Chapter 5

Authority to reorganize offices

Decisions of the Secretary; finality

Delegation of authority; assignment of functions and duties

Contracts and personal services

Administrative settlement of tort claims

Equal employment responsibilities

Quarterly reports to Congress on conferences sponsored by the Department

Assistance to certain rehabilitation activities

Adaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces

Studies of rehabilitation of disabled persons

Coordination and promotion of other programs affecting veterans and their dependents

Publication of laws relating to veterans

Evaluation and data collection

Annual report to Congress

Annual report on program and expenditures for domestic response to weapons of mass destruction

Requirements relating to naming of Department property

Authority to advertise in national media; VetStar Award Program

Anti-harassment and anti-sexual assault policy

Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War

Advisory Committee on Women Veterans

Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs

Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans

Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans

Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation

Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs

Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States