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[CITE: 38USC5711]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                 CHAPTER 57--RECORDS AND INVESTIGATIONS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--INVESTIGATIONS
 
Sec. 5711. Authority to issue subpoenas

    (a) For the purposes of the laws administered by the Secretary, the 
Secretary, and those employees to whom the Secretary may delegate such 
authority, to the extent of the authority so delegated, shall have the 
power to--
        (1) issue subpoenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses 
    within a radius of 100 miles from the place of hearing;
        (2) require the production of books, papers, documents, and 
    other evidence;
        (3) take affidavits and administer oaths and affirmations;
        (4) aid claimants in the preparation and presentation of claims; 
    and
        (5) make investigations and examine witnesses upon any matter 
    within the jurisdiction of the Department.

    (b) Any person required by such subpoena to attend as a witness 
shall be allowed and paid the same fees and mileage as are paid 
witnesses in the district courts of the United States.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1237, Sec. 3311; renumbered 
Sec. 5711, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 
Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-54, Sec. 14(d)(5)(A), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 
286.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 3311 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-54 amended section as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of Pub. L. 102-40 by substituting ``subpoenas'' for 
``subpenas'' in section catchline and amending text generally. Prior to 
amendment, text read as follows: ``For the purposes of the laws 
administered by the Veterans' Administration, the Administrator, and 
those employees to whom the Administrator may delegate such authority, 
to the extent of the authority so delegated, shall have the power to 
issue subpenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses within a 
radius of one hundred miles from the place of hearing, to require the 
production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence, to take 
affidavits, to administer oaths and affirmations, to aid claimants in 
the preparation and presentation of claims, and to make investigations 
and examine witnesses upon any matter within the jurisdiction of the 
Veterans' Administration. Any person required by such subpena to attend 
as a witness shall be allowed and paid the same fees and mileage as are 
paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States.''
