USC Title 38
38 U.S.C. § 5506 Definition of “fiduciary”
§ 5506.
Definition of “fiduciary”
For purposes of this chapter and chapter 61 of this title, the term “fiduciary” means—
(1)
a person who is a guardian, curator, conservator, committee, or person legally vested with the responsibility or care of a claimant (or a claimant’s estate) or of a beneficiary (or a beneficiary’s estate); or
(2)
any other person having been appointed in a representative capacity to receive money paid under any of the laws administered by the Secretary for the use and benefit of a minor, incompetent, or other beneficiary.
(Added Pub. L. 108–454, title V, § 501(a)(1), , 118 Stat. 3617.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the first day of the seventh month beginning after , see section 507(a) of Pub. L. 108–454, set out as an Effective Date of 2004 Amendment note under section 5312 of this title.