38 U.S.C. § 3121 — Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation

(a) (1) The Secretary^* must appoint a Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation, called the “Committee” in this section. (2) The Secretary appoints members from the public for terms set by the Secretary of no more than three years. Veterans with service-connected^* disabilities must be appropriately represented. The Committee must also include distinguished public- or private-sector people in rehabilitation medicine, vocational guidance, vocational rehabilitation, and employment and training. The Secretary may name one appointed member chair. (3) Ex officio members must include: (A) one Veterans Health Administration and one Veterans Benefits Administration representative; (B) one representative from each named Education Department^* rehabilitation and research office; and (C) one representative of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training. (b) The Secretary must regularly consult the Committee and seek its advice on administering veterans’ rehabilitation programs under this title. (c) The Committee must annually report to the Secretary on VA rehabilitation programs and activities and may submit other reports and recommendations it considers appropriate. The annual report must assess veterans’ rehabilitation needs and review VA activities meant to meet them. With each Secretary report to Congress under section 529, the Secretary must submit copies of all Committee reports and recommendations received since the previous such Secretary report.