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title: "38 U.S.C. § 8507"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS BENEFITS"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 8507 - Payment of small shipping charges
## Text
Upon receipt of a proper claim for such property under the provisions of this subchapter the Secretary is hereby authorized, in the Secretarys discretion and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, to pay mailing or shipping charges not to exceed $25 in the case of each deceased veteran as hereinabove defined.
(Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1259, § 5207; Pub. L. 99576, title VII, § 701(98), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3300; renumbered § 8507, Pub. L. 10240, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 10283, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1991—Pub. L. 10240 renumbered section 5207 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 10283 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in two places and “Secretarys” for “Administrators”. 1986—Pub. L. 99576 substituted “the Administrators” for “his” and “prescribed by the Administrator” for “by him promulgated”.