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38 U.S.C. § 8302 — Legal proceedings
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For the purpose of acquiring title to and possession of any property which the Secretary is by this chapter authorized to accept, the Secretary may initiate and appear in any appropriate legal proceedings, and take such steps therein or in connection therewith as in the Secretary’s discretion may be desirable and appropriate to reduce said property to possession. The Secretary may incur such expenses incident to such proceedings as the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate, which shall be paid as are other administrative expenses of the Department. All funds received by devise, bequest, gift, or otherwise, for the purposes contemplated in this chapter, including net proceeds of sales authorized by this chapter, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the General Post Fund.
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For the purpose of acquiring title to and possession of any property which the Secretary is by this chapter authorized to accept, the Secretary may initiate and appear in any appropriate legal proceedings, and take such steps therein or in connection therewith as in the Secretary’s discretion may be desirable and appropriate to reduce said property to possession. The Secretary may incur such expenses incident to such proceedings as the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate, which shall be paid as are other administrative expenses of the Department. All funds received by devise, bequest, gift, or otherwise, for the purposes contemplated in this chapter, including net proceeds of sales authorized by this chapter, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the General Post Fund.
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**(a) Furnishing Forms.—** Upon request made by any person claiming or applying for, or expressing an intent to claim or apply for, a benefit under the laws administered by the Secretary, the Secretary shall furnish such person, free of all expense, all instructions and forms necessary to apply for that benefit.
**(b) Incomplete Applications.—** If a claimant’s application for a benefit under the laws administered by the Secretary is incomplete, the Secretary shall notify the claimant and the claimant’s representative, if any, of the information necessary to complete the application.
**(c) Time Limitation.—**
(1) If information that a claimant and the claimant’s representative, if any, are notified under subsection (b) is necessary to complete an application is not received by the Secretary within one year from the date such notice is sent, no benefit may be paid or furnished by reason of the claimant’s application.
(2) This subsection shall not apply to any application or claim for Government life insurance benefits.
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 8305
1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5101 of this
title as this section.
Pub. L. 102–86 inserted at end ‘‘The Secretary may
also accept, for use in carrying out all laws adminis-
tered by the Secretary, gifts, devises, and bequests
which will enhance the Secretary’s ability to provide
services or benefits.’’
Pub. L. 102–83 substituted ‘‘Secretary’’ for ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’.
1986—Pub. L. 99–576 substituted ‘‘the’’ for ‘‘his’’ before
‘‘intention’’ in two places.
§ 8302. Legal proceedings
For the purpose of acquiring title to and pos-
session of any property which the Secretary is
by this chapter authorized to accept, the Sec-
retary may initiate and appear in any appro-
priate legal proceedings, and take such steps
therein or in connection therewith as in the Sec-
retary’s discretion may be desirable and appro-
priate to reduce said property to possession. The
Secretary may incur such expenses incident to
such proceedings as the Secretary deems nec-
essary or appropriate, which shall be paid as are
other administrative expenses of the Depart-
ment. All funds received by devise, bequest, gift,
or otherwise, for the purposes contemplated in
this chapter, including net proceeds of sales au-
thorized by this chapter, shall be deposited with
the Treasurer of the United States to the credit
of the General Post Fund.
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1254, § 5102;
Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(90), Oct. 28, 1986, 100
Stat. 3299; renumbered § 8302, Pub. L. 102–40, title
IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L.
102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105
Stat. 404, 405.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5102 of this
title as this section.
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