38 USC § 715 - Congressional testimony by employees: treatment as official duty

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title: "38 USC § 715 - Congressional testimony by employees: treatment as official duty"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "715"
section_name: "Congressional testimony by employees: treatment as official duty"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "EMPLOYEES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 114–223, div. A, title II, § 247(b)(1), Sept. 29, 2016, 130 Stat. 890.)"
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# § 715. Congressional testimony by employees: treatment as official duty

**(a)** **Congressional Testimony.—** An employee of the Department is performing official duty during the period with respect to which the employee is testifying in an official capacity in front of either chamber of Congress, a committee of either chamber of Congress, or a joint or select committee of Congress.

**(b)** **Travel Expenses.—** The Secretary shall provide travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, to any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs performing official duty described under subsection (a).

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 114–223, div. A, title II, § 247(b)(1), Sept. 29, 2016, 130 Stat. 890.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 715 and 716 were renumbered sections 1915 and 1916 of this title, respectively.