38 USC § 8509 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s8509"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 8509 - Definitions"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "8509"
section_name: "Definitions"
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"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1259, § 5209; renumbered § 8509, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404.)"
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# § 8509. Definitions

The term “facility” or “Department facility” as used in this subchapter means those facilities over which the Department has direct and exclusive administrative jurisdiction, including hospitals or other facilities on property owned or leased by the United States while operated by the Department.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1259, § 5209; renumbered § 8509, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section.

substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration” wherever appearing.