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[CITE: 38USC1982]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
                          CHAPTER 19--INSURANCE
 
                         SUBCHAPTER IV--GENERAL
 
Sec. 1982. Administrative cost

    Except as provided in sections 1920(c), 1923(d), and 1955(c) of this 
title, the United States shall bear the cost of administration in 
connection with this chapter, including expenses for medical 
examinations, inspections when necessary, printing and binding, and for 
such other expenditures as are necessary in the discretion of the 
Secretary.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1165, Sec. 782; renumbered 
Sec. 1982 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 
6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404-406; Pub. L. 104-99, title II, Sec. 201(b), Jan. 
26, 1996, 110 Stat. 36.)

                          Codification

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-99 is based on section 107(4) of H.R. 2099, 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives 
on Dec. 7, 1995, which was enacted into law by Pub. L. 104-99.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-99 substituted ``Except as provided in sections 
1920(c), 1923(d), and 1955(c) of this title, the United States'' for 
``The United States''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 782 of this title as this 
section and substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1925, 1969 of this title.
