---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 8115"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "8115"
heading: "Acceptance of certain property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/8115"
units:
  - "Part VI — Acquisition and Disposition of Property"
  - "Chapter 81 — Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domiciliary Facilities; Procurement and Supply; Enhanced-Use Leases of Real Property"
  - "Subchapter I — Acquisition and Operation of Medical Facilities"
---

# §8115. Acceptance of certain property


The President may accept from any [State](/usc/38/101.md?p=20) or other political subdivision, or from any person, any building, structure, equipment, or grounds suitable for the care of disabled persons, with due regard to fire or other hazards, [state](/usc/38/101.md?p=20) of repair, and all other pertinent considerations. The President may designate which agency of the Federal Government shall have the control and management of any property so accepted.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 96–22, title III, § 301(a), June 13, 1979, 93 Stat. 61, § 5015; renumbered § 8115, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in former section 5005 of this title prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–22.

### Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5015 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1979, but not applicable with respect to the acquisition, construction, or alteration of any medical facilities if the acquisition, construction, or alteration (not including exchange) was approved by the President before Oct. 1, 1979, see section 302 of Pub. L. 96–22, set out as a note under section 8101 of this title.