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    38 USC Sec. 5106                                            01/19/04

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    TITLE 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS

    PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    CHAPTER 51 - CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS

    SUBCHAPTER I - CLAIMS

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    Sec. 5106. Furnishing of information by other agencies

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      The head of any Federal department or agency shall provide such

    information to the Secretary as the Secretary may request for

    purposes of determining eligibility for or amount of benefits, or

    verifying other information with respect thereto. The cost of

    providing information to the Secretary under this section shall be

    borne by the department or agency providing the information.

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    (Added Pub. L. 94-432, title IV, Sec. 403(2), Sept. 30, 1976, 90

    Stat. 1372, Sec. 3006; amended Pub. L. 99-576, title VII, Sec.

    701(62), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3296; renumbered Sec. 5106, Pub.

    L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238;

    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404,

    405; Pub. L. 106-475, Sec. 5, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2099.)

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                                AMENDMENTS                            

      2000 - Pub. L. 106-475 inserted at end "The cost of providing

    information to the Secretary under this section shall be borne by

    the department or agency providing the information."

      1991 - Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 3006 of this title as

    this section.

      Pub. L. 102-83 substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" in two

    places.

      1986 - Pub. L. 99-576 substituted "the Administrator" for "he"

    before "may request".

                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          

      Section effective Sept. 30, 1976, see section 405(a) of Pub. L.

    94-432, set out as an Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note under

    section 1521 of this title.