§3119 — Title 38 Veterans' Benefits | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must run a continuous program to improve the knowledge, methods, techniques, and resources used to rehabilitate disabled veterans. The Secretary must support (1) studies and research on seven aspects of rehabilitation — psychological, educational, employment, social, vocational, industrial, and economic — including new methods, and (2) projects that expand rehabilitation resources and capacity. The Secretary may make grants or contracts with public or nonprofit agencies, including institutions of higher learning, and must cooperate with the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, the Director of the Institute of Handicapped Research (Department of Education), the Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment (Department of Labor), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on shared studies, research, and special projects.

Title 38, §3119

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(a)The Secretary shall carry out an ongoing program of activities for the purpose of advancing the knowledge, methods, techniques, and resources available for use in rehabilitation programs for veterans. For this purpose, the Secretary shall conduct and provide support for the development or conduct, or both the development and conduct, of—

(1)studies and research concerning the psychological, educational, employment, social, vocational, industrial, and economic aspects of the rehabilitation of disabled veterans, including new methods of rehabilitation; and

(2)projects which are designed to increase the resources and potential for accomplishing the rehabilitation of disabled veterans.

(b)For the purpose specified in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to or contract with public or nonprofit agencies, including institutions of higher learning.

(c)The Secretary shall cooperate with the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration and the Director of the Institute of Handicapped Research in the Department of Education, the Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment in the Department of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding rehabilitation studies, research, and special projects of mutual programmatic concern.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1519 of this title as this section. 1989—Pub. L. 101–237 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1980, see section 802(a)(2) of Pub. L. 96–466, set out as a note under section 3100 of this title.

§3119 Rehabilitation research and special projects