Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102
§513 Contracts and Personal Services
Title 38 › PART I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 — AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL AUTHORITIES › § 513
Summary
The Secretary may accept unpaid help and contract with others for needed services, including personal help and translators regardless of other laws. The Secretary may rent cars or planes for official travel when efficient or economical.
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Title 38, §513
Veterans' Benefits, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary may, for purposes of all laws administered by the Department, accept uncompensated services, and enter into contracts or agreements with private or public agencies or persons (including contracts for services of translators without regard to any other law), for such necessary services (including personal services) as the Secretary may consider practicable. The Secretary may also enter into contracts or agreements with private concerns or public agencies for the hiring of passenger motor vehicles or aircraft for official travel whenever, in the Secretary’s judgment, such arrangements are in the interest of efficiency or economy.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 213 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a).
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38 U.S.C. § 513
Title 38, Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102