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title: "38 U.S.C. § 3748"
description: "Preference for disabled veterans"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS BENEFITS"
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chapter_name: "HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESS LOANS"
section: "3748"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 3748 - Preference for disabled veterans
## Text
In the extension of financial assistance under this subchapter, the Secretary shall give preference, first, to veterans small business concerns in which disabled veterans who have successfully completed a vocational rehabilitation program for self-employment in a small business enterprise under chapter 31 of this title have a significant ownership interest, and, second, to veterans small business concerns in which other disabled veterans have a significant ownership interest.
(Added Pub. L. 9772, title III, § 302(a), Nov. 3, 1981, 95 Stat. 1058, § 1848; amended Pub. L. 101237, title III, § 313(b)(1), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2077; renumbered § 3748, Pub. L. 10283, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1991—Pub. L. 10283 renumbered section 1848 of this title as this section. 1989—Pub. L. 101237 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.