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title: "38 U.S.C. § 7381"
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description: "Office of Research and Development"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 38
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title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
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chapter_number: "73"
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chapter_name: "VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS"
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section: "7381"
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citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7381"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 7381 - Office of Research and Development
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## Text
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(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”).
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(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.
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(c) Chief Research and Development Officer.— The head of the Office is the Chief Research and Development Officer.
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(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.
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(Added Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title I, § 182(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5436.)
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