Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

38 U.S.C. § 3100

Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are to provide for all services and assistance necessary to enable veterans with service-connected disabilities to achieve maximum independence in daily living and, to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employment.

Pub. L. 96–466, title I, § 101(a)94 Stat. 2172Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)105 Stat. 406(Added , , , § 1500; renumbered § 3100, , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 102–83section 1500 of this title1991— renumbered as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 96–466, title VIII, § 802(a)(1)94 Stat. 2217

“(a)
(1)
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of section 101 [enacting this chapter] shall become effective on .
“(2)
The provisions of sections 1508, 1512, 1516, 1518, 1519, 1520, and 1521 [now 3108, 3112, 3116, 3118, 3119, 3120, and 3121] of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 101(a), shall become effective on .
“(3)
Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the provisions of chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act [] (other than section 1504, relating to subsistence allowances, and section 1507, relating to loans [former sections 1504 and 1507 of this title, respectively]), shall continue in effect until .
“(4)
Effective on , sections 1504 and 1507 [former sections 1504 and 1507 of this title] are repealed. During the period beginning on , and ending on , the provisions of sections 1508 and 1512 [now 3108 and 3112] of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 101(a), shall apply to veterans pursuing a program of vocational rehabilitation training under chapter 31 of such title in the same manner as sections 1504 and 1507 of such title, respectively, applied to veterans pursuing a program of vocational rehabilitation training under such chapter on .
“(5)
section 3108 of this titlesection 3107 of this title Subsection (c) of section 101 [enacting provisions set out as a note under ] shall become effective on . Subsection (d) of such section [enacting provisions set out as a note under ] shall become effective on the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
–(5), , , provided that: