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38 U.S.C. § 512 — Delegation of authority; assignment of functions and duties
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**(a)** Except as otherwise provided by law, the Secretary may assign functions and duties, and delegate, or authorize successive redelegation of, authority to act and to render decisions, with respect to all laws administered by the Department, to such officers and employees as the Secretary may find necessary. Within the limitations of such delegations, redelegations, or assignments, all official acts and decisions of such officers and employees shall have the same force and effect as though performed or rendered by the Secretary.
**(b)** There shall be included on the technical and administrative staff of the Secretary such staff officers, experts, inspectors, and assistants (including legal assistants) as the Secretary may prescribe.
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**(a)** Except as otherwise provided by law, the Secretary may assign functions and duties, and delegate, or authorize successive redelegation of, authority to act and to render decisions, with respect to all laws administered by the Department, to such officers and employees as the Secretary may find necessary. Within the limitations of such delegations, redelegations, or assignments, all official acts and decisions of such officers and employees shall have the same force and effect as though performed or rendered by the Secretary.
**(b)** There shall be included on the technical and administrative staff of the Secretary such staff officers, experts, inspectors, and assistants (including legal assistants) as the Secretary may prescribe.
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**(a)**
(1) The Secretary shall pay to each veteran of the Spanish-American War who meets the service requirements of this subsection a pension at the following monthly rate:
(A) $101.59; or
(B) $135.45 if the veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance.
(2) A veteran meets the service requirements of this subsection if such veteran served in the active military or naval service—
(A) for ninety days or more during the Spanish-American War;
(B) during the Spanish-American War and was discharged or released from such service for a service-connected disability; or
(C) for a period of ninety consecutive days or more and such period began or ended during the Spanish-American War.
(3)
(A) Any veteran eligible for pension under this subsection shall, if such veteran so elects, be paid pension at the rates prescribed by [section 1521 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1521&num=0&edition=prelim) (except the rate provided under subsection (g) of such section), and under the conditions (other than the service requirements) applicable to pension paid under that section to veterans of a period of war. If pension is paid pursuant to such an election, the election shall be irrevocable.
(B) The Secretary shall pay each month to each Spanish-American War veteran who is receiving, or entitled to receive, pension based on a need of regular aid and attendance, whichever amount is greater (i) that provided by subparagraph (B) of subsection (a)(1) of this section, or (ii) that which is payable to the veteran under [section 1521 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1521&num=0&edition=prelim) as in effect on December 31, 1978, under regulations which the Se
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 513
America, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–169, title I,
§ 101(2)(F), Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1014, effective Jan. 1,
1976.
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in section 210(b)(1), (2) of this title prior to re-
peal by Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a).
AMENDMENTS
1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–262 substituted ‘‘a 45-
day period following the date of the submission of the
report, not less than 30 days of which shall be days dur-
ing which Congress shall have been in continuous ses-
sion’’ for ‘‘a 90-day period of continuous session of Con-
gress following the date of the submission of the re-
port’’ in second sentence and ‘‘any period of continuity
of session’’ for ‘‘such 90-day period’’ in third sentence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
AUTHORITY
OF SECRETARY
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO
CARRY OUT SPECIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZA-
TION
Pub. L. 102–54, § 12, June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 273, pro-
vided that:
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY
FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE
REORGANIZA-
TION.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out
the administrative reorganization described in sub-
section (b) without regard to section 210(b)(2) of title 38
[38 U.S.C. 510(b)–(f)], United States Code.
‘‘(b) SPECIFIED REORGANIZATION.—Subsection (a) ap-
plies to the organizational realignment of management
responsibility for the Department of Veterans Affairs
Data Processing Centers, together with the cor-
responding organizational realignment of associated
Information Resources Management operational com-
ponents and functions within the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs central office, as such realignment was
described in the detailed plan and justification sub-
mitted by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in [sic]
January 4, 1991, letters
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