Notes on 24 U.S.C. § 420 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 24 U.S.C. § 420 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1520, Nov. 5, 1990, 104
Stat. 1731; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title III, Sec. 366(d), (e),
Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1631; Pub. L. 104-316, title II, Sec.
202(j), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3843; Pub. L. 107-107, div. A,
title XIV, Secs. 1408, 1410(a)(3), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1265,
1266; Pub. L. 107-314, div. A, title X, Sec. 1062(f)(3), Dec. 2,
2002, 116 Stat. 2651; Pub. L. 108-136, div. A, title X, Sec.
1045(g), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1613.)
AMENDMENTS
2003 - Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 108-136 inserted "Armed Forces"
before "Retirement Home Trust Fund".
2002 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107-314 made technical correction to
directory language of Pub. L. 107-107, Sec. 1410(a)(3)(C). See 2001
Amendment note below.
2001 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-107, Sec. 1410(a)(3)(A),
substituted "a facility" for "each facility that is maintained as a
separate establishment" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 107-107, Sec. 1408(b), inserted "Armed
Forces" before "Retirement Home Trust Fund".
Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 107-107, Secs. 1408(a), 1410(a)(3)(B),
struck out "maintained as a separate establishment" before "of the
Retirement Home" and inserted "who is a full-time officer or
employee of the United States or a member of the Armed Forces on
active duty" after "may designate an attorney".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107-107, Sec. 1410(a)(3)(C), as amended by
Pub. L. 107-314, substituted "Director of the facility" for
"Directors" in two places.
1996 - Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 104-316, Sec. 202(j)(1),
substituted "Secretary of Defense" for "Comptroller General of the
United States" and "Secretary" for "Comptroller General".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-316, Sec. 202(j)(2), substituted
"Secretary of Defense" for "Comptroller General of the United
States" in par. (1), "Secretary" for "Comptroller General" in par.
(2), and "allowed by the Secretary" for "allowed by the Comptroller
General" in par. (3).
1993 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 366(d), amended heading
and text of subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as
follows: "The Directors of the establishments of the Retirement
Home shall safeguard and dispose of the effects of a deceased
person delivered to the Retirement Home under section 4712(f) or
9712(f) of title 10 and the estate and effects of a deceased
resident of the Armed Forces Retirement Home as follows:
"(1) A will or other paper involving property rights shall be
promptly delivered to the proper court of record.
"(2) If the heirs or legal representative of the deceased
cannot sooner be ascertained, the Directors shall retain the
remaining effects until three years after the death of the
deceased, and then, if a right to the effects is established to
the satisfaction of the Directors, shall deliver the effects to
the living person highest on the following list who can be found:
"(A) The surviving spouse or legal representative.
"(B) A child of the deceased.
"(C) A parent of the deceased.
"(D) A brother or sister of the deceased.
"(E) The next-of-kin of the deceased.
"(F) A beneficiary named in the will of the deceased."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 366(e), amended heading and
text of subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as
follows:
"(1) After three years from the date of death of the deceased,
the Directors may sell the effects to which a right has not been
established under subsection (a) of this section (except
decorations, medals, and citations) by public or private sale, as
the Directors consider most advantageous.
"(2) After five years from the date of death of the deceased, the
Directors shall dispose of effects that were not sold under
paragraph (1) (including decorations, medals, and citations) and to
which a right has not been established under subsection (a) of this
section. The sale shall be made in the manner that the Directors
consider most appropriate in the public interest. Disposal may
include -
"(A) retaining the effects for the use of the Retirement Home;
"(B) delivering the effects to the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, to a State or other military home, to a museum, or to
any other appropriate institution; or
"(C) destroying the effects if the Retirement Home Board
determines that they are valueless."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 107-314, div. A, title X, Sec. 1062(f), Dec. 2, 2002, 116
Stat. 2651, provided that the amendment made by section 1062(f)(3)
is effective as of Dec. 28, 2001, and as if included in Pub. L. 107-
107 as enacted.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section applicable to estate of each resident of Armed Forces
Retirement Home, including United States Soldiers' and Airmen's
Home and Naval Home, who dies after Nov. 29, 1989, see section
1541(d) of Pub. L. 101-510, formerly set out as a note under
section 401 of this title.