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[CITE: 38USC5903]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                    CHAPTER 59--AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS
 
Sec. 5903. Recognition with respect to particular claims

    The Secretary may recognize any individual for the preparation, 
presentation, and prosecution of any particular claim for benefits under 
any of the laws administered by the Secretary if--
        (1) such individual has certified to the Secretary that no fee 
    or compensation of any nature will be charged any individual for 
    services rendered in connection with such claim; and
        (2) such individual has filed with the Secretary a power of 
    attorney, executed in such manner and in such form as the Secretary 
    may prescribe.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1238, Sec. 3403; renumbered 
Sec. 5903, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 
Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(1), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 
105 Stat. 403-405.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 3403 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' in introductory provisions and wherever appearing in 
pars. (1) and (2).
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(1), substituted ``administered by the 
Secretary'' for ``administered by the Veterans' Administration'' in 
introductory provisions.
