38 USC § 1712B - Counseling for former prisoners of war
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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1712B"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 1712B - Counseling for former prisoners of war"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1712B"
section_name: "Counseling for former prisoners of war"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, OR DOMICILIARY CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 99–166, title I, § 107(a), Dec. 3, 1985, 99 Stat. 945, § 612B; renumbered § 1712B and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406.)"
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# § 1712B. Counseling for former prisoners of war
The Secretary may establish a program under which, upon the request of a veteran who is a former prisoner of war, the Secretary, within the limits of Department facilities, furnishes counseling to such veteran to assist such veteran in overcoming the psychological effects of the veteran’s detention or internment as a prisoner of war.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 99–166, title I, § 107(a), Dec. 3, 1985, 99 Stat. 945, § 612B; renumbered § 1712B and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1991—, renumbered as this section.
, (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in two places.
, (4), substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”.