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title: "38 U.S.C. § 5501"
description: "Commitment actions"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS BENEFITS"
chapter_number: "55"
chapter_name: "MINORS, INCOMPETENTS, AND OTHER WARDS"
section: "5501"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 5501"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 5501 - Commitment actions
## Text
The Secretary may incur necessary court costs and other expenses incident to proceedings for the commitment of mentally incompetent veterans to a Department hospital or domiciliary when necessary for treatment or domiciliary purposes.
(Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1232, § 3201; renumbered § 5501, Pub. L. 10240, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 10283, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1991—Pub. L. 10240 renumbered section 3201 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 10283, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”. Pub. L. 10283, § 4(a)(3), (4), substituted “Department” for “Veterans Administration”.