Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73not60
§522 Studies of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons
Title 38 › Part I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 5— AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY › Subchapter II— SPECIFIED FUNCTIONS › § 522
Summary
The Secretary can study and report on how to best train and employ people with disabilities, including looking at programs in other countries. Secretary may work with public or private groups and hire consultants who get a daily pay set by the Secretary plus travel expenses.
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Title 38, §522
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(a)The Secretary may conduct studies and investigations, and prepare reports, relative to the rehabilitation of disabled persons, the relative abilities, aptitudes, and capacities of the several groups of the variously handicapped, and how their potentialities can best be developed and their services best used in gainful and suitable employment including the rehabilitation programs of foreign nations.
(b)In carrying out this section, the Secretary (1) may cooperate with such public and private agencies as the Secretary considers advisable; and (2) may employ consultants who shall receive a reasonable per diem, as prescribed by the Secretary, for each day actually employed, plus necessary travel and other expenses.
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Prior Provisions
Prior section 522 was renumbered section 1522 of this title. Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 217 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a).
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38 U.S.C. § 522
Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60