Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73
§525 Publication of laws relating to veterans
Title 38 › Part PART I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - SPECIFIED FUNCTIONS › § 525
Summary
The Secretary can collect and publish all federal laws about veterans’ relief, including laws from other agencies, with notes and an index for the Department and full‑time service‑organization representatives. The Secretary can update it by supplements or full revisions and decide how to distribute it.
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Title 38, §525
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(a)The Secretary may compile and publish all Federal laws relating to veterans’ relief, including laws administered by the Department as well as by other agencies of the Government. Such compilation and publication shall be in such form as the Secretary considers advisable for the purpose of making currently available in convenient form for the use of the Department and full-time representatives of the several service organizations an annotated, indexed, and cross-referenced statement of the laws providing veterans’ relief.
(b)The Secretary may maintain such compilation on a current basis either by the publication, from time to time, of supplementary documents or by complete revision of the compilation.
(c)The distribution of the compilation to the representatives of the several service organizations shall be as determined by the Secretary.
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Prior section 525 was renumbered section 1525 of this title. Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 215 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a).
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38 U.S.C. § 525
Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73