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[CITE: 38USC7801]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
                  CHAPTER 78--VETERANS' CANTEEN SERVICE
 
Sec. 7801. Purpose of Veterans' Canteen Service

    The Veterans' Canteen Service (hereafter in this chapter referred to 
as the ``Service'') in the Department is an instrumentality of the 
United States, created for the primary purpose of making available to 
veterans of the Armed Forces who are hospitalized or domiciled in 
hospitals and homes of the Department, at reasonable prices, articles of 
merchandise and services essential to their comfort and well-being.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1248, Sec. 4201; renumbered 
Sec. 7801 and amended Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(a), (b)(1), May 
7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), Aug. 6, 1991, 
105 Stat. 404.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 4201 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Department'' for ``Veterans' 
Administration'' in two places.
