
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 38USC7255]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 72--UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
 
               SUBCHAPTER I--ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION
 
Sec. 7255. Offices

    The principal office of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims 
shall be in the District of Columbia, but the Court may sit at any place 
within the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 100-687, div. A, title III, Sec. 301(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 
102 Stat. 4114, Sec. 4055; renumbered Sec. 7255, Pub. L. 102-40, title 
IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 105-368, 
title V, Sec. 512(a)(1), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3341.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-368 substituted ``Court of Appeals for Veterans 
Claims'' for ``Court of Veterans Appeals''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 4055 of this title as this 
section.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-368 effective on first day of first month 
beginning more than 90 days after Nov. 11, 1998, see section 513 of Pub. 
L. 105-368, set out as a note under section 7251 of this title.


           Facilities for Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

    Pub. L. 101-94, title II, Sec. 201, Aug. 16, 1989, 103 Stat. 626, as 
amended by Pub. L. 105-368, title V, Sec. 512(c), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 
Stat. 3342, provided that:
    ``(a) Space in the District of Columbia.--The Administrator of 
General Services shall provide suitable building space in the District 
of Columbia for the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims 
as the Court's principal place of business. The Administrator shall, if 
necessary, arrange for temporary space for the Court if permanent space 
is not immediately available for the Court. The Administrator shall 
place a high priority on the provision of such temporary and permanent 
space for the Court.
    ``(b) Approval by Court.--Any space to be provided for the Court of 
Appeals for Veterans Claims under subsection (a) must be acceptable to 
the Court.
    ``(c) Additional Requirement.--Any building space provided to the 
Court under subsection (a) shall be adjacent to additional building 
space (in an amount acceptable to the Court) that can be made available 
to the Court in the future if needed for expansion of the facilities of 
the Court.''
    Section 303 of Pub. L. 100-687 provided for the initial location of 
the principal office of the Court of Veterans Appeals.
