§ 3561. Authority and duties of Secretary

38 U.S.C. § 3561 (N/A)
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The Secretary may provide the educational and vocational counseling authorized under section 3520 of this title, and may provide additional counseling if the Secretary deems it to be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

Where any provision of this chapter authorizes or requires any function, power, or duty to be exercised by a State, or by any officer or agency thereof, such function, power, or duty shall, with respect to the Republic of the Philippines, be exercised by the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1200, § 1761; Pub. L. 89–358, § 3(a)(1), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 19; Pub. L. 94–502, title III, § 310(23), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2392; Pub. L. 96–466, title III, § 323(b), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2196; Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(b)(1)(A), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered § 3561 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)