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[CITE: 38USC7285]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 72--UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 7285. Practice fee

    (a) The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims may impose a periodic 
registration fee on persons admitted to practice before the Court. The 
frequency and amount of such fee shall be determined by the Court, 
except that such amount may not exceed $30 per year.
    (b) Amounts received by the Court under subsection (a) of this 
section shall be available to the Court for the purposes of (1) 
employing independent counsel to pursue disciplinary matters, and (2) 
defraying administrative costs for the implementation of the standards 
of proficiency prescribed for practice before the Court.

(Added Pub. L. 100-687, div. A, title III, Sec. 301(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 
102 Stat. 4119, Sec. 4085; renumbered Sec. 7285, Pub. L. 102-40, title 
IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 105-368, 
title V, Sec. 512(a)(1), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3341.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-368 substituted ``Court of Appeals 
for Veterans Claims'' for ``Court of Veterans Appeals''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 4085 of this title as this 
section.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-368 effective on first day of first month 
beginning more than 90 days after Nov. 11, 1998, see section 513 of Pub. 
L. 105-368, set out as a note under section 7251 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7282, 7283 of this title.
