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[CITE: 38USC8302]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
            PART VI--ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
 
              CHAPTER 83--ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS
 
Sec. 8302. Legal proceedings

    For the purpose of acquiring title to and possession of any property 
which the Secretary is by this chapter authorized to accept, the 
Secretary may initiate and appear in any appropriate legal proceedings, 
and take such steps therein or in connection therewith as in the 
Secretary's discretion may be desirable and appropriate to reduce said 
property to possession. The Secretary may incur such expenses incident 
to such proceedings as the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate, 
which shall be paid as are other administrative expenses of the 
Department. All funds received by devise, bequest, gift, or otherwise, 
for the purposes contemplated in this chapter, including net proceeds of 
sales authorized by this chapter, shall be deposited with the Treasurer 
of the United States to the credit of the General Post Fund.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1254, Sec. 5102; Pub. L. 99-
576, title VII, Sec. 701(90), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3299; renumbered 
Sec. 8302, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 
Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 
1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 5102 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' wherever appearing, ``Secretary's'' for 
``Administrator's'', and ``Department'' for ``Veterans' 
Administration''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 substituted ``the Administrator'' for ``he'' in 
two places, ``the Administrator's'' for ``his'', and ``The 
Administrator'' for ``He''.
