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38 U.S.C. § 302 — Seal
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**(a)** The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall cause a seal of office to be made for the Department of such device as the President shall approve. Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal.
**(b)** Copies of any public document, record, or paper belonging to or in the files of the Department, when authenticated by the seal and certified by the Secretary (or by an officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has been delegated in writing by the Secretary), shall be evidence equal with the original thereof.
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**(a)** The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall cause a seal of office to be made for the Department of such device as the President shall approve. Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal.
**(b)** Copies of any public document, record, or paper belonging to or in the files of the Department, when authenticated by the seal and certified by the Secretary (or by an officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has been delegated in writing by the Secretary), shall be evidence equal with the original thereof.
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**(a)** No compensation shall be paid to the surviving spouse of a veteran under this chapter unless such surviving spouse was married to such veteran—
(1) before the expiration of fifteen years after the termination of the period of service in which the injury or disease causing the death of the veteran was incurred or aggravated; or
(2) for one year or more; or
(3) for any period of time if a child was born of the marriage, or was born to them before the marriage.
**(b)** Subsection (a) shall not be applicable to any surviving spouse who, with respect to date of marriage, could have qualified as a surviving spouse for death compensation under any law administered by the Secretary in effect on December 31, 1957.
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 303
§ 302. Seal
(a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
cause a seal of office to be made for the Depart-
ment of such device as the President shall ap-
prove. Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal.
(b) Copies of any public document, record, or
paper belonging to or in the files of the Depart-
ment, when authenticated by the seal and cer-
tified by the Secretary (or by an officer or em-
ployee of the Department to whom authority
has been delegated in writing by the Secretary),
shall be evidence equal with the original there-
of.
(Added Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105
Stat. 379.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Prior section 302 was renumbered section 1102 of this
title.
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in section 202 of this title prior to repeal by Pub.
L. 102–83, § 2(a).
§ 303. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
There is a Secretary of Veterans Affairs, who
is the head of the Department and is appointed
by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate. The Secretary is respon-
sible for the proper execution and administra-
tion of all laws administered by the Department
and for the control, direction, and management
of the Department.
(Added Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105
Stat. 379.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in section 210(a), (b)(1) of this title and in second
and third sentences of section 2 of Pub. L. 100–527,
known as the Department of Veterans Affairs Act,
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 2(a), 3(1).
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Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title IV, § 406, Dec
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