§ 101 Definitions
§ 102 Dependent parents
§ 103 Special provisions relating to marriages
§ 104 Approval of educational institutions
§ 105 Line of duty and misconduct
§ 106 Certain service deemed to be active service
§ 107 Certain service deemed not to be active service
§ 108 Seven-year absence presumption of death
§ 109 Benefits for discharged members of allied forces
§ 110 Preservation of disability ratings
§ 111 Payments or allowances for beneficiary travel
§ 111A Transportation of individuals to and from Department facilities
§ 112 Presidential memorial certificate program
§ 113 Treatment of certain programs under sequestration procedures
§ 114 Multiyear procurement
§ 115 Acquisition of real property
§ 116 Reports to Congress: cost information
§ 117 Advance appropriations for certain accounts
§ 118 Submission of reports to Congress in electronic form
§ 119 Contracting for statistical analyses and data evaluation

Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 38 > Part I > Chapter 1 - General

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
  • Budget authority: Authority provided by law to enter into obligations that will result in outlays of Federal funds. Budget authority may be classified by the period of availability (one-year, multiyear, no-year), by the timing of congressional action (current or permanent), or by the manner of determining the amount available (definite or indefinite).
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • vehicle: includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land. See 1 USC 4