38 USC § 8116 - Nursing home revolving fund

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title: "38 USC § 8116 - Nursing home revolving fund"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "8116"
section_name: "Nursing home revolving fund"
chapter_number: 81
chapter_name: "ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL FACILITIES"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–322, title II, § 205(a), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 512, § 5016; renumbered § 8116 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239.)"
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# § 8116. Nursing home revolving fund

**(a)**

**1** Amounts realized from a transfer pursuant to section 8122(a)(2)(C) [^1] of this title shall be administered as a revolving fund and shall be available without fiscal year limitation.

See References in Text note below.

**(2)** The revolving fund shall be deposited in a checking account with the Treasurer of the United States.

**(b)**

**(1)** The expenditure of funds from the revolving fund may be made only for the construction, alteration, and acquisition (including site acquisition) of nursing home facilities and may be made only as provided for in appropriation Acts.

**(2)** For the purpose of section 8104(a)(2) of this title, a bill, resolution, or amendment which provides that funds in the revolving fund may be expended for a project involving a total expenditure of more than $2,000,000 for the construction, alteration, or acquisition (including site acquisition) of a nursing home facility shall be considered to be a bill, resolution, or amendment making an appropriation which may be expended for a major medical facility project.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–322, title II, § 205(a), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 512, § 5016; renumbered § 8116 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239.)

### Repeal of Section

,(f), , , 2390, provided that this section is repealed effective at the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies to Congress that the Secretary is in compliance with .

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), was amended generally by , , , and, as so amended, no longer contains a subpar. (C).

### Amendments

1991—, renumbered  as this section.

, substituted “8122(a)(2)(C)” for “5022(a)(2)(C)” in subsec. (a)(1) and “8104(a)(2)” for “5004(a)(2)” in subsec. (b)(2).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective at the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies to Congress that the Secretary is in compliance with , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2004 Amendment note under .

### Transfer of Nursing Home Revolving Fund Balances and Receipts

For provisions relating to the transfer of balances and receipts from the Nursing Home Revolving Fund to the “Medical services” account, see , set out as a note under .