Summary

Moves the Office of Survivors Assistance to a different administrative location inside the Department of Veterans Affairs: the office will be placed specifically "in the Office of the Secretary" rather than generically "in the Department." The change is a targeted revision to the U.S. Code clarifying where the Office sits within VA’s organizational structure; it does not create new programs, change benefits, or provide funding.

• Replaces the phrase 'in the Department' with 'in the Office of the Secretary' for the Office of Survivors Assistance in 38 U.S.C. 321(a).
• Is an administrative relocation in statute — it clarifies organizational placement rather than creating new programs.
• Does not change benefits, eligibility, or funding for survivors or veterans.
• No effective date, budget authorization, or appropriations are included.
• Likely implementation actions are internal (org charts, policies, reporting lines) within the VA.
• May change oversight and reporting pathways by making the office explicitly part of the Secretary’s immediate organizational structure.