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[CITE: 38USC5504]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
            CHAPTER 55--MINORS, INCOMPETENTS, AND OTHER WARDS
 
Sec. 5504. Administration of trust funds

    All cash balances in the personal funds of patients and the funds 
due incompetent beneficiaries trust funds administered by the Secretary, 
and all moneys received which are properly for deposit into these funds, 
may be deposited, respectively, into deposit fund accounts with the 
United States Treasury and such balances and deposits shall thereupon be 
available for disbursement for properly authorized purposes. When any 
balances have been on deposit with the Treasurer of the United States 
for more than one year and represent moneys belonging to individuals 
whose whereabouts are unknown, they shall be transferred and disposed of 
as directed in section 1322(a) of title 31.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1235, Sec. 3204; Pub. L. 97-
258, Sec. 3(k)(5), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1065; renumbered Sec. 5504, 
Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; 
Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 403.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 3204 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``administered by the Secretary'' for 
``administered by the Veterans' Administration''.
    1982--Pub. L. 97-258 substituted ``section 1322(a) of title 31'' for 
``the last proviso of subsection (a) of section 725s of title 31''.
