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legal/us/code/title-38/chapter-18/section-1816.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "38 U.S.C. § 1816"
+description: "Regulations"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 38
+title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
+chapter_number: "18"
+chapter_name: "BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS AND CERTAIN OTHER VETERANS"
+section: "1816"
+citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1816"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc38@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1816"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 38 U.S.C. § 1816 - Regulations
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for purposes of the administration of this subchapter.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, § 401(a), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1859.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Prior ProvisionsA prior section 1816 was renumbered sections 3732 and 3733 of this title. Prior sections 1817 and 1817A were renumbered sections 3713 and 3714 of this title, respectively. A prior section 1818, added Pub. L. 89–358, § 5(a), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 25; amended Pub. L. 91–506, § 2(e), Oct. 23, 1970, 84 Stat. 1108; Pub. L. 93–569, § 8(6), (7), Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1866, 1867; Pub. L. 94–324, § 4, June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 720; Pub. L. 95–476, title I, § 106(a), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1499; Pub. L. 97–72, title III, § 303(g), Nov. 3, 1981, 95 Stat. 1060; Pub. L. 97–295, § 4(66), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1310, related to service after Jan. 31, 1955, and prior to Aug. 5, 1964, or after May 7, 1975, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–322, title IV, § 415(b)(3), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 551. A prior section 1819 was renumbered section 3712 of this title. A prior section 1820 was renumbered section 3720 of this title.