US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

38 U.S.C. § 8114

Use of federally owned facilities; use of personnel

(a)
The Secretary, subject to the approval of the President, may use as medical facilities such suitable buildings, structures, and grounds owned by the United States on , as may be available for such purposes, and the President may by Executive order transfer any such buildings, structures, and grounds to the control and jurisdiction of the Department upon the request of the Secretary.
(b)
The President may require the architectural, engineering, constructing, or other forces of any of the departments of the Government to do or assist in the construction and alteration of medical facilities, and the President may employ for such purposes individuals and agencies not connected with the Government, if in the opinion of the President such is desirable, at such compensation as the President may consider reasonable.

Pub. L. 96–22, title III, § 301(a)93 Stat. 61Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1)105 Stat. 238Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3)105 Stat. 404(Added , , , § 5014; renumbered § 8114, , , ; amended , (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), , , 405.)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

section 5001(e) of this titlePub. L. 96–22Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior to the general revision of this subchapter by .

Amendments

Pub. L. 102–40section 5014 of this title1991— renumbered as this section.

Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1)Subsec. (a). , (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in two places.

Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 302 of Pub. L. 96–22section 8101 of this titleSection effective , 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 , see , set out as a note under .