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[CITE: 38USC1712B]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
    CHAPTER 17--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, OR DOMICILIARY CARE AND MEDICAL 
                                TREATMENT
 
Sec. 1712B. Counseling for former prisoners of war

    The Secretary may establish a program under which, upon the request 
of a veteran who is a former prisoner of war, the Secretary, within the 
limits of Department facilities, furnishes counseling to such veteran to 
assist such veteran in overcoming the psychological effects of the 
veteran's detention or internment as a prisoner of war.

(Added Pub. L. 99-166, title I, Sec. 107(a), Dec. 3, 1985, 99 Stat. 945, 
Sec. 612B; renumbered Sec. 1712B and amended Pub. L. 102-83, 
Secs. 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404-
406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 612B of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' in two places.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), substituted ``Department'' for 
``Veterans' Administration''.
