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[CITE: 38USC5106]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
            CHAPTER 51--CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--CLAIMS
 
Sec. 5106. Furnishing of information by other agencies

    The head of any Federal department or agency shall provide such 
information to the Secretary as the Secretary may request for purposes 
of determining eligibility for or amount of benefits, or verifying other 
information with respect thereto.

(Added Pub. L. 94-432, title IV, Sec. 403(2), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 
1372, Sec. 3006; amended Pub. L. 99-576, title VII, Sec. 701(62), Oct. 
28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3296; renumbered Sec. 5106, Pub. L. 102-40, title 
IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 3006 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' in 
two places.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 substituted ``the Administrator'' for ``he'' 
before ``may request''.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Sept. 30, 1976, see section 405(a) of Pub. L. 94-
432, set out as an Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note under section 
1521 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5107 of this title.
