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legal/us/code/title-38/chapter-36/section-3601.md

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+title: "38 U.S.C. § 3601"
+description: "Definition of emergency situation"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 38
+title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
+chapter_number: "36"
+chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS"
+section: "3601"
+citation: "38 U.S.C. § 3601"
+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/s3601"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 38 U.S.C. § 3601 - Definition of emergency situation
+
+## Text
+
+In this chapter, the term “emergency situation” means a situation that—
+
+(1) the President declares is an emergency; and
+
+(2) the Secretary determines is an emergency for purposes of the laws administered by the Secretary.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 117–333, § 2(a)(2), Jan. 5, 2023, 136 Stat. 6122.)