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§3694 Use of Other Federal Agencies

Title 38 › Part III— READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS › Chapter 36— ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS › Subchapter III— MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 3694

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may use the facilities and services of any other Federal department or agency to carry out duties under this chapter or chapters 34 or 35. That use must be under a proper agreement with the other agency, and the cost must be paid either up front or paid back later as the agreement says. When a servicemember is discharged or released from active duty, the Secretary of Defense must give the Secretary relevant information about any registered apprenticeship the servicemember did while on active duty. The Secretary, with the Secretary of Labor, must encourage and help States and private groups give credit for that registered apprenticeship toward related civilian apprenticeship programs.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §3694

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(a)In carrying out the Secretary’s functions under this chapter or chapter 34 or 35 of this title, the Secretary may utilize the facilities and services of any other Federal department or agency. Any such utilization shall be pursuant to proper agreement with the Federal department or agency concerned; and payment to cover the cost thereof shall be made either in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be provided in such agreement.
(b)At the time of a servicemember’s discharge or release from active duty service, the Secretary of Defense shall furnish to the Secretary such pertinent information concerning each registered apprenticeship pursued by the servicemember during the period of active duty service of the servicemember. The Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of Labor, shall encourage and assist States and private organizations to give credit to servicemembers for the registered apprenticeship program so pursued in the case of any related apprenticeship program the servicemember may pursue as a civilian.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1183, 1201, which was classified to former section 1644 and 1761(c) of this title, prior to repeal and amendment by section 4(a) and 3(a)(1) of Pub. L. 89–358, respectively.

Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–454 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b). 1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1794 of this title as this section. 1989—Pub. L. 101–237 substituted “Secretary’s” and “Secretary” for “Administrator’s” and “Administrator”, respectively. 1976—Pub. L. 94–502 substituted “the Administrator’s” for “his”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1976 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 94–502 effective Oct. 15, 1976, see section 703(b) of Pub. L. 94–502, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 3693 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 3694

Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60