38 USC § 7304 - Regulations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s7304"
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title: "38 USC § 7304 - Regulations"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "7304"
section_name: "Regulations"
chapter_number: 73
chapter_name: "VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ORGANIZATION"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 401(a)(3), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 212; amended Pub. L. 102–405, title III, § 302(c)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1984.)"
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# § 7304. Regulations

**(a)** Unless specifically otherwise provided, the Under Secretary for Health shall prescribe all regulations necessary to the administration of the Veterans Health Administration, including regulations relating to—

**(1)** travel, transportation of household goods and effects, and deductions from pay for quarters and subsistence; and

**(2)** the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property of the Administration.

**(b)** Regulations prescribed by the Under Secretary for Health are subject to the approval of the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 401(a)(3), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 212; amended Pub. L. 102–405, title III, § 302(c)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1984.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992— substituted “Under Secretary for Health” for “Chief Medical Director” in subsecs. (a) and (b).