Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102
§4302 Relation to Other Law and Plans or Agreements
Title 38 › PART III — READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS › CHAPTER 43 — EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › § 4302
Summary
Any federal, state, or local law, contract, or plan that gives a person better or extra rights or benefits than those in this chapter stays in effect and is not reduced. If a state or local law, contract, or plan tries to cut, limit, or add extra requirements to benefits given in this chapter, the rules in this chapter override it.
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Title 38, §4302
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(a)Nothing in this chapter shall supersede, nullify or diminish any Federal or State law (including any local law or ordinance), contract, agreement, policy, plan, practice, or other matter that establishes a right or benefit that is more beneficial to, or is in addition to, a right or benefit provided for such person in this chapter.
(b)This chapter supersedes any State law (including any local law or ordinance), contract, agreement, policy, plan, practice, or other matter that reduces, limits, or eliminates in any manner any right or benefit provided by this chapter, including the establishment of additional prerequisites to the exercise of any such right or the receipt of any such benefit.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 4302, added Pub. L. 93–508, title IV, § 404(a), Dec. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1596, § 2022; amended Pub. L. 97–295, § 4(71), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1310; Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 402(36), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3360; renumbered § 4302 and amended Pub. L. 102–568, title V, § 506(a), (c)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4340, 4341, related to procedures to enforce reemployment rights, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 103–353. This section, as in effect on the day before Oct. 13, 1994, continues to apply to reemployments initiated before the end of the 60-day period beginning Oct. 13, 1994, see section 8 of Pub. L. 103–353, as amended, set out as an
Effective Date
under section 4301 of this title. Another prior section 4302 was renumbered section 7602 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective with respect to reemployments initiated on or after the first day after the 60-day period beginning Oct. 13, 1994, with transition rules, see section 8 of Pub. L. 103–353, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.
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Citation
38 U.S.C. § 4302
Title 38, Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102