38 USC 315 - Sec. 315. Regional offices
38 USC - US Code - Title 38: Veterans' Benefits (January 2003)
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(a) The Secretary may establish such regional offices and such other field offices within the United States, its Territories, Commonwealths, and possessions, as the Secretary considers necessary. (b) The Secretary may maintain a regional office in the Republic of the Philippines until December 31, 2003.
Prior Provisions
Prior section 315 was renumbered section 1115 of this title.
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 230(a), (b) of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 2(a). AMENDMENTS 1999 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-117 substituted "December 31, 2003" for "December 31, 1999". 1994 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-446 substituted "December 31, 1999" for "December 31, 1994". 1993 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-210 substituted "December 31, 1994" for "March 31, 1994". 1992 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-291 substituted "March 31, 1994" for "September 30, 1991".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Section 1(b) of Pub. L. 102-291 provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect as of September 30, 1991." RATIFICATION OF MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE DURING LAPSED PERIOD Section 1(c) of Pub. L. 102-291 provided that: "Any action of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in maintaining a Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in the Republic of the Philippines under section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, during the period beginning on October 1, 1991, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act [May 20, 1992] is hereby ratified with respect to that period."
Section Referred To In Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 115 of this title.
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