38 USC § 8211 - Declaration of purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s8211"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 8211 - Declaration of purpose"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "8211"
section_name: "Declaration of purpose"
chapter_number: 82
chapter_name: "ASSISTANCE IN ESTABLISHING NEW STATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS; GRANTS TO AFFILIATED MEDICAL SCHOOLS; ASSISTANCE TO HEALTH MANPOWER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PILOT PROGRAM FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW STATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS"
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. 92–541, § 2(a), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1102, § 5071; amended Pub. L. 94–581, title II, § 210(f)(2), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2865; renumbered § 8211, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(2)(B), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 239; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)"
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# § 8211. Declaration of purpose

The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize the Secretary to implement a pilot program under which the Secretary may provide assistance in the establishment of new State medical schools at colleges or universities which are primarily supported by the States in which they are located if such schools are located in proximity to, and operated in conjunction with, Department medical facilities.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 92–541, § 2(a), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1102, § 5071; amended Pub. L. 94–581, title II, § 210(f)(2), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2865; renumbered § 8211, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(2)(B), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 239; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section.

substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in two places and substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”.

1976— substituted “the Administrator” for “he”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

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