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38 U.S.C. § 8132 — Declaration of purpose
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The purpose of this subchapter is to assist the States to construct State home facilities (or to acquire facilities to be used as State home facilities) for furnishing domiciliary or nursing home care to veterans, and to expand, remodel, or alter existing buildings for furnishing domiciliary, nursing home, adult day health, or hospital care to veterans in State homes.
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The purpose of this subchapter is to assist the States to construct State home facilities (or to acquire facilities to be used as State home facilities) for furnishing domiciliary or nursing home care to veterans, and to expand, remodel, or alter existing buildings for furnishing domiciliary, nursing home, adult day health, or hospital care to veterans in State homes.
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**(a)** Under regulations prescribed by the President pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Secretary may pay the actual necessary expense of travel (including lodging and subsistence), or in lieu thereof an allowance based upon mileage (at a rate of 41.5 cents per mile), of any person to or from a Department facility or other place in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling required by the Secretary pursuant to chapter 34 or 35 of this title, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. Actual necessary expense of travel includes the reasonable costs of airfare if travel by air is the only practical way to reach a Department facility. In addition to the mileage allowance authorized by this section, there may be allowed reimbursement for the actual cost of ferry fares, and bridge, road, and tunnel tolls.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and notwithstanding subsection (g)(2) of this section or any other provision of law, if, with respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary exercises the authority under this section to make any payments, the Secretary shall make the payments provided for in this section to or for the following persons for travel during such fiscal year for examination, treatment, or care for which the person is eligible:
(A) A veteran or other person whose travel is in connection with treatment or care for a service-connected disability.
(B) A veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more.
(C) A veteran receiving pension under [section 1521 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1521&num=0&edition=prelim).
(D) A veteran (i) who is not traveling by air and whose annual income (as determined under [secti
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For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) The veteran population of each State shall be determined on the basis of the latest figures certified by the Department of Commerce.
(2) The term “State” includes each Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ([25 U.S.C. 5304](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304&num=0&edition=prelim))) but does not include any possession of the United States.
(3) The term “construction” means the construction of new domiciliary or nursing home buildings, the expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing buildings for the provision of domiciliary, nursing home, adult day health, or hospital care in State homes, and the provision of initial equipment for any such buildings.
(4) The term “cost of construction” means the amount found by the Secretary to be necessary for a construction project, including architect fees, but excluding land acquisition costs.
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 8132
section 1 of Pub. L. 95–62, set out as a Short Title of
1977 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.
§ 8132. Declaration of purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to assist the
States to construct State home facilities (or to
acquire facilities to be used as State home fa-
cilities) for furnishing domiciliary or nursing
home care to veterans, and to expand, remodel,
or alter existing buildings for furnishing domi-
ciliary, nursing home, adult day health, or hos-
pital care to veterans in State homes.
(Added Pub. L. 88–450, § 4(a), Aug. 19, 1964, 78
Stat. 501, § 5032; amended Pub. L. 94–581, title II,
§ 206(b), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2859; Pub. L. 95–62,
§ 3(3), July 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 262; Pub. L. 98–528,
title I, § 105(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2689; renum-
bered § 8132, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1),
May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 104–262, title
III, § 342(b)(2), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3206; Pub. L.
116–315, title III, § 3004(c)(2), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat.
4992.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2021—Pub. L. 116–315 struck out ‘‘several’’ before
‘‘States’’.
1996—Pub. L. 104–262 inserted ‘‘adult day health,’’ be-
fore ‘‘or hospital care’’.
1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5032 of this
title as this section.
1984—Pub. L. 98–528 inserted ‘‘(or to acquire facilities
to be used as State home facilities) after ‘‘State home
facilities’’.
1977—Pub. L. 95–62 inserted references to the con-
struction of State home facilities for furnishing of
domiciliary care and to the expansion, remodeling, and
alteration of existing buildings for furnishing domi-
ciliary, nursing home, or hospital care to veterans in
State homes.
1976—Pub. L. 94–581 substituted ‘‘veterans’’ for ‘‘war
vetera
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