Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits
Part I · Chapter 1 — General
§ 119. Contracting for statistical analyses and data evaluation
Statutory text
In General.—
The Secretary may enter into a contract or other agreement with an academic institution or other qualified entity, as determined by the Secretary, to carry out statistical analyses and data evaluation as required of the Secretary by law.”.1
Rule of Construction.—
Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts or other agreements for statistical analyses and data evaluation under any other provision of law.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. The quotation marks and second period probably should not appear.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019
Pub. L. 116–171 title III § 306(a) · 134 Stat. 778
Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 119
(Added Pub. L. 116–171, title III, § 306(a), Oct. 17, 2020, 134 Stat. 805.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 116–171, title III, § 306(a), Oct. 17, 2020, 134 Stat. 805.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) In General.— Chapter 1 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 119. Contracting for statistical analyses and data evaluation “(a) In General.— The Secretary may enter into a contract or other agreement with an academic institution or other qualified entity, as determined by the Secretary, to carry out statistical analyses and data evaluation as required of the Secretary by law.” . “(b) Rule of Construction.— Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts or other agreements for statistical analyses and data evaluation under any other provision of law.” .
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 116–171, title III, § 306(a), , 134 Stat. 805.)