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Code · U.S. Code · Title 38 - VETERANS’ BENEFITS · CHAPTER 5— AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY · SUBCHAPTER II— SPECIFIED FUNCTIONS · § 523

§ 523. Coordination and promotion of other programs affecting veterans and their dependents

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(a)The Secretary shall seek to achieve
(1)the maximum feasible effectiveness, coordination, and interrelationship of services among all programs and activities affecting veterans and their dependents carried out by and under all other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch, and
(2)the maximum feasible coordination of such programs with programs carried out under this title. The Secretary shall actively promote the effective implementation, enforcement, and application of all provisions of law and regulations providing for special consideration, emphasis, or preference for veterans.
(b)The Secretary shall seek to achieve the effective coordination of the provision, under laws administered by the Department, of benefits and services (and information about such benefits and services) with appropriate programs (and information about such programs) conducted by State and local governmental agencies and by private entities at the State and local level. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall place special emphasis on veterans who are 65 years of age or older.
(c)The Secretary shall maintain a publicly available website of the Department through which a veteran or dependent of a veteran may search by ZIP code for programs for—
(1)veterans who recently separated from active military, naval, air, or space service; or
(2)dependents of veterans described in paragraph (1).
(Added Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 390; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title V, § 571(e), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 885.)
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  • Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a)
  • 105 Stat. 390
  • Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title V, § 571(e)
  • 139 Stat. 885
  • section 220 of this title
  • Pub. L. 119–60
  • Pub. L. 111–163, title V, § 506
  • 124 Stat. 1160
  • 130 Stat. 938
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