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[CITE: 38USC8131]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
            PART VI--ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
 
   CHAPTER 81--ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY 
FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--STATE HOME FACILITIES FOR FURNISHING DOMICILIARY, 
                     NURSING HOME, AND HOSPITAL CARE
 
Sec. 8131. Definitions

    For the purpose of this subchapter--
        (1) The veteran population of each State shall be determined on 
    the basis of the latest figures certified by the Department of 
    Commerce.
        (2) The term ``State'' does not include any possession of the 
    United States.
        (3) The term ``construction'' means the construction of new 
    domiciliary or nursing home buildings, the expansion, remodeling, or 
    alteration of existing buildings for the provision of domiciliary, 
    nursing home, adult day health, or hospital care in State homes, and 
    the provision of initial equipment for any such buildings.
        (4) The term ``cost of construction'' means the amount found by 
    the Secretary to be necessary for a construction project, including 
    architect fees, but excluding land acquisition costs.

(Added Pub. L. 88-450, Sec. 4(a), Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 501, 
Sec. 5031; amended Pub. L. 94-581, title II, Sec. 206(b), Oct. 21, 1976, 
90 Stat. 2859; Pub. L. 95-62, Sec. 3(1), (2), July 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 
262; Pub. L. 99-576, title II, Sec. 224(d), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 
3263; renumbered Sec. 8131, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), 
May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 
6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405; Pub. L. 104-262, title III, Sec. 342(b)(1), 
Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3206.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Par. (3). Pub. L. 104-262 inserted ``adult day health,'' 
before ``or hospital care''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 5031 of this title as this 
section.
    Par. (4). Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 redesignated pars. (a) to (d) as pars. (1) to 
(4), respectively.
    1977--Par. (c). Pub. L. 95-62, Sec. 3(1), inserted construction of 
new domiciliary buildings, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of 
existing domiciliary and hospital buildings, and provision of initial 
equipment for any such buildings to definition of ``construction''.
    Par. (d). Pub. L. 95-62, Sec. 3(2), struck out provisions which had 
limited definition of ``cost of construction'' to the cost of 
construction of nursing home facilities.
    1976--Par. (a). Pub. L. 94-581 substituted ``veteran'' for ``war 
veteran''.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Section 224(e) of Pub. L. 99-576 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section and sections 5033 and 5035 
[now 8133 and 8135] of this title] shall take effect on July 1, 1987.''


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Section 5 of Pub. L. 95-62 provided that:
    ``(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the 
amendments made by this Act [amending this section and sections 5032 to 
5036 [now 8132 to 8136] of this title and repealing section 644 of this 
title] shall be effective October 1, 1977.
    ``(b)(1) The terms and conditions of any grant made prior to October 
1, 1977, under section 644 of title 38, United States Code [former 
section 644 of this title], and regulations prescribed thereunder, shall 
remain in full force and effect unless modified, by the mutual agreement 
of the parties, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter III of 
chapter 81 of such title, and regulations prescribed thereunder, in 
effect after September 30, 1977.
    ``(2) With respect to any grant made prior to October 1, 1977, under 
subchapter III of chapter 81 of such title, the Administrator of 
Veterans' Affairs shall, upon application of a grantee, modify the terms 
and conditions of such grant to comply with the provisions of such 
subchapter as amended by this Act, and regulations prescribed 
thereunder, and shall promptly notify each such grantee of the grantee's 
right to request such modification.''


                    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.


                      Short Title of 1977 Amendment

    For short title of Pub. L. 95-62 as the ``State Veterans' Home 
Assistance Improvement Act of 1977'', see section 1 of Pub. L. 95-62, 
set out as a Short Title of 1977 Amendment note under section 101 of 
this title.
