
1958–1991 · 3 acts
- 1958Pub. L. 85–857, , 72 Stat. 1259, § 5208
- 1991renumbered § 8508, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), , 105 Stat. 238
- 1991Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), , 105 Stat. 404.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 85–857, , 72 Stat. 1259, § 5208; renumbered § 8508, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), , 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), , 105 Stat. 404.)