Title 38 — VETERANS’ BENEFITS
- § 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
- § 301— Department
- § 302— Seal
- § 303— Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- § 304— Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- § 305— Under Secretary for Health
- § 306— Under Secretary for Benefits
- § 307— Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs
- § 308— Assistant Secretaries; Deputy Assistant Secretaries
- § 309— Chief Financial Officer
- § 310— Chief Information Officer
- § 311— General Counsel
- § 312— Inspector General
- § 312A— Director of Construction and Facilities Management
- § 313— Availability of appropriations
- § 314— Central Office
- § 315— Regional offices
- § 316— Colocation of regional offices and medical centers
- § 317— Center for Minority Veterans
- § 318— Center for Women Veterans
- § 319— Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication
- § 320— Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee
- § 321— Office of Survivors Assistance
- § 322— Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events
- § 323— Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection
- § 324— Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund
- § 325— Veterans experience office 1 So in original. Probably should be “Veterans Experience Office”.
- § 501— Rules and regulations
- § 502— Judicial review of rules and regulations
- § 503— Administrative error; equitable relief
- § 505— Opinions of Attorney General
- § 510— Authority to reorganize offices
- § 511— Decisions of the Secretary; finality
- § 512— Delegation of authority; assignment of functions and duties
- § 513— Contracts and personal services
- § 515— Administrative settlement of tort claims
- § 516— Equal employment responsibilities
- § 517— Quarterly reports to Congress on conferences sponsored by the Department
- § 521— Assistance to certain rehabilitation activities
- § 521A— Adaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces
- § 522— Studies of rehabilitation of disabled persons
- § 523— Coordination and promotion of other programs affecting veterans and their dependents
- § 525— Publication of laws relating to veterans
- § 527— Evaluation and data collection
- § 529— Annual report to Congress
- § 530— Annual report on program and expenditures for domestic response to weapons of mass destruction
- § 531— Requirements relating to naming of Department property
- § 532— Authority to advertise in national media; VetStar Award Program
- § 533— Anti-harassment and anti-sexual assault policy
- § 541— Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War
- § 542— Advisory Committee on Women Veterans
- § 543— Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs
- § 544— Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans
- § 545— Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans
- § 546— Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation
- § 547— Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs
- § 548— Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States
- § 701— Placement of employees in military installations
- § 703— Miscellaneous authorities respecting employees
- § 704— Waiver of pay limitation for certain employees
- § 705— Telephone service for medical officers and facility directors
- § 706— Additional authority relating to recruitment and retention of personnel
- § 707— Benefits for employees at overseas offices who are United States citizens
- § 709— Employment restrictions
- § 711— Grade reductions
- § 713— Senior executives: removal, demotion, or suspension based on performance or misconduct
- § 714— Employees: removal, demotion, or suspension based on performance or misconduct
- § 715— Congressional testimony by employees: treatment as official duty
- § 717— Limitation on administrative leave
- § 719— Reduction of benefits of employees convicted of certain crimes
- § 721— Recoupment of bonuses or awards paid to employees of Department
- § 723— Recoupment of relocation expenses paid on behalf of employees of Department
- § 725— Annual performance plan for political appointees
- § 726— Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees
- § 727— Reassignment of senior executives
- § 728— Misuse of Department purchase cards
- § 731— Adverse actions against supervisory employees who commit prohibited personnel actions relating to whistleblower complaints
- § 732— Protection of whistleblowers as criteria in evaluation of supervisors
- § 733— Training regarding whistleblower disclosures
- § 741— Executive Management Fellowship Program
- § 901— Authority to prescribe rules for conduct and penalties for violations
- § 902— Enforcement and arrest authority of Department police officers
- § 903— Uniform allowance
- § 904— Equipment and weapons
- § 905— Use of facilities and services of other law enforcement agencies
- § 1101— Definitions
- § 1102— Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
- § 1103— Special provisions relating to claims based upon effects of tobacco products
- § 1104— Cost-of-living adjustments
- § 1110— Basic entitlement
- § 1111— Presumption of sound condition
- § 1112— Presumptions relating to certain diseases and disabilities
- § 1113— Presumptions rebuttable
- § 1114— Rates of wartime disability compensation
- § 1115— Additional compensation for dependents
- § 1116— Presumptions of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents; presumption of exposure for veterans who served in certain locations
- § 1116A— Presumptions of service connection for veterans who served offshore of the Republic of Vietnam
- § 1116B— Presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea
- § 1117— Compensation for disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf War veterans
- § 1118— Presumptions of service connection for illnesses associated with service in the Persian Gulf during the Persian Gulf War
- § 1119— Presumptions of toxic exposure
- § 1120— Presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to burn pits and other toxins
- § 1121— Basic entitlement
- § 1122— Rates of wartime death compensation
- § 1131— Basic entitlement
- § 1132— Presumption of sound condition
- § 1133— Presumptions relating to certain diseases
- § 1134— Rates of peacetime disability compensation
- § 1135— Additional compensation for dependents
- § 1137— Wartime presumptions for certain veterans
- § 1141— Basic entitlement
- § 1142— Rates of peacetime death compensation
- § 1151— Benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation
- § 1152— Persons heretofore having a compensable status
- § 1153— Aggravation
- § 1154— Consideration to be accorded time, place, and circumstances of service
- § 1155— Authority for schedule for rating disabilities
- § 1156— Temporary disability ratings
- § 1157— Combination of certain ratings
- § 1158— Disappearance
- § 1159— Protection of service connection
- § 1160— Special consideration for certain cases of loss of paired organs or extremities
- § 1161— Payment of disability compensation in disability severance cases
- § 1162— Clothing allowance
- § 1163— Trial work periods and vocational rehabilitation for certain veterans with total disability ratings
- § 1164— Presumptions of service-connection for Coronavirus Disease 2019
- § 1165— Choice of sex of medical examiner for certain disabilities
- § 1166— Claims involving military sexual trauma
- § 1167— Mental health consultations
- § 1168— Medical nexus examinations for toxic exposure risk activities
- § 1171— Procedures to determine presumptions of service connection based on toxic exposure; definitions
- § 1172— Annual notice and opportunity for public comment
- § 1173— Formal evaluation of recommendations
- § 1174— Regulations regarding presumptions of service connection based on toxic exposure
- § 1175— Authority to modify process; congressional oversight
- § 1176— Agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concerning toxic exposures
- § 1301— Definitions
- § 1302— Determination of pay grade
- § 1303— Cost-of-living adjustments
- § 1304— Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
- § 1305— Reevaluation of dependency and indemnity compensation determinations pursuant to changes in presumptions of service connection
- § 1310— Deaths entitling survivors to dependency and indemnity compensation
- § 1311— Dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse
- § 1312— Benefits in certain cases of in-service or service-connected deaths
- § 1313— Dependency and indemnity compensation to children
- § 1314— Supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation to children
- § 1315— Dependency and indemnity compensation to parents
- § 1316— Dependency and indemnity compensation in cases of prior deaths
- § 1317— Restriction on payments under this chapter
- § 1318— Benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death
- § 1321— Certifications with respect to pay grade
- § 1322— Certifications with respect to social security entitlement
- § 1323— Certifications with respect to circumstances of death
- § 1501— Definitions
- § 1502— Determinations with respect to disability
- § 1503— Determinations with respect to annual income
- § 1504— Persons heretofore having a pensionable status
- § 1505— Payment of pension during confinement in penal institutions
- § 1506— Resource reports and overpayment adjustments
- § 1507— Disappearance
- § 1508— Frequency of payment of pension benefits
- § 1562— Special provisions relating to pension
- § 1701— Definitions
- § 1702— Presumptions: psychosis after service in World War II and following periods of war; mental illness after service in the Persian Gulf War
- § 1703— Veterans Community Care Program
- § 1703A— Agreements with eligible entities or providers; certification processes
- § 1703B— Access standards
- § 1703C— Standards for quality
- § 1703D— Prompt payment standard
- § 1703E— Center for Innovation for Care and Payment
- § 1703F— Credentialing verification requirements for providers of non-Department health care services
- § 1703G— Quarterly report on referrals for non-Department health care
- § 1704— Preventive health services: annual report
- § 1704A— Independent assessments of health care delivery systems and management processes
- § 1705— Management of health care: patient enrollment system
- § 1705A— Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts
- § 1706— Management of health care: other requirements
- § 1706A— Remediation of medical service lines
- § 1707— Limitations
- § 1708— Temporary lodging
- § 1709— Comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assault incidents and other safety incidents
- § 1709A— Teleconsultation
- § 1709B— Evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs
- § 1709C— Assistance for child care for certain veterans receiving health care
- § 1710— Eligibility for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care
- § 1710A— Required nursing home care
- § 1710B— Extended care services
- § 1710C— Traumatic brain injury: plans for rehabilitation and reintegration into the community
- § 1710D— Traumatic brain injury: comprehensive program for long-term rehabilitation
- § 1710E— Traumatic brain injury: use of non-Department facilities for rehabilitation
- § 1711— Care during examinations and in emergencies
- § 1712— Dental care; drugs and medicines for certain disabled veterans; vaccines
- § 1712A— Eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services
- § 1712B— Counseling for former prisoners of war
- § 1712C— Dental insurance plan for veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans
- § 1714— Fitting and training in use of prosthetic appliances; guide dogs; service dogs
- § 1715— Tobacco for hospitalized veterans
- § 1716— Hospital care by other agencies of the United States
- § 1717— Home health services; invalid lifts and other devices
- § 1718— Therapeutic and rehabilitative activities
- § 1719— Repair or replacement of certain prosthetic and other appliances
- § 1720— Transfers for nursing home care; adult day health care
- § 1720A— Treatment and rehabilitative services for persons with drug or alcohol dependency
- § 1720B— Respite care
- § 1720C— Noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care
- § 1720D— Counseling and treatment for sexual trauma
- § 1720E— Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation
- § 1720F— Comprehensive program for suicide prevention among veterans and members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces
- § 1720G— Assistance and support services for caregivers
- § 1720H— Mental health treatment for veterans and members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who served in classified missions
- § 1720I— Mental and behavioral health care for certain former members of the Armed Forces
- § 1720J— Emergent suicide care
- § 1720K— Grants or contracts to provide mental health support to family caregivers of veterans
- § 1720L— Home- and community-based services: programs
- § 1721— Power to make rules and regulations
- § 1722— Determination of inability to defray necessary expenses; income thresholds
- § 1722A— Copayment for medications
- § 1722B— Copayments: waiver of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans
- § 1722C— Copayments: prohibition on collection of copayments for first three mental health care outpatient visits of veterans
- § 1723— Furnishing of clothing
- § 1724— Hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care abroad
- § 1725— Reimbursement for emergency treatment
- § 1725A— Access to walk-in care
- § 1726— Reimbursement for loss of personal effects by natural disaster
- § 1727— Persons eligible under prior law
- § 1728— Reimbursement of certain medical expenses
- § 1729— Recovery by the United States of the cost of certain care and services
- § 1729A— Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund
- § 1729B— Consolidated patient accounting centers
- § 1730— Community residential care
- § 1730A— Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans
- § 1730B— Access to State prescription drug monitoring programs
- § 1730C— Licensure of health care professionals providing treatment via telemedicine
- § 1731— Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines
- § 1732— Contracts and grants to provide for the care and treatment of United States veterans by the Veterans Memorial Medical Center
- § 1733— Supervision of program by the President
- § 1734— Hospital and nursing home care and medical services in the United States
- § 1735— Definitions
- § 1741— Criteria for payment
- § 1742— Inspections of such homes; restrictions on beneficiaries
- § 1743— Applications
- § 1744— Hiring and retention of nurses: payments to assist States
- § 1745— Nursing home care, adult day health care, and medications for veterans with service-connected disabilities
- § 1751— Screening, counseling, and medical treatment
- § 1752— Research
- § 1753— Voluntary participation; confidentiality
- § 1754— Reports
- § 1781— Medical care for survivors and dependents of certain veterans
- § 1782— Counseling, training, and mental health services for immediate family members and caregivers
- § 1783— Bereavement counseling
- § 1784— Humanitarian care
- § 1784A— Examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in labor
- § 1785— Care and services during certain disasters and emergencies
- § 1786— Care for newborn children of women veterans receiving maternity care
- § 1787— Health care of family members of veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- § 1788— Transplant procedures with live donors and related services
- § 1789— Mental health services for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces
- § 1802— Spina bifida conditions covered
- § 1803— Health care
- § 1804— Vocational training and rehabilitation
- § 1805— Monetary allowance
- § 1811— Definitions
- § 1812— Covered birth defects
- § 1813— Health care
- § 1814— Vocational training
- § 1815— Monetary allowance
- § 1816— Regulations
- § 1821— Benefits for children of certain Korea service veterans born with spina bifida
- § 1822— Benefits for children of certain Thailand service veterans born with spina bifida
- § 1831— Definitions
- § 1832— Applicability of certain administrative provisions
- § 1833— Treatment of receipt of monetary allowance and other benefits
- § 1834— Nonduplication of benefits
- § 1835— Advisory council
- § 1836— Care and coordination teams
- § 1837— Duration of health care and benefits provided
- § 1838— Biennial report
- § 1901— Definitions
- § 1902— Premium rates and policy values
- § 1903— Amount of insurance
- § 1904— Plans of insurance
- § 1905— Renewal
- § 1906— Policy provisions
- § 1907— Payment or use of dividends
- § 1908— Premium payments
- § 1909— Effective date of insurance
- § 1910— Incontestability
- § 1911— Forfeiture
- § 1912— Total disability waiver
- § 1913— Death before six months’ total disability
- § 1914— Statutory total disabilities
- § 1915— Total disability income provision
- § 1916— Insurance which matured before August 1, 1946
- § 1917— Insurance maturing on or after August 1, 1946
- § 1918— Assignments
- § 1919— National Service Life Insurance appropriation
- § 1920— National Service Life Insurance Fund
- § 1921— Extra hazard costs
- § 1922— Legacy service disabled veterans’ insurance
- § 1922A— Legacy supplemental service disabled veterans’ insurance for totally disabled veterans
- § 1922B— Service-disabled veterans insurance
- § 1923— Veterans’ Special Life Insurance
- § 1924— In-service waiver of premiums
- § 1925— Limited period for acquiring insurance
- § 1926— Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries
- § 1927— Authority for higher monthly installments payable to certain annuitants
- § 1928— Authority for payment of interest on settlements
- § 1929— Authority to adjust premium discount rates
- § 1940— Definition
- § 1941— Amount of insurance
- § 1942— Plans of insurance
- § 1943— Premiums
- § 1944— Policy provisions
- § 1945— Renewal
- § 1946— Dividends to pay premiums
- § 1947— Incontestability
- § 1948— Total disability provision
- § 1949— Beneficiaries
- § 1950— Payment to estates
- § 1951— Payment of insurance
- § 1952— Optional settlement
- § 1953— Assignments
- § 1954— Forfeiture
- § 1955— United States Government Life Insurance Fund
- § 1956— Military and naval insurance appropriation
- § 1957— Extra hazard costs
- § 1958— Statutory total permanent disability
- § 1959— Waiver of disability for reinstatement
- § 1960— Waiver of premium payments on due date
- § 1961— Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries
- § 1962— Authority for higher monthly installments payable to certain annuitants
- § 1963— Authority for payment of interest on settlements
- § 1965— Definitions
- § 1966— Eligible insurance companies
- § 1967— Persons insured; amount
- § 1968— Duration and termination of coverage; conversion
- § 1969— Deductions; payment; investment; expenses
- § 1970— Beneficiaries; payment of insurance
- § 1971— Basic tables of premiums; readjustment of rates
- § 1972— Benefit certificates
- § 1973— Forfeiture
- § 1974— Advisory Council on Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
- § 1975— Jurisdiction of District Courts
- § 1976— Effective date
- § 1977— Veterans’ Group Life Insurance
- § 1978— Reinstatement
- § 1979— Incontestability
- § 1980— Option to receive accelerated death benefit
- § 1980A— Traumatic injury protection
- § 1980B— Periodic review of automatic maximum coverage
- § 1981— Replacement of surrendered and expired insurance
- § 1982— Administrative cost
- § 1983— Settlements for minors or incompetents
- § 1984— Suits on insurance
- § 1985— Decisions by the Secretary
- § 1986— Deposits in and disbursements from trust funds
- § 1987— Penalties
- § 1988— Savings provision
- § 2001— Purpose
- § 2002— Definitions
- § 2003— Staffing requirements
- § 2011— Grants
- § 2012— Per diem payments
- § 2013— Program to improve retention of housing by formerly homeless veterans and veterans at risk of becoming homeless
- § 2014— Training and technical assistance for recipients of certain financial assistance
- § 2015— Training and technical assistance for entities regarding services provided to veterans at risk of, experiencing, or transitioning out of homelessness
- § 2016— Authorization of appropriations
- § 2021— Homeless veterans reintegration programs
- § 2021A— Homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program
- § 2022— Coordination of outreach services for veterans at risk of homelessness
- § 2022A— Legal services for homeless veterans and veterans at risk for homelessness
- § 2023— Referral and counseling services: veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions
- § 2031— General treatment
- § 2032— Therapeutic housing
- § 2033— Additional services at certain locations
- § 2034— Coordination with other agencies and organizations
- § 2041— Housing assistance for homeless veterans
- § 2042— Supported housing for veterans participating in compensated work therapies
- § 2043— Domiciliary care programs
- § 2044— Financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing
- § 2051— General authority
- § 2052— Requirements
- § 2053— Default
- § 2054— Audit
- § 2061— Grant program for homeless veterans with special needs
- § 2062— Dental care
- § 2063— Employment assistance
- § 2064— Technical assistance grants for nonprofit community-based groups
- § 2065— Annual report on assistance to homeless veterans
- § 2066— Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans
- § 2067— National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans
- § 2068— Mental health consultations
- § 2069— Access to telehealth services
- § 2101— Acquisition and adaptation of housing: eligible veterans
- § 2101A— Eligibility for benefits and assistance: members of the Armed Forces with service-connected disabilities; individuals residing outside the United States
- § 2102— Limitations on assistance furnished
- § 2102A— Assistance for individuals residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member
- § 2102B— Adaptations to residences of veterans in rehabilitation programs
- § 2103— Furnishing of plans and specifications
- § 2104— Benefits additional to benefits under other laws
- § 2105— Nonliability of United States
- § 2106— Veterans’ mortgage life insurance
- § 2107— Coordination of administration of benefits
- § 2108— Specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program
- § 2109— Specially adapted housing destroyed or damaged by natural disasters
- § 2301— Flags
- § 2303— Death from non-service-connected disability; plot allowance
- § 2304— Claims for reimbursement
- § 2305— Persons eligible under prior law
- § 2306— Headstones, markers, and burial receptacles
- § 2307— Death from service-connected disability
- § 2308— Transportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery or a covered veterans’ cemetery
- § 2400— Establishment of National Cemetery Administration; composition of Administration
- § 2401— Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials
- § 2402— Persons eligible for interment in national cemeteries
- § 2403— Memorial areas
- § 2404— Administration
- § 2405— Disposition of inactive cemeteries
- § 2406— Acquisition of lands
- § 2407— Authority to accept and maintain suitable memorials
- § 2408— Aid to States, counties, and tribal organizations for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans’ cemeteries
- § 2409— Memorial areas in Arlington National Cemetery
- § 2410— Burial of cremated remains in Arlington National Cemetery
- § 2410A— Arlington National Cemetery: other administrative matters
- § 2411— Prohibition against interment or memorialization in the National Cemetery Administration or Arlington National Cemetery of persons committing certain Federal or State crimes
- § 2412— Lease of land and buildings
- § 2413— Prohibition on certain demonstrations and disruptions at cemeteries under control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery
- § 2414— Communication between Department of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral directors
- § 3001— Purposes
- § 3002— Definitions
- § 3011— Basic educational assistance entitlement for service on active duty
- § 3012— Basic educational assistance entitlement for service in the Selected Reserve
- § 3013— Duration of basic educational assistance
- § 3014— Payment of basic educational assistance
- § 3014A— Accelerated payment of basic educational assistance for education leading to employment in high technology occupation in high technology industry
- § 3015— Amount of basic educational assistance
- § 3016— Inservice enrollment in a program of education
- § 3017— Death benefit
- § 3018— Opportunity for certain active-duty personnel to withdraw election not to enroll
- § 3018A— Opportunity for certain active-duty personnel to enroll before being involuntarily separated from service
- § 3018B— Opportunity for certain persons to enroll
- § 3018C— Opportunity for certain VEAP participants to enroll
- § 3019— Tutorial assistance
- § 3020— Authority to transfer unused education benefits to family members for career service members
- § 3021— Supplemental educational assistance for additional service
- § 3022— Amount of supplemental educational assistance
- § 3023— Payment of supplemental educational assistance under this subchapter
- § 3031— Time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement
- § 3032— Limitations on educational assistance for certain individuals
- § 3033— Bar to duplication of educational assistance benefits
- § 3034— Program administration
- § 3035— Allocation of administration and of program costs
- § 3100— Purposes
- § 3101— Definitions
- § 3102— Basic entitlement
- § 3103— Periods of eligibility
- § 3104— Scope of services and assistance
- § 3105— Duration of rehabilitation programs
- § 3106— Initial and extended evaluations; determinations regarding serious employment handicap
- § 3107— Individualized vocational rehabilitation plan
- § 3108— Allowances
- § 3109— Entitlement to independent living services and assistance
- § 3110— Leaves of absence
- § 3111— Regulations to promote satisfactory conduct and cooperation
- § 3112— Revolving fund loans
- § 3113— Vocational rehabilitation for hospitalized members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- § 3114— Vocational rehabilitation outside the United States
- § 3115— Rehabilitation resources
- § 3116— Promotion of employment and training opportunities
- § 3117— Employment assistance
- § 3118— Personnel training, development, and qualifications
- § 3119— Rehabilitation research and special projects
- § 3120— Program of independent living services and assistance
- § 3121— Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation
- § 3122— Longitudinal study of vocational rehabilitation programs
- § 3201— Purpose
- § 3202— Definitions
- § 3221— Eligibility
- § 3222— Contributions; matching fund
- § 3223— Refunds of contributions upon disenrollment
- § 3224— Death of participant
- § 3225— Discharge or release under conditions which would bar the use of benefits
- § 3231— Entitlement; loan eligibility
- § 3232— Duration; limitations
- § 3233— Apprenticeship or other on-job training
- § 3234— Tutorial assistance
- § 3241— Requirements
- § 3243— Deposits; reports
- § 3301— Definitions
- § 3311— Educational assistance for service in the Armed Forces commencing on or after September 11, 2001: entitlement
- § 3312— Educational assistance: duration
- § 3313— Educational assistance: amount; payment
- § 3314— Tutorial assistance
- § 3315— Licensure and certification tests
- § 3315A— National tests
- § 3315B— Preparatory courses for licensure, certification, or national tests
- § 3316— Supplemental educational assistance: members with critical skills or specialty; members serving additional service
- § 3317— Public-private contributions for additional educational assistance
- § 3318— Additional assistance: relocation or travel assistance for individual relocating or traveling significant distance for pursuit of a program of education
- § 3319— Authority to transfer unused education benefits to family members
- § 3320— Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship
- § 3321— Time limitation for use of and eligibility for entitlement
- § 3322— Bar to duplication of educational assistance benefits
- § 3323— Administration
- § 3324— Allocation of administration and costs
- § 3325— Reporting requirement
- § 3326— Report on student progress
- § 3327— Election to receive educational assistance
- § 3451— Purpose
- § 3452— Definitions
- § 3461— Eligibility; entitlement; duration
- § 3462— Time limitations for completing a program of education
- § 3470— Selection of program
- § 3471— Applications; approval
- § 3474— Discontinuance for unsatisfactory conduct or progress
- § 3476— Education outside the United States
- § 3481— Educational assistance allowance
- § 3482— Computation of educational assistance allowances
- § 3483— Approval of courses
- § 3484— Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses
- § 3485— Work-study allowance
- § 3490— Purpose
- § 3491— Elementary and secondary education and preparatory educational assistance
- § 3492— Tutorial assistance
- § 3493— Effect on educational entitlement
- § 3500— Purpose
- § 3501— Definitions
- § 3510— Eligibility and entitlement generally
- § 3511— Duration of educational assistance
- § 3512— Periods of eligibility
- § 3513— Application
- § 3514— Processing of applications
- § 3520— Educational and vocational counseling
- § 3521— Approval of application
- § 3523— Disapproval of enrollment in certain courses
- § 3524— Discontinuance for unsatisfactory progress
- § 3531— Educational assistance allowance
- § 3532— Computation of educational assistance allowance
- § 3533— Special assistance for the educationally disadvantaged
- § 3534— Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses
- § 3535— Approval of courses
- § 3536— Specialized vocational training courses
- § 3537— Work-study allowance
- § 3540— Purpose
- § 3541— Entitlement to special restorative training
- § 3542— Special training allowance
- § 3543— Special administrative provisions
- § 3561— Authority and duties of Secretary
- § 3562— Nonduplication of benefits
- § 3563— Notification of eligibility
- § 3564— Annual adjustment of amounts of educational assistance
- § 3565— Children of certain Philippine veterans
- § 3566— Definitions
- § 3601— Definition of emergency situation
- § 3602— Continuation of educational assistance benefits during emergency situations
- § 3603— Continuation of educational assistance benefits for certain programs of education converted to distance learning by reason of emergency situations
- § 3604— Effects of closure of educational institution and modification of courses by reason of emergency situation
- § 3605— Payment of educational assistance in cases of withdrawal
- § 3670— Scope of approval
- § 3671— Designation
- § 3672— Approval of courses
- § 3672A— Uniform application
- § 3673— Approval activities: cooperation and coordination of activities
- § 3673A— Risk-based surveys
- § 3674— Reimbursement of expenses
- § 3674A— Evaluations of agency performance; qualifications and performance of agency personnel
- § 3675— Approval of accredited courses
- § 3676— Approval of nonaccredited courses
- § 3677— Approval of training on the job
- § 3678— Notice of approval of courses
- § 3679— Disapproval of courses
- § 3680— Payment of educational assistance or subsistence allowances
- § 3680A— Disapproval of enrollment in certain courses
- § 3681— Limitations on educational assistance
- § 3682— Control by agencies of the United States
- § 3683— Conflicting interests
- § 3684— Reports by veterans, eligible persons, and institutions; reporting fee
- § 3684A— Procedures relating to computer matching program
- § 3685— Overpayments to eligible persons or veterans
- § 3686— Correspondence courses
- § 3687— Apprenticeship or other on-job training
- § 3688— Measurement of courses
- § 3689— Approval requirements for licensing and certification testing
- § 3690— Overcharges by educational institutions; discontinuance of allowances; examination of records; false or misleading statements
- § 3691— Change of program
- § 3691A— Withdrawal or leave of absence from certain education
- § 3692— Advisory committee
- § 3693— Compliance surveys
- § 3694— Use of other Federal agencies
- § 3695— Limitation on period of assistance under two or more programs
- § 3696— Prohibition on certain advertising, sales, and enrollment practices
- § 3697— Funding of contract educational and vocational counseling
- § 3697A— Educational and vocational counseling
- § 3697B— On-campus educational and vocational counseling
- § 3698— Comprehensive policy on providing education information to veterans
- § 3698A— Provision of certificates of eligibility and award letters using electronic means
- § 3699— Effects of closure or disapproval of educational institution
- § 3699A— Provision of certain information to educational institutions
- § 3699B— Treatment of certain for-profit educational institutions
- § 3699C— High technology program
- § 3699D— Notice of changes to policies and guidance relating to educational assistance programs
- § 3701— Definitions
- § 3702— Basic entitlement
- § 3703— Basic provisions relating to loan guaranty and insurance
- § 3704— Restrictions on loans
- § 3705— Warranties
- § 3706— Escrow of deposits and downpayments
- § 3707— Adjustable rate mortgages
- § 3707A— Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages
- § 3708— Authority to buy down interest rates: pilot program
- § 3709— Refinancing of housing loans
- § 3710— Purchase or construction of homes
- § 3711— Direct loans to veterans
- § 3712— Loans to purchase manufactured homes and lots
- § 3713— Release from liability under guaranty
- § 3714— Assumptions; release from liability
- § 3720— Powers of Secretary
- § 3721— Incontestability
- § 3722— Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund
- § 3726— Withholding of payments, benefits, etc.
- § 3727— Expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects in mortgaged homes
- § 3728— Exemption from State anti-usury provisions
- § 3729— Loan fee
- § 3730— Use of attorneys in court
- § 3731— Appraisals
- § 3732— Procedure on default
- § 3733— Property management
- § 3734— Annual submission of information on the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund and housing programs
- § 3736— Reporting requirements
- § 3737— Partial Claim Program
- § 3741— Definitions
- § 3742— Small business loan program
- § 3743— Liability on loans
- § 3744— Approval of loans by the Secretary
- § 3745— Interest on loans
- § 3746— Maturity of loans
- § 3747— Eligible financial institutions
- § 3748— Preference for disabled veterans
- § 3749— Revolving fund
- § 3750— Incorporation of other provisions by the Secretary
- § 3751— Termination of program
- § 3761— Direct housing loans to Native American veterans; program authority
- § 3762— Direct housing loans to Native American veterans; program administration
- § 3762A— Native community development financial institution relending program
- § 3763— Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account
- § 3764— Qualified non-Native American veterans
- § 3765— Definitions
- § 3901— Definitions
- § 3902— Assistance for providing automobile and adaptive equipment
- § 3903— Limitations on assistance; special training courses
- § 3904— Research and development
- § 4100— Findings
- § 4101— Definitions
- § 4102— Purpose
- § 4102A— Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training; program functions; Regional Administrators
- § 4103— Directors and Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training; additional Federal personnel
- § 4103A— Disabled veterans’ outreach program
- § 4104— Local veterans’ employment representatives
- § 4104A— Collaborative veterans’ training, mentoring, and placement program
- § 4105— Cooperation of Federal agencies
- § 4106— Estimate of funds for administration; authorization of appropriations
- § 4107— Administrative controls; annual report
- § 4108— Cooperation and coordination
- § 4109— National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute
- § 4110— Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach
- § 4110A— Special unemployment study
- § 4110B— Coordination and nonduplication
- § 4112— Performance incentive awards for quality employment, training, and placement services
- § 4113— Transition Assistance Program personnel
- § 4114— Credentialing and licensure of veterans: demonstration project
- § 4115— Longitudinal study of job counseling, training, and placement service for veterans
- § 4211— Definitions
- § 4212— Veterans’ employment emphasis under Federal contracts
- § 4213— Eligibility requirements for veterans under Federal employment and training programs
- § 4214— Employment within the Federal Government
- § 4215— Priority of service for veterans in Department of Labor job training programs
- § 4301— Purposes; sense of Congress
- § 4302— Relation to other law and plans or agreements
- § 4303— Definitions
- § 4304— Character of service
- § 4311— Discrimination against persons who serve in the uniformed services and acts of reprisal prohibited
- § 4312— Reemployment rights of persons who serve in the uniformed services
- § 4313— Reemployment positions
- § 4314— Reemployment by the Federal Government
- § 4315— Reemployment by certain Federal agencies
- § 4316— Rights, benefits, and obligations of persons absent from employment for service in a uniformed service
- § 4317— Health plans
- § 4318— Employee pension benefit plans
- § 4319— Employment and reemployment rights in foreign countries
- § 4321— Assistance in obtaining reemployment or other employment rights or benefits
- § 4322— Enforcement of employment or reemployment rights
- § 4323— Enforcement of rights with respect to a State or private employer
- § 4324— Enforcement of rights with respect to Federal executive agencies
- § 4325— Enforcement of rights with respect to certain Federal agencies
- § 4326— Conduct of investigation; subpoenas
- § 4327— Noncompliance of Federal officials with deadlines; inapplicability of statutes of limitations
- § 4331— Regulations
- § 4332— Reports
- § 4333— Outreach
- § 4334— Notice of rights and duties
- § 4335— Training for Federal executive agency human resources personnel on employment and reemployment rights and limitations
- § 5100— Definitions
- § 5101— Claims and forms
- § 5102— Application forms furnished upon request; notice to claimants of incomplete applications
- § 5103— Notice to claimants of required information and evidence
- § 5103A— Duty to assist claimants
- § 5104— Decisions and notices of decisions
- § 5104A— Binding nature of favorable findings
- § 5104B— Higher-level review by the agency of original jurisdiction
- § 5104C— Options following decision by agency of original jurisdiction
- § 5105— Joint applications for social security and dependency and indemnity compensation
- § 5106— Furnishing of information by other agencies
- § 5107— Claimant responsibility; benefit of the doubt
- § 5108— Supplemental claims
- § 5109— Independent medical opinions
- § 5109A— Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error
- § 5109B— Expedited treatment of returned and remanded claims
- § 5110— Effective dates of awards
- § 5111— Commencement of period of payment
- § 5112— Effective dates of reductions and discontinuances
- § 5113— Effective dates of educational benefits
- § 5120— Payment of benefits; delivery
- § 5121— Payment of certain accrued benefits upon death of a beneficiary
- § 5121A— Substitution in case of death of claimant
- § 5122— Cancellation of checks mailed to deceased payees
- § 5123— Rounding down of pension rates
- § 5124— Acceptance of claimant’s statement as proof of relationship
- § 5125— Acceptance of reports of private physician examinations
- § 5126— Benefits not to be denied based on lack of mailing address
- § 5301— Nonassignability and exempt status of benefits
- § 5302— Waiver of recovery of claims by the United States
- § 5302A— Collection of indebtedness: certain debts of members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die of injury incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in a combat zone
- § 5302B— Prohibition of debt arising from overpayment due to delay in processing
- § 5303— Certain bars to benefits
- § 5303A— Minimum active-duty service requirement
- § 5303B— Character of service determinations
- § 5304— Prohibition against duplication of benefits
- § 5305— Waiver of retired pay
- § 5306— Renouncement of right to benefits
- § 5307— Apportionment of benefits
- § 5308— Withholding benefits of persons in territory of the enemy
- § 5309— Payment of certain withheld benefits
- § 5310— Payment of benefits for month of death
- § 5311— Prohibition of certain benefit payments
- § 5312— Annual adjustment of certain benefit rates
- § 5313— Limitation on payment of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation to persons incarcerated for conviction of a felony
- § 5313A— Limitation on payment of clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans
- § 5313B— Prohibition on providing certain benefits with respect to persons who are fugitive felons
- § 5314— Indebtedness offsets
- § 5314A— Dispute of indebtedness
- § 5315— Interest and administrative cost charges on delinquent payments of certain amounts due the United States
- § 5316— Authority to sue to collect certain debts
- § 5317— Use of income information from other agencies: notice and verification
- § 5317A— Use of income information from other agencies: independent verification required before termination or reduction of certain benefits and services
- § 5318— Review of Social Security Administration death information
- § 5319— Limitations on access to financial records
- § 5320— Threshold for reporting debts to consumer reporting agencies
- § 5321— Benefits helpline
- § 5501— Commitment actions
- § 5501A— Beneficiaries’ rights in mental competence determinations
- § 5502— Payments to and supervision of fiduciaries
- § 5503— Hospitalized veterans and estates of incompetent institutionalized veterans
- § 5504— Administration of trust funds
- § 5506— Definition of “fiduciary”
- § 5507— Inquiry, investigations, and qualification of fiduciaries
- § 5508— Periodic onsite reviews of institutional fiduciaries
- § 5509— Authority to require fiduciary to receive payments at regional offices of the Department when failing to provide required accounting
- § 5510— Annual report
- § 5701— Confidential nature of claims
- § 5702— Furnishing of records
- § 5703— Certification of records of District of Columbia
- § 5704— Transcript of trial records
- § 5705— Confidentiality of medical quality-assurance records
- § 5706— Veterans identification card
- § 5711— Authority to issue subpoenas
- § 5712— Validity of affidavits
- § 5713— Disobedience to subpoena
- § 5721— Purpose
- § 5722— Policy
- § 5723— Responsibilities
- § 5724— Provision of credit protection and other services
- § 5725— Contracts for data processing or maintenance
- § 5726— Reports and notice to Congress on data breaches
- § 5727— Definitions
- § 5728— Authorization of appropriations
- § 5901— Prohibition against acting as claims agent or attorney
- § 5902— Recognition of representatives of organizations
- § 5903— Recognition with respect to particular claims
- § 5904— Recognition of agents and attorneys generally
- § 5905— Penalty for certain acts
- § 5906— Availability of legal assistance at Department facilities
- § 6101— Misappropriation by fiduciaries
- § 6102— Fraudulent acceptance of payments
- § 6103— Forfeiture for fraud
- § 6104— Forfeiture for treason
- § 6105— Forfeiture for subversive activities
- § 6106— Misuse of benefits by fiduciaries
- § 6107— Reissuance of benefits
- § 6108— Authority for judicial orders of restitution
- § 6301— Purpose; definitions
- § 6302— Biennial plan
- § 6303— Outreach services
- § 6304— Veterans assistance offices
- § 6305— Outstationing of counseling and outreach personnel
- § 6306— Use of other agencies
- § 6307— Grants to States and Indian Tribes to improve outreach to veterans
- § 6308— Outreach for eligible dependents
- § 6309— Biennial report to Congress
- § 6320— Solid Start program
- § 7101— Composition of Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- § 7101A— Members of Board: appointment; pay; performance review
- § 7102— Assignment of members of Board
- § 7103— Reconsideration; correction of obvious errors
- § 7104— Jurisdiction of the Board; decisions; notice
- § 7105— Filing of appeal
- § 7105A— Simultaneously contested claims
- § 7107— Appeals: dockets; hearings
- § 7108— Rejection of applications
- § 7111— Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error
- § 7112— Expedited treatment of certain claims
- § 7113— Evidentiary record before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- § 7114— Internship program
- § 7251— Status
- § 7252— Jurisdiction; finality of decisions
- § 7253— Composition
- § 7254— Organization
- § 7255— Offices, duty stations, and residences
- § 7256— Times and places of sessions
- § 7257— Recall of retired judges
- § 7261— Scope of review
- § 7262— Fee for filing appeals
- § 7263— Representation of parties; fee agreements
- § 7264— Rules of practice and procedure
- § 7265— Contempt authority; assistance to the Court
- § 7266— Notice of appeal
- § 7267— Decisions
- § 7268— Availability of proceedings
- § 7269— Publication of decisions
- § 7281— Employees
- § 7282— Budget and expenditures
- § 7283— Disposition of fees
- § 7284— Fee for transcript of record
- § 7285— Practice and registration fees
- § 7286— Judicial Conference of the Court
- § 7287— Administration
- § 7288— Annual report
- § 7291— Date when Court decision becomes final
- § 7292— Review by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- § 7296— Retirement of judges
- § 7297— Survivor annuities
- § 7298— Retirement Fund
- § 7299— Limitation on activities of retired judges
- § 7301— Functions of Veterans Health Administration: in general
- § 7302— Functions of Veterans Health Administration: health-care personnel education and training programs
- § 7303— Functions of Veterans Health Administration: research programs
- § 7304— Regulations
- § 7305— Divisions of Veterans Health Administration
- § 7306— Office of the Under Secretary for Health
- § 7307— Office of Research Oversight
- § 7308— Office of Rural Health
- § 7309— Readjustment Counseling Service
- § 7309A— Office of Patient Advocacy
- § 7310— Office of Women’s Health
- § 7310A— Annual reports on Women’s Health
- § 7311— Quality assurance
- § 7311A— Quality management officers
- § 7312— Special medical advisory group
- § 7313— Advisory committees: affiliated institutions
- § 7314— Geriatric research, education, and clinical centers
- § 7315— Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee
- § 7316— Malpractice and negligence suits: defense by United States
- § 7317— Hazardous research projects: indemnification of contractors
- § 7318— National Center for Preventive Health
- § 7319— Mammography quality standards
- § 7320— Centers for mental illness research, education, and clinical activities
- § 7321— Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans
- § 7321A— Committee on Care of Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury
- § 7322— Breast cancer mammography policy
- § 7323— Required consultations with nurses
- § 7324— Annual report on use of authorities to enhance retention of experienced nurses
- § 7325— Medical emergency preparedness centers
- § 7326— Education and training programs on medical response to consequences of terrorist activities
- § 7327— Centers for research, education, and clinical activities on complex multi-trauma associated with combat injuries
- § 7328— Medical preparedness centers
- § 7329— Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical centers
- § 7330— Multiple sclerosis centers of excellence
- § 7330A— Epilepsy centers of excellence
- § 7330B— Annual report on Veterans Health Administration and furnishing of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care
- § 7330C— Quadrennial Veterans Health Administration review
- § 7330D— Inapplicability of Paperwork Reduction Act to research activities
- § 7331— Informed consent
- § 7332— Confidentiality of certain medical records
- § 7333— Nondiscrimination against alcohol and drug abusers and persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
- § 7334— Regulations
- § 7361— Authority to establish; status
- § 7362— Purpose of corporations
- § 7363— Board of directors; executive director
- § 7364— General powers
- § 7365— Coverage of employees under certain Federal tort claims laws
- § 7366— Accountability and oversight
- § 7381— Office of Research and Development
- § 7382— Research personnel
- § 7401— Appointments in Veterans Health Administration
- § 7402— Qualifications of appointees
- § 7403— Period of appointments; promotions
- § 7404— Grades and pay scales
- § 7404A— Awards
- § 7405— Temporary full-time appointments, part-time appointments, and without-compensation appointments
- § 7406— Residencies and internships
- § 7407— Administrative provisions for section 7405 and 7406 appointments
- § 7408— Appointment of additional employees
- § 7409— Contracts for scarce medical specialist services
- § 7410— Additional pay authorities
- § 7411— Full-time board-certified physicians and dentists: reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses
- § 7412— Annual determination of staffing shortages; recruitment and appointment for needed occupations
- § 7413— Treatment of podiatrists; clinical oversight standards
- § 7414— Compliance with requirements for examining qualifications and clinical abilities of health care professionals
- § 7421— Personnel administration: in general
- § 7422— Collective bargaining
- § 7423— Personnel administration: full-time employees
- § 7424— Travel expenses of certain employees
- § 7425— Employees: laws not applicable
- § 7426— Retirement rights
- § 7431— Pay
- § 7432— Pay of Under Secretary for Health
- § 7433— Administrative matters
- § 7451— Nurses and other health-care personnel: competitive pay
- § 7452— Nurses and other health-care personnel: administration of pay
- § 7453— Nurses: additional pay
- § 7454— Physician assistants and other health care professionals: additional pay
- § 7455— Increases in rates of basic pay
- § 7456— Nurses: special rules for weekend duty
- § 7456A— Nurses: alternate work schedules
- § 7457— On-call pay
- § 7458— Recruitment and retention bonus pay
- § 7459— Nursing staff: special rules for overtime duty
- § 7461— Adverse actions: section 7401(1) employees
- § 7462— Major adverse actions involving professional conduct or competence
- § 7463— Other adverse actions
- § 7464— Disciplinary Appeals Boards
- § 7471— Designation of Regional Medical Education Centers
- § 7472— Supervision and staffing of Centers
- § 7473— Personnel eligible for training
- § 7474— Consultation
- § 7501— Establishment of scholarship program; purpose
- § 7502— Application and acceptance
- § 7503— Amount of assistance; duration
- § 7504— Agreement
- § 7505— Repayment for failure to satisfy requirements of agreement
- § 7601— Establishment of program; purpose
- § 7602— Eligibility
- § 7603— Application and acceptance
- § 7604— Terms of agreement
- § 7611— Authority for program
- § 7612— Eligibility; application; agreement
- § 7613— Scholarship
- § 7614— Part-time students
- § 7615— Status of participants
- § 7616— Obligated service
- § 7617— Breach of agreement: liability
- § 7618— Additional program requirements
- § 7619— Expiration of program
- § 7621— Authority for program
- § 7622— Eligibility; application; agreement
- § 7623— Obligated service
- § 7624— Breach of agreement: liability
- § 7625— Allocation and distribution of funding
- § 7631— Periodic adjustments in amount of assistance
- § 7632— Annual report
- § 7633— Regulations
- § 7634— Breach of agreement; waiver of liability
- § 7635— Service in other agencies
- § 7636— Exemption of educational assistance payments from taxation
- § 7651— Authority for program
- § 7652— Eligibility: individuals entitled to benefits under the GI Bill program for members of the Selected Reserve
- § 7653— Amount of assistance
- § 7654— Obligated service
- § 7655— Breach of agreement; liability
- § 7671— Authority for program
- § 7672— Eligibility; agreement
- § 7673— Scholarship
- § 7674— Obligated service
- § 7675— Breach of agreement: liability
- § 7681— Authority for program
- § 7682— Eligibility
- § 7683— Education debt reduction
- § 7691— Establishment
- § 7692— Purpose
- § 7693— Eligibility; preferences; covered costs
- § 7694— Specialty education loan repayment
- § 7695— Choice of location
- § 7696— Term of obligated service
- § 7697— Relationship to Educational Assistance Program
- § 7698— Requirement for program
- § 7699— Eligibility; agreement
- § 7699A— Obligated service
- § 7699B— Breach of agreement: liability
- § 7701— Organization of the Administration
- § 7703— Functions of the Administration
- § 7731— Establishment
- § 7732— Functions
- § 7732A— Employee certification
- § 7733— Personnel
- § 7734— Annual report to Congress
- § 7801— Purpose of Veterans’ Canteen Service
- § 7802— Duties of Secretary with respect to Service
- § 7803— Operation of Service
- § 7804— Financing of Service
- § 7805— Revolving fund
- § 7806— Budget of Service
- § 7807— Audit of accounts
- § 7808— Service to be independent unit
- § 7809— Child-care centers
- § 7810— Exemption from personnel ceilings
- § 7901— Programs; purpose
- § 7902— Scholarship program
- § 7903— Education debt reduction program
- § 7904— Preferences in awarding financial assistance
- § 7905— Requirement of honorable discharge for veterans receiving assistance
- § 7906— Regulations
- § 7907— Termination
- § 8101— Definitions
- § 8102— Acquisition of medical facilities
- § 8103— Authority to construct and alter, and to acquire sites for, medical facilities
- § 8104— Congressional approval of certain medical facility acquisitions
- § 8105— Structural requirements
- § 8106— Construction contracts
- § 8108— Contributions to local authorities
- § 8109— Parking facilities
- § 8110— Operation of medical facilities
- § 8111— Sharing of Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense health care resources
- § 8111A— Furnishing of health-care services to members of the Armed Forces during a war or national emergency
- § 8111B— Shared medical facilities with Department of Defense
- § 8112— Partial relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction
- § 8113— Property formerly owned by National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
- § 8114— Use of federally owned facilities; use of personnel
- § 8115— Acceptance of certain property
- § 8116— Nursing home revolving fund
- § 8117— Emergency preparedness
- § 8118— Authority for transfer of real property; Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund
- § 8119— Annual report on outpatient clinics
- § 8120— Quarterly report on super construction projects
- § 8121— Revolving supply fund
- § 8122— Authority to procure and dispose of property and to negotiate for common services
- § 8123— Procurement of prosthetic appliances
- § 8124— Grant of easements in Government-owned lands
- § 8125— Procurement of health-care items
- § 8126— Limitation on prices of drugs procured by Department and certain other Federal agencies
- § 8127— Small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans: contracting goals and preferences
- § 8128— Small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans: contracting priority
- § 8129— Preference for offerors employing veterans
- § 8131— Definitions
- § 8132— Declaration of purpose
- § 8133— Authorization of appropriations
- § 8134— General regulations
- § 8135— Applications with respect to projects; payments
- § 8136— Recapture provisions
- § 8137— State control of operations
- § 8138— Treatment of certain health facilities as State homes
- § 8151— Statement of congressional purpose
- § 8152— Definitions
- § 8153— Sharing of health-care resources
- § 8154— Exchange of medical information
- § 8155— Pilot programs; grants to medical schools
- § 8156— Coordination with health services development activities carried out under the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974
- § 8157— Joint title to medical equipment
- § 8158— Deposit in escrow
- § 8159— Authority to pay for services authorized but not subject to an agreement
- § 8161— Definitions
- § 8162— Enhanced-use leases
- § 8163— Hearing and notice requirements regarding proposed leases
- § 8164— Authority for disposition of leased property
- § 8165— Use of proceeds
- § 8166— Construction standards
- § 8167— Exemption from State and local taxes
- § 8168— Annual reports
- § 8171— Definitions
- § 8172— Management of major information technology projects
- § 8173— Information technology activities of the Financial Services Center
- § 8174— Submission of annual reviews of information technology
- § 8175— Information technology matters to be included in budget justification materials for the Department
- § 8201— Coordination with public health programs; administration
- § 8211— Declaration of purpose
- § 8212— Authorization of appropriations
- § 8213— Pilot program assistance
- § 8214— Limitations
- § 8221— Declaration of purpose
- § 8222— Authorization of appropriations
- § 8223— Grants
- § 8231— Declaration of purpose
- § 8232— Definition
- § 8233— Grants
- § 8241— Expenditures to remodel and make special allocations to Department hospitals for health manpower education and training
- § 8301— Authority to accept gifts, devises, and bequests
- § 8302— Legal proceedings
- § 8303— Restricted gifts
- § 8304— Disposition of property
- § 8305— Savings provision
- § 8501— Vesting of property left by decedents
- § 8502— Disposition of unclaimed personal property
- § 8503— Notice of provisions of this subchapter
- § 8504— Disposition of other unclaimed property
- § 8505— Sale or other disposition of property
- § 8506— Notice of sale
- § 8507— Payment of small shipping charges
- § 8508— Relinquishment of Federal jurisdiction
- § 8509— Definitions
- § 8510— Finality of decisions
- § 8520— Vesting of property left by decedents
- § 8521— Presumption of contract for disposition of personalty
- § 8522— Sale of assets accruing to the Fund
- § 8523— Disbursements from the Fund
- § 8524— Disposal of remaining assets
- § 8525— Court actions
- § 8526— Filing of claims for assets
- § 8527— Notice of provisions of subchapter
- § 8528— Investment of the Fund