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[CITE: 38USC1707]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
    CHAPTER 17--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 1707. Restriction on use of funds for assisted suicide, 
        euthanasia, or mercy killing
        
    Funds appropriated to carry out this chapter may not be used for 
purposes that are inconsistent with the Assisted Suicide Funding 
Restriction Act of 1997.

(Added Pub. L. 105-12, Sec. 9(i)(1), Apr. 30, 1997, 111 Stat. 27.)

                       References in Text

    The Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997, referred to in 
text, is Pub. L. 105-12, Apr. 30, 1997, 111 Stat. 23, which is 
classified principally to chapter 138 (Sec. 14401 et seq.) of Title 42, 
The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 14401 of Title 
42.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Apr. 30, 1997, and applicable to Federal payments 
made pursuant to obligations incurred after Apr. 30, 1997, for items and 
services provided on or after such date, subject to also being 
applicable with respect to contracts entered into, renewed, or extended 
after Apr. 30, 1997, as well as contracts entered into before Apr. 30, 
1997, to the extent permitted under such contracts, see section 11 of 
Pub. L. 105-12, set out as a note under section 14401 of Title 42, The 
Public Health and Welfare.
