38 USC § 8507 - Payment of small shipping charges

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s8507"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 8507 - Payment of small shipping charges"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "8507"
section_name: "Payment of small shipping charges"
chapter_number: 85
chapter_name: "DISPOSITION OF DECEASED VETERANS’ PERSONAL PROPERTY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PROPERTY LEFT ON DEPARTMENT FACILITY"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1259, § 5207; Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(98), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3300; renumbered § 8507, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)"
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# § 8507. Payment of small shipping charges

Upon receipt of a proper claim for such property under the provisions of this subchapter the Secretary is hereby authorized, in the Secretary’s 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1259, § 5207; Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(98), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3300; renumbered § 8507, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 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 “Secretary’s” for “Administrator’s”.

1986— substituted “the Administrator’s” for “his” and “prescribed by the Administrator” for “by him promulgated”.