5 USC § 5355 - Effect on other statutes

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title: "5 USC § 5355 - Effect on other statutes"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5355"
section_name: "Effect on other statutes"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "STUDENT-EMPLOYEES"
part_number: "III"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 472; Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(b)(3), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 274.)"
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# § 5355. Effect on other statutes

This subchapter does not limit the authority conferred on the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by chapter 73 of title 38.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 472; Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(b)(3), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 274.)

| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 1057. | Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 452, § 8, 61 Stat. 728. |
|  |  | June 17, 1957, Pub. L. 85–56, § 2201(19), 71 Stat. 159. |
|  |  | Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–857, § 13(m), 72 Stat. 1265. |

The prohibition is restated in positive form.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— substituted “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs”.