Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits
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Ch. 1— Dependent parents20 sections
- § 101Definitions
- § 102Dependent parents
- § 103Special provisions relating to marriages
- § 104Approval of educational institutions
- § 105Line of duty and misconduct
- § 106Certain service deemed to be active service
- § 107Certain service deemed not to be active service
- § 108Seven-year absence presumption of death
- § 109Benefits for discharged members of allied forces
- § 110Preservation of disability ratings
- § 111Payments or allowances for beneficiary travel
- § 111ATransportation of individuals to and from Department facilities
- § 112Presidential memorial certificate program
- § 113Treatment of certain programs under sequestration procedures
- § 114Multiyear procurement
- § 115Acquisition of real property
- § 116Reports to Congress: cost information
- § 117Advance appropriations for certain accounts
- § 118Submission of reports to Congress in electronic form
- § 119Contracting for statistical analyses and data evaluation
Ch. 3— Department24 sections
- § 301Department
- § 302Seal
- § 303Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- § 304Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- § 305Under Secretary for Health
- § 306Under Secretary for Benefits
- § 307Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs
- § 308Assistant Secretaries; Deputy Assistant Secretaries
- § 309Chief Financial Officer
- § 310Chief Information Officer
- § 311General Counsel
- § 312Inspector General
- § 312ADirector of Construction and Facilities Management
- § 313Availability of appropriations
- § 314Central Office
- § 315Regional offices
- § 316Colocation of regional offices and medical centers
- § 317Center for Minority Veterans
- § 318Center for Women Veterans
- § 319Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication
- § 320Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee
- § 321Office of Survivors Assistance
- § 322Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events
- § 323Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection
Ch. 5— Rules and regulations27 sections
- § 501Rules and regulations
- § 502Judicial review of rules and regulations
- § 503Administrative error; equitable relief
- § 505Opinions of Attorney General
- § 510Authority to reorganize offices
- § 511Decisions of the Secretary; finality
- § 512Delegation of authority; assignment of functions and duties
- § 513Contracts and personal services
- § 515Administrative settlement of tort claims
- § 516Equal employment responsibilities
- § 517Quarterly reports to Congress on conferences sponsored by the Department
- § 521Assistance to certain rehabilitation activities
- § 521AAdaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces
- § 522Studies of rehabilitation of disabled persons
- § 523Coordination and promotion of other programs affecting veterans and their dependents
- § 525Publication of laws relating to veterans
- § 527Evaluation and data collection
- § 529Annual report to Congress
- § 530Annual report on program and expenditures for domestic response to weapons of mass destruction
- § 531Requirement relating to naming of Department property
- § 532Authority to advertise in national media; VetStar Award Program
- § 541Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War
- § 542Advisory Committee on Women Veterans
- § 543Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs
- § 544Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans
- § 545Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans
- § 546Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation
Ch. 7— Placement of employees in military installations2 inactive21 sections
- § 701Placement of employees in military installations
- § 703Miscellaneous authorities respecting employees
- § 705Telephone service for medical officers and facility directors
- § 707Benefits for employees at overseas offices who are United States citizens
- § 709Employment restrictions
- § 711Grade reductions
- § 712Repealed. Pub. L. 107–103, title V, § 509(a)(1) , Dec. 27, 2001 , 115 Stat. 997 ]Repealed
- § 713Senior executives: removal, demotion, or suspension based on performance or misconduct
- § 714Employees: removal, demotion, or suspension based on performance or misconduct
- § 715Congressional testimony by employees: treatment as official duty
- § 717Limitation on administrative leave
- § 719Reduction of benefits of employees convicted of certain crimes
- § 721Recoupment of bonuses or awards paid to employees of Department
- § 723Recoupment of relocation expenses paid on behalf of employees of Department
- § 725Annual performance plan for political appointees
- § 726Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees
- § 727Reassignment of senior executives
- § 728Misuse of Department purchase cards
- § 731Adverse actions against supervisory employees who commit prohibited personnel actions relating to whistleblower complaints
- § 732Protection of whistleblowers as criteria in evaluation of supervisors
- § 733Training regarding whistleblower disclosures
- § 736Repealed. Pub. L. 115–41, title I, § 102(a)(1) , June 23, 2017 , 131 Stat. 865 ]Repealed
- § 741Executive Management Fellowship Program
Ch. 9— Authority to prescribe rules for conduct and penalties for v5 sections
Ch. 11— Special provisions relating to surviving spouses40 sections
- § 1101Definitions
- § 1102Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
- § 1103Special provisions relating to claims based upon effects of tobacco products
- § 1104Cost-of-living adjustments
- § 1110Basic entitlement
- § 1111Presumption of sound condition
- § 1112Presumptions relating to certain diseases and disabilities
- § 1113Presumptions rebuttable
- § 1114Rates of wartime disability compensation
- § 1115Additional compensation for dependents
- § 1116Presumptions of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents; presumption of exposure for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam
- § 1116APresumptions of service connection for veterans who served offshore of the Republic of Vietnam
- § 1116BPresumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea
- § 1117Compensation for disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf War veterans
- § 1118Presumptions of service connection for illnesses associated with service in the Persian Gulf during the Persian Gulf War
- § 1121Basic entitlement
- § 1122Rates of wartime death compensation
- § 1131Basic entitlement
- § 1132Presumption of sound condition
- § 1133Presumptions relating to certain diseases
- § 1134Rates of peacetime disability compensation
- § 1135Additional compensation for dependents
- § 1136Vacant]
- § 1137Wartime presumptions for certain veterans
- § 1141Basic entitlement
- § 1142Rates of peacetime death compensation
- § 1143Vacant]
- § 1151Benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation
- § 1152Persons heretofore having a compensable status
- § 1153Aggravation
- § 1154Consideration to be accorded time, place, and circumstances of service
- § 1155Authority for schedule for rating disabilities
- § 1156Temporary disability ratings
- § 1157Combination of certain ratings
- § 1158Disappearance
- § 1159Protection of service connection
- § 1160Special consideration for certain cases of loss of paired organs or extremities
- § 1161Payment of disability compensation in disability severance cases
- § 1162Clothing allowance
- § 1163Trial work periods and vocational rehabilitation for certain veterans with total disability ratings
Ch. 13— Determination of pay grade16 sections
- § 1301Definitions
- § 1302Determination of pay grade
- § 1303Cost-of-living adjustments
- § 1304Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
- § 1310Deaths entitling survivors to dependency and indemnity compensation
- § 1311Dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse
- § 1312Benefits in certain cases of in-service or service-connected deaths
- § 1313Dependency and indemnity compensation to children
- § 1314Supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation to children
- § 1315Dependency and indemnity compensation to parents
- § 1316Dependency and indemnity compensation in cases of prior deaths
- § 1317Restriction on payments under this chapter
- § 1318Benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death
- § 1321Certifications with respect to pay grade
- § 1322Certifications with respect to social security entitlement
- § 1323Certifications with respect to circumstances of death
Ch. 15— Determinations with respect to disability1 inactive9 sections
- § 1501Definitions
- § 1502Determinations with respect to disability
- § 1503Determinations with respect to annual income
- § 1504Persons heretofore having a pensionable status
- § 1505Payment of pension during confinement in penal institutions
- § 1506Resource reports and overpayment adjustments
- § 1507Disappearance
- § 1508Frequency of payment of pension benefits
- § 1561Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, § 563(c)(1) , Dec. 26, 2013 , 127 Stat. 768 ]Repealed
- § 1562Special provisions relating to pension
Ch. 17— Presumptions: psychosis after service in World War II and fo3 inactive87 sections
- § 1701Definitions
- § 1702Presumptions: psychosis after service in World War II and following periods of war; mental illness after service in the Persian Gulf War
- § 1703Veterans Community Care Program
- § 1703AAgreements with eligible entities or providers; certification processes
- § 1703BAccess standards
- § 1703CStandards for quality
- § 1703DPrompt payment standard
- § 1703ECenter for Innovation for Care and Payment
- § 1704Preventive health services: annual report
- § 1705Management of health care: patient enrollment system
- § 1705AManagement of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts
- § 1706Management of health care: other requirements
- § 1706ARemediation of medical service lines
- § 1707Limitations
- § 1708Temporary lodging
- § 1709Comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assault incidents and other safety incidents
- § 1709ATeleconsultation
- § 1709BEvaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs
- § 1710Eligibility for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care
- § 1710ARequired nursing home care
- § 1710BExtended care services
- § 1710CTraumatic brain injury: plans for rehabilitation and reintegration into the community
- § 1710DTraumatic brain injury: comprehensive program for long-term rehabilitation
- § 1710ETraumatic brain injury: use of non-Department facilities for rehabilitation
- § 1711Care during examinations and in emergencies
- § 1712Dental care; drugs and medicines for certain disabled veterans; vaccines
- § 1712AEligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services
- § 1712BCounseling for former prisoners of war
- § 1712CDental insurance plan for veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans
- § 1713Renumbered § 1781]Renumbered
- § 1714Fitting and training in use of prosthetic appliances; guide dogs; service dogs
- § 1715Tobacco for hospitalized veterans
- § 1716Hospital care by other agencies of the United States
- § 1717Home health services; invalid lifts and other devices
- § 1718Therapeutic and rehabilitative activities
- § 1719Repair or replacement of certain prosthetic and other appliances
- § 1720Transfers for nursing home care; adult day health care
- § 1720ATreatment and rehabilitative services for persons with drug or alcohol dependency
- § 1720BRespite care
- § 1720CNoninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care
- § 1720DCounseling and treatment for sexual trauma
- § 1720ENasopharyngeal radium irradiation
- § 1720FComprehensive program for suicide prevention among veterans
- § 1720GAssistance and support services for caregivers
- § 1720HMental health treatment for veterans who served in classified missions
- § 1720IMental and behavioral health care for certain former members of the Armed Forces
- § 1720JEmergent suicide care
- § 1721Power to make rules and regulations
- § 1722Determination of inability to defray necessary expenses; income thresholds
- § 1722ACopayment for medications
- § 1722BCopayments: waiver of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans
- § 1723Furnishing of clothing
- § 1724Hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care abroad
- § 1725Reimbursement for emergency treatment
- § 1725AAccess to walk-in care
- § 1726Reimbursement for loss of personal effects by natural disaster
- § 1727Persons eligible under prior law
- § 1728Reimbursement of certain medical expenses
- § 1729Recovery by the United States of the cost of certain care and services
- § 1729ADepartment of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund
- § 1729BConsolidated patient accounting centers
- § 1730Community residential care
- § 1730AProhibition on collection of copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans
- § 1730BAccess to State prescription drug monitoring programs
- § 1730CLicensure of health care professionals providing treatment via telemedicine
- § 1731Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines
- § 1732Contracts and grants to provide for the care and treatment of United States veterans by the Veterans Memorial Medical Center
- § 1733Supervision of program by the President
- § 1734Hospital and nursing home care and medical services in the United States
- § 1735Definitions
- § 1741Criteria for payment
- § 1742Inspections of such homes; restrictions on beneficiaries
- § 1743Applications
- § 1744Hiring and retention of nurses: payments to assist States
- § 1745Nursing home care, adult day health care, and medications for veterans with service-connected disabilities
- § 1751Screening, counseling, and medical treatment
- § 1752Research
- § 1753Voluntary participation; confidentiality
- § 1754Reports
- § 1764Repealed. Pub. L. 102–585, title V, § 514(a) , Nov. 4, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4958 ]Repealed
- § 1774Renumbered §§ 2031 to 2034]Renumbered
- § 1781Medical care for survivors and dependents of certain veterans
- § 1782Counseling, training, and mental health services for immediate family members and caregivers
- § 1783Bereavement counseling
- § 1784Humanitarian care
- § 1784AExamination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in labor
- § 1785Care and services during certain disasters and emergencies
- § 1786Care for newborn children of women veterans receiving maternity care
- § 1787Health care of family members of veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- § 1788Transplant procedures with live donors and related services
Ch. 18— Spina bifida conditions covered2 inactive16 sections
- § 1801Repealed. Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, § 401(c)(1) , Nov. 1, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1860 ]Repealed
- § 1802Spina bifida conditions covered
- § 1803Health care
- § 1804Vocational training and rehabilitation
- § 1805Monetary allowance
- § 1806Repealed. Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, § 401(c)(3) , Nov. 1, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1860 ]Repealed
- § 1811Definitions
- § 1812Covered birth defects
- § 1813Health care
- § 1814Vocational training
- § 1815Monetary allowance
- § 1816Regulations
- § 1821Benefits for children of certain Korea service veterans born with spina bifida
- § 1822Benefits for children of certain Thailand service veterans born with spina bifida
- § 1831Definitions
- § 1832Applicability of certain administrative provisions
- § 1833Treatment of receipt of monetary allowance and other benefits
- § 1834Nonduplication of benefits
Ch. 19— Premium rates and policy values79 sections
- § 1901Definitions
- § 1902Premium rates and policy values
- § 1903Amount of insurance
- § 1904Plans of insurance
- § 1905Renewal
- § 1906Policy provisions
- § 1907Payment or use of dividends
- § 1908Premium payments
- § 1909Effective date of insurance
- § 1910Incontestability
- § 1911Forfeiture
- § 1912Total disability waiver
- § 1913Death before six months’ total disability
- § 1914Statutory total disabilities
- § 1915Total disability income provision
- § 1916Insurance which matured before August 1, 1946
- § 1917Insurance maturing on or after August 1, 1946
- § 1918Assignments
- § 1919National Service Life Insurance appropriation
- § 1920National Service Life Insurance Fund
- § 1921Extra hazard costs
- § 1922Service disabled veterans’ insurance
- § 1922ASupplemental service disabled veterans’ insurance for totally disabled veterans
- § 1923Veterans’ Special Life Insurance
- § 1924In-service waiver of premiums
- § 1925Limited period for acquiring insurance
- § 1926Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries
- § 1927Authority for higher monthly installments payable to certain annuitants
- § 1928Authority for payment of interest on settlements
- § 1929Authority to adjust premium discount rates
- § 1940Definition
- § 1941Amount of insurance
- § 1942Plans of insurance
- § 1943Premiums
- § 1944Policy provisions
- § 1945Renewal
- § 1946Dividends to pay premiums
- § 1947Incontestability
- § 1948Total disability provision
- § 1949Change of beneficiary
- § 1950Payment to estates
- § 1951Payment of insurance
- § 1952Optional settlement
- § 1953Assignments
- § 1954Forfeiture
- § 1955United States Government Life Insurance Fund
- § 1956Military and naval insurance appropriation
- § 1957Extra hazard costs
- § 1958Statutory total permanent disability
- § 1959Waiver of disability for reinstatement
- § 1960Waiver of premium payments on due date
- § 1961Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries
- § 1962Authority for higher monthly installments payable to certain annuitants
- § 1963Authority for payment of interest on settlements
- § 1965Definitions
- § 1966Eligible insurance companies
- § 1967Persons insured; amount
- § 1968Duration and termination of coverage; conversion
- § 1969Deductions; payment; investment; expenses
- § 1970Beneficiaries; payment of insurance
- § 1971Basic tables of premiums; readjustment of rates
- § 1972Benefit certificates
- § 1973Forfeiture
- § 1974Advisory Council on Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
- § 1975Jurisdiction of District Courts
- § 1976Effective date
- § 1977Veterans’ Group Life Insurance
- § 1978Reinstatement
- § 1979Incontestability
- § 1980Option to receive accelerated death benefit
- § 1980ATraumatic injury protection
- § 1981Replacement of surrendered and expired insurance
- § 1982Administrative cost
- § 1983Settlements for minors or incompetents
- § 1984Suits on insurance
- § 1985Decisions by the Secretary
- § 1986Deposits in and disbursements from trust funds
- § 1987Penalties
- § 1988Savings provision
Ch. 20— Staffing requirements30 sections
- § 2001Purpose
- § 2002Definitions
- § 2003Staffing requirements
- § 2011Grants
- § 2012Per diem payments
- § 2013Program to improve retention of housing by formerly homeless veterans and veterans at risk of becoming homeless
- § 2014Authorization of appropriations
- § 2021Homeless veterans reintegration programs
- § 2021AHomeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program
- § 2022Coordination of outreach services for veterans at risk of homelessness
- § 2023Referral and counseling services: veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions
- § 2031General treatment
- § 2032Therapeutic housing
- § 2033Additional services at certain locations
- § 2034Coordination with other agencies and organizations
- § 2041Housing assistance for homeless veterans
- § 2042Supported housing for veterans participating in compensated work therapies
- § 2043Domiciliary care programs
- § 2044Financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing
- § 2051General authority
- § 2052Requirements
- § 2053Default
- § 2054Audit
- § 2061Grant program for homeless veterans with special needs
- § 2062Dental care
- § 2063Employment assistance
- § 2064Technical assistance grants for nonprofit community-based groups
- § 2065Annual report on assistance to homeless veterans
- § 2066Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans
- § 2067National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans
Ch. 21— Acquisition and adaptation of housing: eligible veterans12 sections
- § 2101Acquisition and adaptation of housing: eligible veterans
- § 2101AEligibility for benefits and assistance: members of the Armed Forces with service-connected disabilities; individuals residing outside the United States
- § 2102Limitations on assistance furnished
- § 2102AAssistance for individuals residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member
- § 2102BAdaptations to residences of veterans in rehabilitation programs
- § 2103Furnishing of plans and specifications
- § 2104Benefits additional to benefits under other laws
- § 2105Nonliability of United States
- § 2106Veterans’ mortgage life insurance
- § 2107Coordination of administration of benefits
- § 2108Specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program
- § 2109Specially adapted housing destroyed or damaged by natural disasters
Ch. 23— Flags8 sections
- § 2301Flags
- § 2302Funeral expenses
- § 2303Death in Department facility; plot allowance
- § 2304Claims for reimbursement
- § 2305Persons eligible under prior law
- § 2306Headstones, markers, and burial receptacles
- § 2307Death from service-connected disability
- § 2308Transportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery
Ch. 24— Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials16 sections
- § 2400Establishment of National Cemetery Administration; composition of Administration
- § 2401Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials
- § 2402Persons eligible for interment in national cemeteries
- § 2403Memorial areas
- § 2404Administration
- § 2405Disposition of inactive cemeteries
- § 2406Acquisition of lands
- § 2407Authority to accept and maintain suitable memorials
- § 2408Aid to States for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans’ cemeteries
- § 2409Memorial areas in Arlington National Cemetery
- § 2410Burial of cremated remains in Arlington National Cemetery
- § 2410AArlington National Cemetery: other administrative matters
- § 2411Prohibition against interment or memorialization in the National Cemetery Administration or Arlington National Cemetery of persons committing Federal or State capital crimes
- § 2412Lease of land and buildings
- § 2413Prohibition on certain demonstrations and disruptions at cemeteries under control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery
- § 2414Communication between Department of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral directors
Ch. 30— Basic educational assistance entitlement for service on acti1 inactive24 sections
- § 3001Purposes
- § 3002Definitions
- § 3011Basic educational assistance entitlement for service on active duty
- § 3012Basic educational assistance entitlement for service in the Selected Reserve
- § 3013Duration of basic educational assistance
- § 3014Payment of basic educational assistance
- § 3014AAccelerated payment of basic educational assistance for education leading to employment in high technology occupation in high technology industry
- § 3015Amount of basic educational assistance
- § 3016Inservice enrollment in a program of education
- § 3017Death benefit
- § 3018Opportunity for certain active-duty personnel to withdraw election not to enroll
- § 3018AOpportunity for certain active-duty personnel to enroll before being involuntarily separated from service
- § 3018BOpportunity for certain persons to enroll
- § 3018COpportunity for certain VEAP participants to enroll
- § 3019Tutorial assistance
- § 3020Authority to transfer unused education benefits to family members for career service members
- § 3021Supplemental educational assistance for additional service
- § 3022Amount of supplemental educational assistance
- § 3023Payment of supplemental educational assistance under this subchapter
- § 3031Time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement 1 1 See Extension of Time Limitations for Use of Entitlement: Montgomery GI Bill note below.
- § 3032Limitations on educational assistance for certain individuals
- § 3033Bar to duplication of educational assistance benefits
- § 3034Program administration
- § 3035Allocation of administration and of program costs
- § 3036Repealed. Pub. L. 112–154, title IV, § 402(b)(1) , Aug. 6, 2012 , 126 Stat. 1189 ]Repealed
Ch. 31— Basic entitlement23 sections
- § 3100Purposes
- § 3101Definitions
- § 3102Basic entitlement
- § 3103Periods of eligibility
- § 3104Scope of services and assistance
- § 3105Duration of rehabilitation programs
- § 3106Initial and extended evaluations; determinations regarding serious employment handicap
- § 3107Individualized vocational rehabilitation plan
- § 3108Allowances 1 1 See Extension of Payment of Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence Allowances note below.
- § 3109Entitlement to independent living services and assistance
- § 3110Leaves of absence
- § 3111Regulations to promote satisfactory conduct and cooperation
- § 3112Revolving fund loans
- § 3113Vocational rehabilitation for hospitalized members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- § 3114Vocational rehabilitation outside the United States
- § 3115Rehabilitation resources
- § 3116Promotion of employment and training opportunities
- § 3117Employment assistance
- § 3118Personnel training, development, and qualifications
- § 3119Rehabilitation research and special projects
- § 3120Program of independent living services and assistance
- § 3121Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation
- § 3122Longitudinal study of vocational rehabilitation programs
Ch. 32— Eligibility14 sections
- § 3201Purpose
- § 3202Definitions
- § 3221Eligibility
- § 3222Contributions; matching fund
- § 3223Refunds of contributions upon disenrollment
- § 3224Death of participant
- § 3225Discharge or release under conditions which would bar the use of benefits
- § 3231Entitlement; loan eligibility
- § 3232Duration; limitations
- § 3233Apprenticeship or other on-job training
- § 3234Tutorial assistance
- § 3241Requirements
- § 3242Vacant]
- § 3243Deposits; reports
Ch. 33— Educational assistance for service in the Armed Forces comme20 sections
- § 3301Definitions
- § 3311Educational assistance for service in the Armed Forces commencing on or after September 11, 2001 : entitlement
- § 3312Educational assistance: duration
- § 3313Educational assistance: amount; payment
- § 3314Tutorial assistance
- § 3315Licensure and certification tests
- § 3315ANational tests
- § 3315BPreparatory courses for licensure, certification, or national tests
- § 3316Supplemental educational assistance: members with critical skills or specialty; members serving additional service
- § 3317Public-private contributions for additional educational assistance
- § 3318Additional assistance: relocation or travel assistance for individual relocating or traveling significant distance for pursuit of a program of education
- § 3319Authority to transfer unused education benefits to family members
- § 3320Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship
- § 3321Time limitation for use of and eligibility for entitlement
- § 3322Bar to duplication of educational assistance benefits
- § 3323Administration
- § 3324Allocation of administration and costs
- § 3325Reporting requirement
- § 3326Report on student progress
- § 3327Election to receive educational assistance
Ch. 34— Eligibility1 inactive24 sections
- § 3451Purpose
- § 3452Definitions
- § 3461Eligibility; entitlement; duration
- § 3462Time limitations for completing a program of education
- § 3463Vacant]
- § 3470Selection of program
- § 3471Applications; approval
- § 3472Vacant]
- § 3473Repealed. Pub. L. 102–568, title III, § 313(a)(3)(A) , Oct. 29, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4332 ]Repealed
- § 3474Discontinuance for unsatisfactory conduct or progress
- § 3475Vacant]
- § 3476Education outside the United States
- § 3478Vacant]
- § 3481Educational assistance allowance
- § 3482Computation of educational assistance allowances
- § 3482AVacant]
- § 3483Approval of courses
- § 3484Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses
- § 3485Work-study allowance 1 1 See Payment of Work-Study Allowances During Emergency Situations note below.
- § 3487Vacant]
- § 3490Purpose
- § 3491Elementary and secondary education and preparatory educational assistance
- § 3492Tutorial assistance
- § 3493Effect on educational entitlement
- § 3498Vacant]
Ch. 35— Eligibility and entitlement generally31 sections
- § 3500Purpose
- § 3501Definitions
- § 3510Eligibility and entitlement generally
- § 3511Duration of educational assistance
- § 3512Periods of eligibility
- § 3513Application
- § 3514Processing of applications
- § 3520Educational and vocational counseling
- § 3521Approval of application
- § 3522Vacant]
- § 3523Disapproval of enrollment in certain courses
- § 3524Discontinuance for unsatisfactory progress
- § 3526Vacant]
- § 3531Educational assistance allowance
- § 3532Computation of educational assistance allowance
- § 3533Special assistance for the educationally disadvantaged
- § 3534Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses
- § 3535Approval of courses
- § 3536Specialized vocational training courses
- § 3537Work-study allowance
- § 3538Vacant]
- § 3540Purpose
- § 3541Entitlement to special restorative training
- § 3542Special training allowance
- § 3543Special administrative provisions
- § 3561Authority and duties of Secretary
- § 3562Nonduplication of benefits
- § 3563Notification of eligibility
- § 3564Annual adjustment of amounts of educational assistance
- § 3565Children of certain Philippine veterans
- § 3566Definitions
Ch. 36— Scope of approval36 sections
- § 3670Scope of approval
- § 3671Designation
- § 3672Approval of courses
- § 3673Approval activities: cooperation and coordination of activities
- § 3674Reimbursement of expenses
- § 3674AEvaluations of agency performance; qualifications and performance of agency personnel
- § 3675Approval of accredited courses
- § 3676Approval of nonaccredited courses
- § 3677Approval of training on the job
- § 3678Notice of approval of courses
- § 3679Disapproval of courses
- § 3680Payment of educational assistance or subsistence allowances
- § 3680ADisapproval of enrollment in certain courses
- § 3681Limitations on educational assistance
- § 3682Control by agencies of the United States
- § 3683Conflicting interests
- § 3684Reports by veterans, eligible persons, and institutions; reporting fee
- § 3684AProcedures relating to computer matching program
- § 3685Overpayments to eligible persons or veterans
- § 3686Correspondence courses
- § 3687Apprenticeship or other on-job training
- § 3688Measurement of courses
- § 3689Approval requirements for licensing and certification testing
- § 3690Overcharges by educational institutions; discontinuance of allowances; examination of records; false or misleading statements
- § 3691Change of program
- § 3692Advisory committee
- § 3693Compliance surveys
- § 3694Use of other Federal agencies
- § 3695Limitation on period of assistance under two or more programs
- § 3696Limitation on certain advertising, sales, and enrollment practices
- § 3697Funding of contract educational and vocational counseling
- § 3697AEducational and vocational counseling
- § 3697BOn-campus educational and vocational counseling
- § 3698Comprehensive policy on providing education information to veterans
- § 3699Effects of closure or disapproval of educational institution
- § 3699AProvision of certain information to educational institutions
Ch. 37— Basic entitlement4 inactive45 sections
- § 3701Definitions
- § 3702Basic entitlement
- § 3703Basic provisions relating to loan guaranty and insurance
- § 3704Restrictions on loans
- § 3705Warranties
- § 3706Escrow of deposits and downpayments
- § 3707Adjustable rate mortgages
- § 3707AHybrid adjustable rate mortgages
- § 3708Authority to buy down interest rates: pilot program
- § 3709Refinancing of housing loans
- § 3710Purchase or construction of homes
- § 3711Direct loans to veterans
- § 3712Loans to purchase manufactured homes and lots
- § 3713Release from liability under guaranty
- § 3714Assumptions; release from liability
- § 3719Vacant]
- § 3720Powers of Secretary
- § 3721Incontestability
- § 3722Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund
- § 3725Repealed. Pub. L. 105–368, title VI, § 602(a)(1) , Nov. 11, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3345 ]Repealed
- § 3726Withholding of payments, benefits, etc.
- § 3727Expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects in mortgaged homes
- § 3728Exemption from State anti-usury provisions
- § 3729Loan fee
- § 3730Use of attorneys in court
- § 3731Appraisals
- § 3732Procedure on default
- § 3733Property management
- § 3734Annual submission of information on the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund and housing programs
- § 3735Renumbered § 2041]Renumbered
- § 3736Reporting requirements
- § 3741Definitions
- § 3742Small business loan program
- § 3743Liability on loans
- § 3744Approval of loans by the Secretary
- § 3745Interest on loans
- § 3746Maturity of loans
- § 3747Eligible financial institutions
- § 3748Preference for disabled veterans
- § 3749Revolving fund
- § 3750Incorporation of other provisions by the Secretary
- § 3751Termination of program
- § 3761Direct housing loans to Native American veterans; program authority
- § 3762Direct housing loans to Native American veterans; program administration
- § 3763Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account
- § 3764Qualified non-Native American veterans
- § 3765Definitions
- § 3771Repealed. Pub. L. 107–95, § 5(d)(3) , Dec. 21, 2001 , 115 Stat. 918 ]Repealed
- § 3775Renumbered §§ 2051 to 2054]Renumbered
Ch. 39— Assistance for providing automobile and adaptive equipment4 sections
Ch. 41— Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Tr1 inactive20 sections
- § 4100Findings
- § 4101Definitions
- § 4102Purpose
- § 4102AAssistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training; program functions; Regional Administrators
- § 4103Directors and Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training; additional Federal personnel
- § 4103ADisabled veterans’ outreach program
- § 4104Local veterans’ employment representatives
- § 4104ACollaborative veterans’ training, mentoring, and placement program
- § 4105Cooperation of Federal agencies
- § 4106Estimate of funds for administration; authorization of appropriations
- § 4107Administrative controls; annual report
- § 4108Cooperation and coordination
- § 4109National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute
- § 4110Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach
- § 4110ASpecial unemployment study
- § 4110BCoordination and nonduplication
- § 4111Repealed. Pub. L. 107–95, § 5(e)(3) , Dec. 21, 2001 , 115 Stat. 918 ]Repealed
- § 4112Performance incentive awards for quality employment, training, and placement services
- § 4113Transition Assistance Program personnel
- § 4114Credentialing and licensure of veterans: demonstration project
- § 4115Longitudinal study of job counseling, training, and placement service for veterans
Ch. 42— Veterans’ employment emphasis under Federal contracts5 sections
Ch. 43— Relation to other law and plans or agreements25 sections
- § 4301Purposes; sense of Congress
- § 4302Relation to other law and plans or agreements
- § 4303Definitions
- § 4304Character of service
- § 4311Discrimination against persons who serve in the uniformed services and acts of reprisal prohibited
- § 4312Reemployment rights of persons who serve in the uniformed services
- § 4313Reemployment positions
- § 4314Reemployment by the Federal Government
- § 4315Reemployment by certain Federal agencies
- § 4316Rights, benefits, and obligations of persons absent from employment for service in a uniformed service
- § 4317Health plans
- § 4318Employee pension benefit plans
- § 4319Employment and reemployment rights in foreign countries
- § 4321Assistance in obtaining reemployment or other employment rights or benefits
- § 4322Enforcement of employment or reemployment rights
- § 4323Enforcement of rights with respect to a State or private employer
- § 4324Enforcement of rights with respect to Federal executive agencies
- § 4325Enforcement of rights with respect to certain Federal agencies
- § 4326Conduct of investigation; subpoenas
- § 4327Noncompliance of Federal officials with deadlines; inapplicability of statutes of limitations
- § 4331Regulations
- § 4332Reports
- § 4333Outreach
- § 4334Notice of rights and duties
- § 4335Training for Federal executive agency human resources personnel on employment and reemployment rights and limitations
Ch. 51— Definition of “claimant”28 sections
- § 5100Definition of “claimant”
- § 5101Claims and forms
- § 5102Application forms furnished upon request; notice to claimants of incomplete applications
- § 5103Notice to claimants of required information and evidence
- § 5103ADuty to assist claimants
- § 5104Decisions and notices of decisions
- § 5104ABinding nature of favorable findings
- § 5104BHigher-level review by the agency of original jurisdiction
- § 5104COptions following decision by agency of original jurisdiction
- § 5105Joint applications for social security and dependency and indemnity compensation
- § 5106Furnishing of information by other agencies
- § 5107Claimant responsibility; benefit of the doubt
- § 5108Supplemental claims
- § 5109Independent medical opinions
- § 5109ARevision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error
- § 5109BExpedited treatment of returned and remanded claims
- § 5110Effective dates of awards
- § 5111Commencement of period of payment
- § 5112Effective dates of reductions and discontinuances
- § 5113Effective dates of educational benefits
- § 5120Payment of benefits; delivery
- § 5121Payment of certain accrued benefits upon death of a beneficiary
- § 5121ASubstitution in case of death of claimant
- § 5122Cancellation of checks mailed to deceased payees
- § 5123Rounding down of pension rates
- § 5124Acceptance of claimant’s statement as proof of relationship
- § 5125Acceptance of reports of private physician examinations
- § 5126Benefits not to be denied based on lack of mailing address
Ch. 53— Nonassignability and exempt status of benefits25 sections
- § 5301Nonassignability and exempt status of benefits
- § 5302Waiver of recovery of claims by the United States
- § 5302ACollection 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
- § 5303Certain bars to benefits
- § 5303AMinimum active-duty service requirement
- § 5303BCharacter of service determinations
- § 5304Prohibition against duplication of benefits
- § 5305Waiver of retired pay
- § 5306Renouncement of right to benefits
- § 5307Apportionment of benefits
- § 5308Withholding benefits of persons in territory of the enemy
- § 5309Payment of certain withheld benefits
- § 5310Payment of benefits for month of death
- § 5311Prohibition of certain benefit payments
- § 5312Annual adjustment of certain benefit rates
- § 5313Limitation on payment of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation to persons incarcerated for conviction of a felony
- § 5313ALimitation on payment of clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans
- § 5313BProhibition on providing certain benefits with respect to persons who are fugitive felons
- § 5314Indebtedness offsets
- § 5315Interest and administrative cost charges on delinquent payments of certain amounts due the United States
- § 5316Authority to sue to collect certain debts
- § 5317Use of income information from other agencies: notice and verification
- § 5317AUse of income information from other agencies: independent verification required before termination or reduction of certain benefits and services
- § 5318Review of Social Security Administration death information
- § 5319Limitations on access to financial records
Ch. 55— Commitment actions1 inactive10 sections
- § 5501Commitment actions
- § 5501ABeneficiaries’ rights in mental competence determinations
- § 5502Payments to and supervision of fiduciaries
- § 5503Hospitalized veterans and estates of incompetent institutionalized veterans
- § 5504Administration of trust funds
- § 5505Repealed. Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(g)(4)(A) , Nov. 2, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4687 ]Repealed
- § 5506Definition of “fiduciary”
- § 5507Inquiry, investigations, and qualification of fiduciaries
- § 5508Periodic onsite reviews of institutional fiduciaries
- § 5509Authority to require fiduciary to receive payments at regional offices of the Department when failing to provide required accounting
- § 5510Annual report
Ch. 57— Confidential nature of claims17 sections
- § 5701Confidential nature of claims
- § 5702Furnishing of records
- § 5703Certification of records of District of Columbia
- § 5704Transcript of trial records
- § 5705Confidentiality of medical quality-assurance records
- § 5706Veterans identification card
- § 5711Authority to issue subpoenas
- § 5712Validity of affidavits
- § 5713Disobedience to subpoena
- § 5721Purpose
- § 5722Policy
- § 5723Responsibilities
- § 5724Provision of credit protection and other services
- § 5725Contracts for data processing or maintenance
- § 5726Reports and notice to Congress on data breaches
- § 5727Definitions
- § 5728Authorization of appropriations
Ch. 59— Prohibition against acting as claims agent or attorney5 sections
Ch. 61— Misappropriation by fiduciaries8 sections
Ch. 63— Biennial plan8 sections
Ch. 71— Composition of Board of Veterans’ Appeals3 inactive12 sections
- § 7101Composition of Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- § 7101AMembers of Board: appointment; pay; performance review
- § 7102Assignment of members of Board
- § 7103Reconsideration; correction of obvious errors
- § 7104Jurisdiction of the Board
- § 7105Filing of appeal
- § 7105ASimultaneously contested claims
- § 7106Repealed. Pub. L. 115–55, § 2(s)(1) , Aug. 23, 2017 , 131 Stat. 1112 ]Repealed
- § 7107Appeals: dockets; hearings
- § 7108Rejection of applications
- § 7109Repealed. Pub. L. 115–55, § 2(u)(1) , Aug. 23, 2017 , 131 Stat. 1113 ]Repealed
- § 7110Repealed. Pub. L. 103–271, § 7(b)(2) , July 1, 1994 , 108 Stat. 743 ]Repealed
- § 7111Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error
- § 7112Expedited treatment of remanded claims
- § 7113Evidentiary record before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Ch. 72— Status30 sections
- § 7251Status
- § 7252Jurisdiction; finality of decisions
- § 7253Composition
- § 7254Organization
- § 7255Offices, duty stations, and residences
- § 7256Times and places of sessions
- § 7257Recall of retired judges
- § 7261Scope of review
- § 7262Fee for filing appeals
- § 7263Representation of parties; fee agreements
- § 7264Rules of practice and procedure
- § 7265Contempt authority; assistance to the Court
- § 7266Notice of appeal
- § 7267Decisions
- § 7268Availability of proceedings
- § 7269Publication of decisions
- § 7281Employees
- § 7282Budget and expenditures
- § 7283Disposition of fees
- § 7284Fee for transcript of record
- § 7285Practice and registration fees
- § 7286Judicial Conference of the Court
- § 7287Administration
- § 7288Annual report
- § 7291Date when Court decision becomes final
- § 7292Review by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- § 7296Retirement of judges
- § 7297Survivor annuities
- § 7298Retirement Fund
- § 7299Limitation on activities of retired judges
Ch. 73— Functions of Veterans Health Administration: in general3 inactive45 sections
- § 7301Functions of Veterans Health Administration: in general
- § 7302Functions of Veterans Health Administration: health-care personnel education and training programs
- § 7303Functions of Veterans Health Administration: research programs
- § 7304Regulations
- § 7305Divisions of Veterans Health Administration
- § 7306Office of the Under Secretary for Health
- § 7307Office of Research Oversight
- § 7308Office of Rural Health
- § 7309Readjustment Counseling Service
- § 7309AOffice of Patient Advocacy
- § 7311Quality assurance
- § 7311AQuality management officers
- § 7312Special medical advisory group
- § 7313Advisory committees: affiliated institutions
- § 7314Geriatric research, education, and clinical centers
- § 7315Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee
- § 7316Malpractice and negligence suits: defense by United States
- § 7317Hazardous research projects: indemnification of contractors
- § 7318National Center for Preventive Health
- § 7319Mammography quality standards
- § 7320Centers for mental illness research, education, and clinical activities
- § 7321Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans
- § 7321ACommittee on Care of Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury
- § 7322Breast cancer mammography policy
- § 7323Required consultations with nurses
- § 7324Annual report on use of authorities to enhance retention of experienced nurses
- § 7325Medical emergency preparedness centers
- § 7326Education and training programs on medical response to consequences of terrorist activities
- § 7327Centers for research, education, and clinical activities on complex multi-trauma associated with combat injuries
- § 7328Medical preparedness centers
- § 7329Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical centers
- § 7330Multiple sclerosis centers of excellence
- § 7330AEpilepsy centers of excellence
- § 7330BAnnual report on Veterans Health Administration and furnishing of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care
- § 7330CQuadrennial Veterans Health Administration review
- § 7331Informed consent
- § 7332Confidentiality of certain medical records
- § 7333Nondiscrimination against alcohol and drug abusers and persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
- § 7334Regulations
- § 7361Authority to establish; status
- § 7362Purpose of corporations
- § 7363Board of directors; executive director
- § 7364General powers
- § 7364ARenumbered § 7365]Renumbered
- § 7365Coverage of employees under certain Federal tort claims laws
- § 7366Accountability and oversight
- § 7367Repealed. Pub. L. 107–14, § 8(a)(14)(A) , June 5, 2001 , 115 Stat. 35 ]Repealed
- § 7368Repealed. Pub. L. 110–387, title VIII, § 806(a) , Oct. 10, 2008 , 122 Stat. 4141 ]Repealed
Ch. 74— Appointments in Veterans Health Administration40 sections
- § 7401Appointments in Veterans Health Administration
- § 7402Qualifications of appointees
- § 7403Period of appointments; promotions
- § 7404Grades and pay scales
- § 7405Temporary full-time appointments, part-time appointments, and without-compensation appointments
- § 7406Residencies and internships
- § 7407Administrative provisions for section 7405 and 7406 appointments
- § 7408Appointment of additional employees
- § 7409Contracts for scarce medical specialist services
- § 7410Additional pay authorities
- § 7411Full-time board-certified physicians and dentists: reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses
- § 7412Annual determination of staffing shortages; recruitment and appointment for needed occupations
- § 7413Treatment of podiatrists; clinical oversight standards
- § 7421Personnel administration: in general
- § 7422Collective bargaining
- § 7423Personnel administration: full-time employees
- § 7424Travel expenses of certain employees
- § 7425Employees: laws not applicable
- § 7426Retirement rights
- § 7431Pay
- § 7432Pay of Under Secretary for Health
- § 7433Administrative matters
- § 7451Nurses and other health-care personnel: competitive pay
- § 7452Nurses and other health-care personnel: administration of pay
- § 7453Nurses: additional pay
- § 7454Physician assistants and other health care professionals: additional pay
- § 7455Increases in rates of basic pay
- § 7456Nurses: special rules for weekend duty
- § 7456ANurses: alternate work schedules
- § 7457On-call pay
- § 7458Recruitment and retention bonus pay
- § 7459Nursing staff: special rules for overtime duty
- § 7461Adverse actions: section 7401(1) employees
- § 7462Major adverse actions involving professional conduct or competence
- § 7463Other adverse actions
- § 7464Disciplinary Appeals Boards
- § 7471Designation of Regional Medical Education Centers
- § 7472Supervision and staffing of Centers
- § 7473Personnel eligible for training
- § 7474Consultation
Ch. 75— Application and acceptance5 sections
Ch. 76— Eligibility2 inactive48 sections
- § 7601Establishment of program; purpose
- § 7602Eligibility
- § 7603Application and acceptance
- § 7604Terms of agreement
- § 7611Authority for program
- § 7612Eligibility; application; agreement
- § 7613Scholarship
- § 7614Part-time students
- § 7615Status of participants
- § 7616Obligated service
- § 7617Breach of agreement: liability
- § 7618Additional program requirements
- § 7619Expiration of program
- § 7621Authority for program
- § 7622Eligibility; application; agreement
- § 7623Obligated service
- § 7624Breach of agreement: liability
- § 7625Allocation and distribution of funding
- § 7631Periodic adjustments in amount of assistance
- § 7632Annual report
- § 7633Regulations
- § 7634Breach of agreement; waiver of liability
- § 7635Service in other agencies
- § 7636Exemption of educational assistance payments from taxation
- § 7651Authority for program
- § 7652Eligibility: individuals entitled to benefits under the GI Bill program for members of the Selected Reserve
- § 7653Amount of assistance
- § 7654Obligated service
- § 7655Breach of agreement; liability
- § 7671Authority for program
- § 7672Eligibility; agreement
- § 7673Scholarship
- § 7674Obligated service
- § 7675Breach of agreement: liability
- § 7676Repealed. Pub. L. 107–135, title I, § 101(a)(1) , Jan. 23, 2002 , 115 Stat. 2447 ]Repealed
- § 7681Authority for program
- § 7682Eligibility
- § 7683Education debt reduction
- § 7684Repealed. Pub. L. 107–135, title I, § 102(a)(1) , Jan. 23, 2002 , 115 Stat. 2448 ]Repealed
- § 7691Establishment
- § 7692Purpose
- § 7693Eligibility; preferences; covered costs
- § 7694Specialty education loan repayment
- § 7695Choice of location
- § 7696Term of obligated service
- § 7697Relationship to Educational Assistance Program
- § 7698Requirement for program
- § 7699Eligibility; agreement
- § 7699AObligated service
- § 7699BBreach of agreement: liability
Ch. 77— Organization of the Administration7 sections
Ch. 78— Duties of Secretary with respect to Service10 sections
- § 7801Purpose of Veterans’ Canteen Service
- § 7802Duties of Secretary with respect to Service
- § 7803Operation of Service
- § 7804Financing of Service
- § 7805Revolving fund
- § 7806Budget of Service
- § 7807Audit of accounts
- § 7808Service to be independent unit
- § 7809Child-care centers
- § 7810Exemption from personnel ceilings
Ch. 79— Programs7 sections
Ch. 81— Acquisition of medical facilities1 inactive54 sections
- § 8101Definitions
- § 8102Acquisition of medical facilities
- § 8103Authority to construct and alter, and to acquire sites for, medical facilities
- § 8104Congressional approval of certain medical facility acquisitions
- § 8105Structural requirements
- § 8106Construction contracts
- § 8107Repealed. Pub. L. 111–163, title V, § 501(b)(1) , May 5, 2010 , 124 Stat. 1157 ]Repealed
- § 8108Contributions to local authorities
- § 8109Parking facilities
- § 8110Operation of medical facilities
- § 8111Sharing of Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense health care resources
- § 8111AFurnishing of health-care services to members of the Armed Forces during a war or national emergency
- § 8112Partial relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction
- § 8113Property formerly owned by National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
- § 8114Use of federally owned facilities; use of personnel
- § 8115Acceptance of certain property
- § 8116Nursing home revolving fund
- § 8117Emergency preparedness
- § 8118Authority for transfer of real property; Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund
- § 8119Annual report on outpatient clinics
- § 8120Quarterly report on super construction projects
- § 8121Revolving supply fund
- § 8122Authority to procure and dispose of property and to negotiate for common services
- § 8123Procurement of prosthetic appliances
- § 8124Grant of easements in Government-owned lands
- § 8125Procurement of health-care items
- § 8126Limitation on prices of drugs procured by Department and certain other Federal agencies
- § 8127Small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans: contracting goals and preferences
- § 8128Small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans: contracting priority
- § 8131Definitions
- § 8132Declaration of purpose
- § 8133Authorization of appropriations
- § 8134General regulations
- § 8135Applications with respect to projects; payments
- § 8136Recapture provisions
- § 8137State control of operations
- § 8138Treatment of certain health facilities as State homes
- § 8151Statement of congressional purpose
- § 8152Definitions
- § 8153Sharing of health-care resources
- § 8154Exchange of medical information
- § 8155Pilot programs; grants to medical schools
- § 8156Coordination with health services development activities carried out under the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974
- § 8157Joint title to medical equipment
- § 8158Deposit in escrow
- § 8159Authority to pay for services authorized but not subject to an agreement
- § 8161Definitions
- § 8162Enhanced-use leases
- § 8163Hearing and notice requirements regarding proposed leases
- § 8164Authority for disposition of leased property
- § 8165Use of proceeds
- § 8166Construction standards
- § 8167Exemption from State and local taxes
- § 8168Annual reports
- § 8169Expiration
Ch. 82— Coordination with public health programs12 sections
- § 8201Coordination with public health programs; administration
- § 8211Declaration of purpose
- § 8212Authorization of appropriations
- § 8213Pilot program assistance
- § 8214Limitations
- § 8221Declaration of purpose
- § 8222Authorization of appropriations
- § 8223Grants
- § 8231Declaration of purpose
- § 8232Definition
- § 8233Grants
- § 8241Expenditures to remodel and make special allocations to Department hospitals for health manpower education and training
Ch. 83— Authority to accept gifts5 sections
Ch. 85— Vesting of property left by decedents19 sections
- § 8501Vesting of property left by decedents
- § 8502Disposition of unclaimed personal property
- § 8503Notice of provisions of this subchapter
- § 8504Disposition of other unclaimed property
- § 8505Sale or other disposition of property
- § 8506Notice of sale
- § 8507Payment of small shipping charges
- § 8508Relinquishment of Federal jurisdiction
- § 8509Definitions
- § 8510Finality of decisions
- § 8520Vesting of property left by decedents
- § 8521Presumption of contract for disposition of personalty
- § 8522Sale of assets accruing to the Fund
- § 8523Disbursements from the Fund
- § 8524Disposal of remaining assets
- § 8525Court actions
- § 8526Filing of claims for assets
- § 8527Notice of provisions of subchapter
- § 8528Investment of the Fund