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[CITE: 38USC3730]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
              CHAPTER 37--HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESS LOANS
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3730. Use of attorneys in court

    (a) The Secretary shall authorize attorneys employed by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to exercise the right of the United 
States to bring suit in court to foreclose a loan made or acquired by 
the Secretary under this chapter and to recover possession of any 
property acquired by the Secretary under this chapter. The Secretary may 
acquire the services of attorneys, other than those who are employees of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, to exercise that right. The 
activities of attorneys in bringing suit under this section shall be 
subject to the direction and supervision of the Attorney General and to 
such terms and conditions as the Attorney General may prescribe.
    (b) Nothing in this section derogates from the authority of the 
Attorney General under sections 516 and 519 of title 28 to direct and 
supervise all litigation to which the United States or an agency or 
officer of the United States is a party.

(Added Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, title V, Sec. 2512(b)(1), July 18, 1984, 
98 Stat. 1120, Sec. 1830; amended Pub. L. 99-576, title IV, Sec. 406, 
Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3282; Pub. L. 101-237, title III, 
Sec. 313(b)(1), (2), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2077; renumbered 
Sec. 3730, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. 
L. 105-368, title X, Sec. 1005(b)(12), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3365.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-368 substituted ``The Secretary 
shall'' for ``Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
section, the Secretary shall take appropriate steps to''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 1830 of this title as this 
section.
    1989--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``Secretary'' and 
``Department of Veterans Affairs'' for ``Administrator'' and ``Veterans' 
Administration'', respectively, wherever appearing.
    1986--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-576 substituted ``The'' for ``With the 
concurrence of the Attorney General of the United States, the'' in 
second sentence.


                             Effective Date

    Section 2512(c)(3) of Pub. L. 98-369 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (b) [enacting this section] shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act [July 18, 1984].''
