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[CITE: 38USC522]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                       PART I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
            CHAPTER 5--AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--SPECIFIED FUNCTIONS
 
Sec. 522. Studies of rehabilitation of disabled persons

    (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.

(Added Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 390.)


                            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, Sec. 2(a).
