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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "38 U.S.C. § 8304"
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description: "Disposition of property"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 38
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title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
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chapter_number: "83"
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chapter_name: "ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS"
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section: "8304"
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citation: "38 U.S.C. § 8304"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 8304 - Disposition of property
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## Text
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If the Secretary receives any property other than moneys as contemplated by this chapter, the Secretary is authorized in the Secretary’s discretion to sell, assign, transfer, and convey the same, or any interest therein claimed by virtue of such devise, bequest, or gift, for such price and upon such terms as the Secretary deems advantageous (including consent to partition of realty and compromise of contested claim of title) and the Secretary’s assignment, deed, or other conveyance of any such property, executed in the name and on behalf of the United States, shall be valid to pass to the purchaser thereof such title to said property as the United States, beneficially or as trustee of the General Post Fund, may have by virtue of any such devise, bequest, or gift, and the proceedings incident thereto, subject to the conditions, limitations, and provisions of the instruments so executed by the Secretary.
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(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1255, § 5104; Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(92), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3299; renumbered § 8304, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5104 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” and “Secretary’s” for “Administrator’s” wherever appearing. 1986—Pub. L. 99–576 substituted “the Administrator” for “he” in two places, and “the Administrator’s” for “his” in two places.
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