38 U.S.C. § 6304 — Veterans assistance offices
submitted 20 years ago by Pub. L. 109-233 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 155 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must establish and maintain veterans assistance offices where needed in the United States, its territories and possessions, and Puerto Rico, and may maintain offices on certain military installations elsewhere. In choosing office locations, the Secretary must give due regard to the geographical distribution of recently discharged or released veterans, educationally disadvantaged veterans’ special needs, and outreach in less populated areas.
(a) In general. The Secretary* must establish and maintain veterans assistance offices at places throughout the United States, its territories and possessions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that the Secretary decides are necessary to carry out this subchapter. After consulting with the Secretary of Defense and considering any recommendations from the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary may maintain these offices on military installations located elsewhere if the Secretary decides they are necessary to carry out those purposes.
(b) Location of offices. When establishing and maintaining these offices, the Secretary must give due regard to (1) the geographical distribution of veterans recently discharged or released from active military, naval, air, or space service*; (2) the special needs of educationally disadvantaged veterans, including their need for outreach* services to be accessible; and (3) the need to provide appropriate outreach services in less populated areas.
The Secretary* shall establish and maintain veterans assistance offices at such places throughout the United States and its territories and possessions, and in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. The Secretary may maintain such offices on such military installations located elsewhere as the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Defense and taking into account recommendations, if any, of the Secretary of Labor, determines to be necessary to carry out such purposes.
In establishing and maintaining such offices, the Secretary shall give due regard to—
the geographical distribution of veterans recently discharged or released from active military, naval, air, or space service*;
the special needs of educationally disadvantaged veterans (including their need for accessibility of outreach* services); and
the necessity of providing appropriate outreach services in less populated areas.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 109–233, title IV, § 402(a), June 15, 2006, 120 Stat. 409; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(60), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830; Pub. L. 117–205, § 2(b)(2), Oct. 17, 2022, 136 Stat. 2233.)
- 2006Enacted · Pub. L. 109-233 · 120 Stat. 409
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3830
- 2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-205 · 136 Stat. 2233
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