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38 U.S.C. § 7424 — Travel expenses of certain employees
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**(a)** The Secretary may pay the expenses (other than membership fees) of persons described in sections 7306 and 7401(1) of this title (including persons in positions described in [section 7401(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7401/1&num=0&edition=prelim) who are appointed on a temporary full-time basis or a part-time basis under [section 7405 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7405&num=0&edition=prelim)) who are detailed by the Under Secretary for Health to attend meetings of associations for the promotion of medical and related science.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary may prescribe regulations establishing conditions under which officers and employees of the Administration who are nationally recognized principal investigators in medical research may be permitted to accept payment, in cash or in kind, from non-Federal agencies, organizations, and individuals for travel and such reasonable subsistence expenses as are approved by the Secretary pursuant to such regulations—
(A) in connection with their attendance at meetings or in performing advisory services concerned with the functions or activities of the Department; or
(B) in connection with acceptance of significant awards or with activity related thereto concerned with functions or activities of the Department.
(2) Any such payment may be retained by such officers and employees to cover the cost of such expenses or shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation from which the cost of such expenses is paid, as may be provided in such regulations.
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**(a)** The Secretary may pay the expenses (other than membership fees) of persons described in sections 7306 and 7401(1) of this title (including persons in positions described in [section 7401(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7401/1&num=0&edition=prelim) who are appointed on a temporary full-time basis or a part-time basis under [section 7405 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7405&num=0&edition=prelim)) who are detailed by the Under Secretary for Health to attend meetings of associations for the promotion of medical and related science.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary may prescribe regulations establishing conditions under which officers and employees of the Administration who are nationally recognized principal investigators in medical research may be permitted to accept payment, in cash or in kind, from non-Federal agencies, organizations, and individuals for travel and such reasonable subsistence expenses as are approved by the Secretary pursuant to such regulations—
(A) in connection with their attendance at meetings or in performing advisory services concerned with the functions or activities of the Department; or
(B) in connection with acceptance of significant awards or with activity related thereto concerned with functions or activities of the Department.
(2) Any such payment may be retained by such officers and employees to cover the cost of such expenses or shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation from which the cost of such expenses is paid, as may be provided in such regulations.
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**(a)** The Secretary, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health, may employ, without regard to civil service or classification laws, rules, or regulations, personnel as follows:
(1) On a temporary full-time basis, part-time basis, or without compensation basis, persons in the following positions:
(A) Positions listed in [section 7401(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7401/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) Positions listed in [section 7401(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7401/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
(C) Librarians.
(D) Other professional, clerical, technical, and unskilled personnel (including interns, residents, trainees, and students in medical support programs).
(2) On a fee basis, persons in the following positions:
(A) Positions listed in [section 7401(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7401/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) Positions listed in [section 7401(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7401/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
(C) Other professional and technical personnel.
**(b)** Personnel employed under subsection (a)—
(1) shall be in addition to personnel described in section 7306, paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 7401, and [section 7408 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7408&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) shall be paid such rates of pay as the Secretary may prescribe.
**(c)**
(1) Temporary full-time appointments under this section of persons in positions listed in paragraphs (1) and (3) of [section 7401 of this title](https://uscode.house
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**(a) Requirement to Contract.—** In accordance with [section 1144 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1144&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall enter into a contract with an appropriate private entity or entities to provide the functions described in subsection (b) at all locations where the program described in such section is carried out.
**(b) Functions.—** Contractors under subsection (a) shall provide to members of the Armed Forces who are being separated from active duty (and the spouses of such members) the services described in [section 1144(a)(1) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1144/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim), including the following:
(1) Counseling.
(2) Assistance in identifying employment and training opportunities and help in obtaining such employment and training.
(3) Assessment of academic preparation for enrollment in an institution of higher learning or occupational training.
(4) Other related information and services under such section.
(5) Such other services as the Secretary considers appropriate.
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 7424
7313 of this title for the training or education
of health personnel.
(2) The term ‘‘remuneration’’ means the re-
ceipt of any amount of monetary benefit from
any non-Department source in payment for
carrying out any professional responsibilities.
(e)(1) The Secretary shall establish a leave
transfer program for the benefit of health-care
professionals in positions listed in section
7421(b) of this title. The Secretary may also es-
tablish a leave bank program for the benefit of
such health-care professionals.
(2) To the maximum extent feasible—
(A) the leave transfer program shall provide
the same or similar requirements and condi-
tions as are provided for the program estab-
lished by the Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management under subchapter III of
chapter 63 of title 5; and
(B) any leave bank program established pur-
suant to paragraph (1) shall be consistent with
the requirements and conditions provided for
agency leave bank programs in subchapter IV
of such chapter.
(3) Participation by a health-care professional
in the leave transfer program established pursu-
ant to paragraph (1), and in any leave bank pro-
gram established pursuant to such paragraph,
shall be voluntary. The Secretary may not re-
quire any health-care professional to participate
in such a program.
(4)(A) The Secretary and the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management may enter into
an agreement that permits health-care profes-
sionals referred to in paragraph (1) to partici-
pate in the leave transfer program established
by the Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement under subchapter III of chapter 63 of
title 5 or in any leave bank program established
for other employees of the Department pursuant
to
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