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38 U.S.C. 7102: Assignment of members of Board

Created in 1958 by Public Law 85-857. Changed by 5 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 38 U.S.C. 7103.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2022

    • Pub. L. 117–300 added subsec. (c). Law text · (c)

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–271 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions authorizing Chairman to divide Board into sections of three members and to assign proceedings thereto, and provisions relating to assignment where section is composed of fewer than three members, limiting annu…

    1991

    • Pub. L. 102–40, §402(b)(1), renumbered section 4002 of this title as this section.
    • Pub. L. 102–83 substituted "Department" for "Veterans' Administration". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 102–40, §402(d)(1), substituted "7101(c)" for "4001(c)". · (a)

    1984

    • Pub. L. 98–223, §208(d)(1), designated provision authorizing the Chairman from time to time to divide the Board into sections of three members, assign members to the Board thereto, and designated the chief thereof, as par. (1). · (a)
    • Pub. L. 98–223, §208(d)(2), designated provision relating to authority of the Chairman in the case where a section is composed of fewer than three members as a result of absence, vacancy, or inability of a member to serve as subpar. (A), and in subpar. (A) as so designated, inserted… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 98–223, §208(d)(2), added par. (3). · (a)
    • Pub. L. 98–223, §208(d)(3), designated provision relating to the maintenance of a hearing docket and the holding of formal recorded hearings upon which a final determination will be made as subsec. (b). · (b)
    • Pub. L. 98–223, §208(c), struck out "associate" before "member" in two places. · (b)
    • Pub. L. 98–223, §208(d)(4), designated provision relating to the section making a determination on any proceeding or motion in connection therewith assigned to the section by the Board and making a report on such determination, which report constitutes its final disposition of the proc… · (c)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.