38 USC § 8231 - Declaration of purpose
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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s8231"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 8231 - Declaration of purpose"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "8231"
section_name: "Declaration of purpose"
chapter_number: 82
chapter_name: "ASSISTANCE IN ESTABLISHING NEW STATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS; GRANTS TO AFFILIATED MEDICAL SCHOOLS; ASSISTANCE TO HEALTH MANPOWER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH MANPOWER INSTITUTIONS AFFILIATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER HEALTH PERSONNEL"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 92–541, § 2(a), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1105, § 5091; renumbered § 8231, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(2)(D), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 239; amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)"
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# § 8231. Declaration of purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to provide assistance in the establishment of cooperative arrangements among universities, colleges, junior colleges, community colleges, schools of allied health professions, State and local systems of education, hospitals, and other nonprofit health manpower institutions affiliated with the Department, designed to coordinate, improve, and expand the training of professional and technical allied health and paramedical personnel, and to assist in developing and evaluating new health careers, interdisciplinary approaches and career advancement opportunities, so as to improve and expand allied and other health manpower utilization.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 92–541, § 2(a), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1105, § 5091; renumbered § 8231, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(2)(D), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 239; amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1991— renumbered as this section.
substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” and “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”.