US Code Title 38 Chapter 5 Authority and Duties of the Secretary

Subchapter I - General Authorities

§ 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

Subchapter II - Specified Functions

§ 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 - Requirement Relating to Naming of Department Property
§ 532 - Authority to Advertise in National Media; Vetstar Award Program

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
§ 546 - Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation

Last modified: October 26, 2015