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legal/us/code/title-38/chapter-73/section-7381.md

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+title: "38 U.S.C. § 7381"
+description: "Office of Research and Development"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 38
+title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
+chapter_number: "73"
+chapter_name: "VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS"
+section: "7381"
+citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7381"
+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/s7381"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 38 U.S.C. § 7381 - Office of Research and Development
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Office of Research and Development.— There is in the Veterans Health Administration an Office of Research and Development (in this section referred to as the “Office”).
+
+(b) Purposes.— The function of the Office is to serve veterans through a full spectrum of research (including pre-clinical, clinical, and health systems science), technology transfer, and application.
+
+(c) Chief Research and Development Officer.— The head of the Office is the Chief Research and Development Officer.
+
+(d) Organization and Personnel.— The Office shall be organized in such manner, and its personnel shall perform such duties and have such titles, as the Secretary may prescribe.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title I, § 182(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5436.)