38 USC Ch. 5: Front Matter

From Title 38-VETERANS' BENEFITSPART I-GENERAL PROVISIONSCHAPTER 5-AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY

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CHAPTER 5-AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY

SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL AUTHORITIES

Sec.

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.

SUBCHAPTER II-SPECIFIED FUNCTIONS

521.

Assistance to certain rehabilitation activities.

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.

Requirement relating to naming of Department property.

SUBCHAPTER III-ADVISORY COMMITTEES

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.

Amendments

1998- Pub. L. 105–368, title IX, §906(b), title X, §1001(a)(2), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3362 , 3363, added items 530 and 531.

1997- Pub. L. 105–114, title I, §101(a)(2), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2279 , added item 516.

1996- Pub. L. 104–262, title III, §333(a)(2), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3200 , added item 545.

1994- Pub. L. 103–446, title V, §510(b), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4670 , added item 544.

1992- Pub. L. 102–405, title I, §105(b)(2), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1976 , added item 543.