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[CITE: 38USC5703]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                 CHAPTER 57--RECORDS AND INVESTIGATIONS
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--RECORDS
 
Sec. 5703. Certification of records of District of Columbia

    When a copy of any public record of the District of Columbia is 
required by the Secretary to be used in determining the eligibility of 
any person for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, the 
official custodian of such public record shall without charge provide 
the applicant for such benefits or any person (including any veterans' 
organization) acting on the veteran's behalf or the authorized 
representative of the Secretary with a certified copy of such record.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1237, Sec. 3303; Pub. L. 99-
576, title VII, Sec. 701(78), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3298; renumbered 
Sec. 5703, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 
Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(1), (2)(A)(xiii), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 
Stat. 403.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 3303 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Veterans' 
Administration'' in two places and ``administered by the Secretary'' for 
``administered by the Veterans' Administration''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 substituted ``the veteran's'' for ``his''.
