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38 U.S.C. § 703 — Miscellaneous authorities respecting employees

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38 U.S.C. § 703 — Miscellaneous authorities respecting employees

**(a)** The Secretary may furnish and launder such wearing apparel as may be prescribed for employees in the performance of their official duties. **(b)** The Secretary may transport children of Department employees located at isolated stations to and from school in available Government-owned automotive equipment. **(c)** The Secretary may provide recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment for the use of patients in hospitals and employees in isolated installations. **(d)** The Secretary may provide for the preparation, shipment, installation, and display of exhibits, photographic displays, moving pictures, and other visual educational information and descriptive material. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the Secretary may purchase or rent equipment. **(e)** The Secretary may reimburse employees for the cost of repairing or replacing their personal property damaged or destroyed by patients or domiciliary members while such employees are engaged in the performance of their official duties. **(f)** (1) The Secretary, upon determining that an emergency situation exists and that such action is necessary for the effective conduct of the affairs of the Department, may use Government-owned, or leased, vehicles to transport employees to and from their place of employment and the nearest adequate public transportation or, if such public transportation is either unavailable or not feasible to use, to and from their place of employment and their home. (2) The Secretary shall establish reasonable rates to cover the cost of the service rendered under this subsection, and all proceeds collected therefrom shall be applied to the applicable appropriation.

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**(a)** The Secretary may furnish and launder such wearing apparel as may be prescribed for employees in the performance of their official duties. **(b)** The Secretary may transport children of Department employees located at isolated stations to and from school in available Government-owned automotive equipment. **(c)** The Secretary may provide recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment for the use of patients in hospitals and employees in isolated installations. **(d)** The Secretary may provide for the preparation, shipment, installation, and display of exhibits, photographic displays, moving pictures, and other visual educational information and descriptive material. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the Secretary may purchase or rent equipment. **(e)** The Secretary may reimburse employees for the cost of repairing or replacing their personal property damaged or destroyed by patients or domiciliary members while such employees are engaged in the performance of their official duties. **(f)** (1) The Secretary, upon determining that an emergency situation exists and that such action is necessary for the effective conduct of the affairs of the Department, may use Government-owned, or leased, vehicles to transport employees to and from their place of employment and the nearest adequate public transportation or, if such public transportation is either unavailable or not feasible to use, to and from their place of employment and their home. (2) The Secretary shall establish reasonable rates to cover the cost of the service rendered under this subsection, and all proceeds collected therefrom shall be applied to the applicable appropriation.

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38 U.S.C. § 1903 — Amount of insurance

Insurance shall be issued in any multiple of $500 and the amount of insurance with respect to any one person shall be not less than $1,000 or more than $10,000. No person may carry a combined amount of National Service Life Insurance and United States Government life insurance in excess of $10,000 at any one time. The limitations of this section shall not apply to the additional paid up insurance the purchase of which is authorized under [section 1907 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1907&num=0&edition=prelim).

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38 U.S.C. § 1701 — Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter— (1) The term “disability” means a disease, injury, or other physical or mental defect. (2) The term “veteran of any war” includes any veteran awarded the Medal of Honor. (3) The term “facilities of the Department” means— (A) facilities over which the Secretary has direct jurisdiction; (B) Government facilities for which the Secretary contracts; and (C) public or private facilities at which the Secretary provides recreational activities for patients receiving care under [section 1710 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710&num=0&edition=prelim). (4) The term “non-Department facilities” means facilities other than Department facilities. (5) The term “hospital care” includes— (A) (i) medical services rendered in the course of the hospitalization of any veteran, and (ii) travel and incidental expenses pursuant to the provisions of [section 111 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section111&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) such mental health services, consultation, professional counseling, marriage and family counseling, and training for the members of the immediate family or legal guardian of a veteran, or the individual in whose household such veteran certifies an intention to live, as the Secretary considers appropriate for the effective treatment and rehabilitation of a veteran or dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the last sentence of [section 1781(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1781/b&num=0&edition=prelim); and (C) (i) medical services rendered in the course of the hospitalization of a dependent or survivor of a veteran rece

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5 U.S.C. § 101 — Executive departments

The Executive departments are:

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38 U.S.C. § 703 — Miscellaneous authorities respecting em-

Page 112 TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS § 703 ‘‘(2) Efforts made by the supervisor of the employee to retain the individual. ‘‘(3) The extent of job satisfaction and engagement during the employment. ‘‘(4) The intent of [the] employee to either remain employed within the Federal Government or to leave employment with the Federal Government. ‘‘(5) Such other matters as the Secretary deter- mines appropriate. ‘‘(c) ANONYMITY OF SURVEY CONTENT.—The Secretary shall ensure that data collected under subsection (a)— ‘‘(1) is anonymized, including through the use of a location that allows for privacy; ‘‘(2) is not directly visible by another employee; and ‘‘(3) does not require the departing employee to input any personally identifiable data. ‘‘(d) SHARING OF SURVEY DATA.—The Secretary shall ensure that the results of the survey required by sub- section (a) are— ‘‘(1) aggregated at the Veterans Integrated Service Network level; and ‘‘(2) shared on an annual basis with directors and managers of facilities of the Department and the Vet- erans Integrated Service Networks. ‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 12, 2017] and not less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Vet- erans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report containing the aggregate results of the exit survey under subsection (a) covering the year prior to the report. ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under para- graph (1) shall include, for the period covered by the report, the following: ‘‘(A) An analysis of the most common reasons em- ployees choose to leave the Department. ‘‘(B) The steps the Secre

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