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38 U.S.C. § 903 — Uniform allowance
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**(a)** The Secretary may pay an allowance under this section for the purchase of uniforms to any Department police officer who is required to wear a prescribed uniform in the performance of official duties.
**(b)**
(1) The amount of the allowance that the Secretary may pay under this section is the lesser of—
(A) the amount currently allowed as prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management; or
(B) estimated costs or actual costs as determined by periodic surveys conducted by the Department.
(2) During any fiscal year no officer shall receive more for the purchase of a uniform described in subsection (a) than the amount established under this subsection.
**(c)** The allowance established under subsection (b) shall be paid at the beginning of a Department police officer’s employment for those appointed on or after October 1, 2010. In the case of any other Department police officer, an allowance in the amount established under subsection (b) shall be paid upon the request of the officer.
**(d)** A police officer who resigns as a police officer less than one year after receiving an allowance in an amount established under this section shall repay to the Department a pro rata share of the amount paid, based on the number of months the officer was actually employed as such an officer during the twelve-month period following the date on which such officer began such employment or the date on which the officer submitted a request for such an allowance, as the case may be.
**(e)** An allowance may not be paid to a Department police officer under this section and under [section 5901 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5901&num=0&edition=prelim) for the same fiscal year.
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**(a)** The Secretary may pay an allowance under this section for the purchase of uniforms to any Department police officer who is required to wear a prescribed uniform in the performance of official duties.
**(b)**
(1) The amount of the allowance that the Secretary may pay under this section is the lesser of—
(A) the amount currently allowed as prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management; or
(B) estimated costs or actual costs as determined by periodic surveys conducted by the Department.
(2) During any fiscal year no officer shall receive more for the purchase of a uniform described in subsection (a) than the amount established under this subsection.
**(c)** The allowance established under subsection (b) shall be paid at the beginning of a Department police officer’s employment for those appointed on or after October 1, 2010. In the case of any other Department police officer, an allowance in the amount established under subsection (b) shall be paid upon the request of the officer.
**(d)** A police officer who resigns as a police officer less than one year after receiving an allowance in an amount established under this section shall repay to the Department a pro rata share of the amount paid, based on the number of months the officer was actually employed as such an officer during the twelve-month period following the date on which such officer began such employment or the date on which the officer submitted a request for such an allowance, as the case may be.
**(e)** An allowance may not be paid to a Department police officer under this section and under [section 5901 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5901&num=0&edition=prelim) for the same fiscal year.
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**(a)** There is authorized to be appropriated annually to each agency of the Government of the United States, including a Government owned corporation, and of the government of the District of Columbia, on a showing of necessity or desirability, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter. The head of the agency concerned, out of funds made available by the appropriation, shall—
(1) furnish to each of these employees a uniform at a cost not to exceed $400 a year (or such higher maximum amount as the Office of Personnel Management may establish under section 5902); or
(2) pay to each of these employees an allowance for a uniform not to exceed $400 a year (or such higher maximum amount as the Office of Personnel Management may establish under section 5902).
The allowance may be paid only at the times and in the amounts authorized by the regulations prescribed under [section 5903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5903&num=0&edition=prelim). When the agency pays direct to the uniform vendor, the head of the agency may deduct a service charge of not more than 4 percent.
**(b)** When the furnishing of a uniform or the payment of a uniform allowance is authorized under another statute or regulation existing on September 1, 1954, the head of the agency concerned may continue the furnishing of the uniform or the payment of the uniform allowance under that statute or regulation, but in that event a uniform may not be furnished or allowance paid under this section.
**(c)** An allowance paid under this section is not wages within the meaning of [section 409 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section409&num=0&edition=prelim) or chapters 21 and 24 of title 26.
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**(a)**
(1) When a veteran described in paragraph (2) dies, the Secretary shall—
(A) pay the actual cost (not to exceed $700 (as increased from time to time under subsection (c))) of the burial and funeral or, within such limits, may make contracts for such services without regard to the laws requiring advertisement for proposals for supplies and services for the Department; and
(B) when such a death occurs in a State, transport the body to the place of burial in the same or any other State.
(2) A veteran described in this paragraph is a deceased veteran who is not covered by [section 2307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2307&num=0&edition=prelim) and who meets any of the following criteria:
(A) The deceased veteran dies in—
(i) a facility of the Department (as defined in [section 1701(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1701/3&num=0&edition=prelim)) to which the deceased veteran was properly admitted for hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary care under section 1710 or 1711(a) of this title; or
(ii) an institution at which the deceased veteran was, at the time of death, receiving—
(I) hospital care in accordance with sections 1703A, 8111, and 8153 of this title;
(II) nursing home care under [section 1720 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1720&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(III) nursing home care for which payments are made under [section 1741 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1741&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) At the time of death, the deceased veteran (including a person who died during a period deemed t
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 903
‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT
POLICE
OFFICER.—The term ‘De-
partment police officer’ means an employee of the
Department of Veterans Affairs described in section
902(a) of title 38, United States Code.’’
POLICE CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING OF DEPARTMENT
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Pub. L. 116–214, title II, § 205, Dec. 5, 2020, 134 Stat.
1038, provided that:
‘‘(a) TRAINING.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall provide to Department police officers an annual
training on the prevention of suicide among the popu-
lation served by the Department police officers.
‘‘(b) CURRICULUM.—In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretary shall update any similar training provided
before the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 5,
2020] to ensure that the curriculum for the training ad-
dresses, at a minimum, the following:
‘‘(1) Effective behavioral science procedures for sui-
cide prevention and risk mitigation.
‘‘(2) Crisis intervention and de-escalation skills, in-
cluding through the use of interactive training.
‘‘(3) Information about mental health and sub-
stance abuse disorders.
‘‘(4) Information about local law enforcement crisis
intervention teams and other resources for veterans
experiencing mental health crises available by the
Department of Veterans Affairs, other elements of
the Federal Government, and the community in
which the police officers serve.
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall ensure that
the annual training provided to Department police offi-
cers at a medical facility of the Department under sub-
section (a) is provided in consultation with law enforce-
ment training accreditation organizations and the
mental health experts at such facility.
‘‘(d) PLAN
ON COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.—The Sec-
retary shall ensur
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