Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits
Part I — General Provisions
Chapter 5. Authority and Duties of the Secretary
30 sections
Subchapter I — General Authorities
- 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
Subchapter II — Specified Functions
- 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
- 531Requirements relating to naming of Department property
- 532Authority to advertise in national media; VetStar Award Program
- 533Anti-harassment and anti-sexual assault policy
Subchapter III — Advisory Committees
- 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
- 547Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs
- 548Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States