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[CITE: 38USC703]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                       PART I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
                          CHAPTER 7--EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 703. Miscellaneous authorities respecting employees

    (a) The Secretary may furnish and launder such wearing apparel as 
may be prescribed for employees in the performance of their official 
duties.
    (b) The Secretary may transport children of Department employees 
located at isolated stations to and from school in available Government-
owned automotive equipment.
    (c) The Secretary may provide recreational facilities, supplies, and 
equipment for the use of patients in hospitals and employees in isolated 
installations.
    (d) The Secretary may provide for the preparation, shipment, 
installation, and display of exhibits, photographic displays, moving 
pictures, and other visual educational information and descriptive 
material. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the Secretary may 
purchase or rent equipment.
    (e) The Secretary may reimburse employees for the cost of repairing 
or replacing their personal property damaged or destroyed by patients or 
domiciliary members while such employees are engaged in the performance 
of their official duties.
    (f)(1) The Secretary, upon determining that an emergency situation 
exists and that such action is necessary for the effective conduct of 
the affairs of the Department, may use Government-owned, or leased, 
vehicles to transport employees to and from their place of employment 
and the nearest adequate public transportation or, if such public 
transportation is either unavailable or not feasible to use, to and from 
their place of employment and their home.
    (2) The Secretary shall establish reasonable rates to cover the cost 
of the service rendered under this subsection, and all proceeds 
collected therefrom shall be applied to the applicable appropriation.

(Added Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 394.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior sections 703 and 704 were renumbered sections 1903 and 1904 of 
this title, respectively.
    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 233 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 2(a).
