Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement Act of 2003

Pub. L. 108–170

US Codex doesn’t hold the enacted text of this law — the public-law corpus runs from the 113th Congress (2013) onward. What it changed in the U.S. Code, reconstructed from the credit notes, is listed below.

36 sections of the Code credited to this law, found between Public Law 107-377 and Public Law 108-198.

• 25 U.S.C. § 1680f — Indian Health Service and Department of Veterans Affairs health facilities and services sharing
• 38 U.S.C. § 516 — Equal employment responsibilities
• 38 U.S.C. § 1701 — Definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1710 — Eligibility for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1710A — Required nursing home care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1712 — Dental care; drugs and medicines for certain disabled veterans; vaccines
• 38 U.S.C. § 1718 — Therapeutic and rehabilitative activities
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720 — Transfers for nursing home care; adult day health care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1722A — Copayment for medications
• 38 U.S.C. § 1734 — Hospital and nursing home care and medical services in the United States
• 38 U.S.C. § 2041 — Housing assistance for homeless veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 2065 — Annual report on assistance to homeless veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 7303 — Functions of Veterans Health Administration: research programs
• 38 U.S.C. § 7307 — Office of Research Oversight
• 38 U.S.C. § 7316 — Malpractice and negligence suits: defense by United States
• 38 U.S.C. § 7321 — Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 7364A — Coverage of employees under certain Federal tort claims laws
• 38 U.S.C. § 7365 — Applicable State law
• 38 U.S.C. § 7366 — Accountability and oversight
• 38 U.S.C. § 7368 — Expiration of authority
• 38 U.S.C. § 7401 — Appointments in Veterans Health Administration
• 38 U.S.C. § 7402 — Qualifications of appointees
• 38 U.S.C. § 7403 — Period of appointments; promotions
• 38 U.S.C. § 7404 — Grades and pay scales
• 38 U.S.C. § 7405 — Temporary full-time appointments, part-time appointments, and without-compensation appointments
• 38 U.S.C. § 7409 — Contracts for scarce medical specialist services
• 38 U.S.C. § 7421 — Personnel administration: in general
• 38 U.S.C. § 7454 — Physician assistants and other health care professionals: additional pay
• 38 U.S.C. § 7802 — Duties of Secretary with respect to Service
• 38 U.S.C. § 8104 — Congressional approval of certain medical facility acquisitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 8107 — Operational and construction plans for medical facilities
• 38 U.S.C. § 8121 — Revolving supply fund
• 38 U.S.C. § 8153 — Sharing of health-care resources
• 38 U.S.C. § 8163 — Hearing and notice requirements regarding proposed leases
• 38 U.S.C. § 8164 — Authority for disposition of leased property
• 38 U.S.C. § 8165 — Use of proceeds