38 USC § 8132 - Declaration of purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s8132"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 8132 - Declaration of purpose"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "8132"
section_name: "Declaration of purpose"
chapter_number: 81
chapter_name: "ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "STATE HOME FACILITIES FOR FURNISHING DOMICILIARY, NURSING HOME, AND HOSPITAL CARE"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 88–450, § 4(a), Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 501, § 5032; amended Pub. L. 94–581, title II, § 206(b), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2859; Pub. L. 95–62, § 3(3), July 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 262; Pub. L. 98–528, title I, § 105(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2689; renumbered § 8132, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 104–262, title III, § 342(b)(2), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3206; Pub. L. 116–315, title III, § 3004(c)(2), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4992.)"
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# § 8132. Declaration of purpose

The purpose of this subchapter is to assist the States to construct State home facilities (or to acquire facilities to be used as State home facilities) for furnishing domiciliary or nursing home care to veterans, and to expand, remodel, or alter existing buildings for furnishing domiciliary, nursing home, adult day health, or hospital care to veterans in State homes.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 88–450, § 4(a), Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 501, § 5032; amended Pub. L. 94–581, title II, § 206(b), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2859; Pub. L. 95–62, § 3(3), July 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 262; Pub. L. 98–528, title I, § 105(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2689; renumbered § 8132, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 104–262, title III, § 342(b)(2), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3206; Pub. L. 116–315, title III, § 3004(c)(2), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4992.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— struck out “several” before “States”.

1996— inserted “adult day health,” before “or hospital care”.

1991— renumbered  as this section.

1984— inserted “(or to acquire facilities to be used as State home facilities) after “State home facilities”.

1977— inserted references to the construction of State home facilities for furnishing of domiciliary care and to the expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings for furnishing domiciliary, nursing home, or hospital care to veterans in State homes.

1976— substituted “veterans” for “war veterans”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the continuing force and effect of the terms and conditions of grants made prior to , under former  and with additional provision for the modification of the terms and conditions of both grants made under former  prior to , and of grants made under this subchapter prior to , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .