38 U.S.C. § 8132 — Declaration of purpose

Page 1354 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 veterans’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 95–62 effective Oct. 1, 1977, with provision for the continuing force and effect of the terms and conditions of grants made prior to Oct. 1, 1977, under former section 644 of this title and with ad- ditional provision for the modification of the terms and conditions of both grants made under former section 644 of this title prior to Oct. 1, 1977, and of grants made under this subchapter prior to Oct. 1, 1977, see section 5 of Pub. L. 95–62, set out as a note under section 8131 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 94–581 effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 of Pub. L. 94–581, set out as a note under section 111 of this title. § 8133. Authorization of appropriations (a) There are hereby authorized to be appro- priated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subchapter. Sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used for making grants to States which have submitted, and have had ap- proved by the Secretary, applications for car- rying out the purposes and meeting the require- ments of this subchapter. (b) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall remain available until expended. (Added Pub. L. 88–450, § 4(a), Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 501, § 5033; amended Pub. L. 89–311, § 7(a), Oct. 31, 1965, 79 Stat. 1157; Pub. L. 90–432, § 2, July 26, 1968, 82 Stat. 448; Pub. L. 93–82, title IV, § 403(c), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 196; Pub. L. 95–62, § 3(4), July 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 262; Pub. L. 96–151, title I, § 101(a), Dec. 20, 1979, 93 Stat. 1092; Pub. L. 97–251, § 8, Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 716; Pub. L. 99–576, title II, § 224(a), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3262; Pub. L. 101–110, § 1(c), Oct. 6, 1989, 103 Stat. 682; Pub. L. 101–237, title II, § 201(b), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2066; renumbered § 8133, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405; Pub. L. 102–585, title IV, § 402, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 4954.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–585 struck out before pe- riod at end of first sentence ‘‘through September 30, 1992’’. 1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5033 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83 substituted ‘‘Secretary’’ for ‘‘Administrator’’. 1989—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–237 substituted ‘‘Sep- tember 30, 1992’’ for ‘‘September 30, 1990’’. Pub. L. 101–110 substituted ‘‘1990’’ for ‘‘1989’’. 1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–576 amended first sen- tence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: ‘‘There is hereby authorized to be ap- propriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1981 and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years.’’ 1982—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–251 substituted ‘‘for fis- cal year 1980 and such sums as may be necessary for fis- cal year 1981 and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years’’ for ‘‘for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, a like sum for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, and such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982’’. 1979—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–151 inserted provisions extending authorization of a like sum from one to two years, and provisions authorizing to be appropriated such sums as necessary for the fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1981, and Sept. 30, 1982. 1977—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–62 substituted ‘‘$15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and a like sum for the succeeding fiscal year’’ for ‘‘$5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and a like sum for each of the fourteen succeeding fiscal years’’ and ‘‘ap- plications for carrying out the purposes and meeting the requirements of this subchapter’’ for ‘‘applications for carrying out the purposes of section 5032 of this title’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–62 substituted ‘‘shall remain available until expended’’ for ‘‘shall remain available until the end of the second fiscal year following the fis- cal year for which they are appropriated’’. 1973—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–82 substituted ‘‘fourteen succeeding fiscal years’’ for ‘‘nine succeeding fiscal years’’. 1968—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–432 substituted ‘‘nine succeeding fiscal years’’ for ‘‘four succeeding fiscal years’’. 1965—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89–311 repealed subsec. (c) which limited to not more than 10 per centum of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsec. (a) of this sec- tion the moneys which could be used to assist in the construction of nursing home care facilities in any one State. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1989 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 101–110, § 3(a), Oct. 6, 1989, 103 Stat. 682, pro- vided that: ‘‘The provisions of and amendments made