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kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.400"
title: "38"
number: "21.400"
heading: "Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.400"
---

# §21.400. Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation.

- (a) **General.** The Secretary shall appoint an advisory committee to be known as the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation.
- (b) **Purpose.** The purposes of the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation, hereafter referred to as the committee, are to:
  - (1) Assess the rehabilitation needs of service and nonservice-disabled veterans; and
  - (2) Review the programs and activities of VA designed to meet such needs;
- (c) **Members.** The committee shall include:
  - (1) Members of the general public;
  - (2) Appropriate representation of veterans with service-connected disabilities; and
  - (3) Persons who have distinguished themselves in the public and private sectors in the fields of rehabilitation, and employment and training programs.
- (d) **Members terms.** The Secretary shall appoint members of the committee for three-year terms. Members may be reappointed for additional three-year terms.
- (e) **Chairperson.** The Secretary will designate one of the members of the committee to chair the committee.
- (f) **Ex-officio members.** The committee shall also include ex-officio members named by the following agencies. The ex-officio members shall include one representative from:
  - (1) The Veterans Health Services and Research Administration;
  - (2) The Veterans Benefits Administration;
  - (3) The Rehabilitation Services Administration and one from the National Institute for Handicapped Research of the Department of Education; and
  - (4) **The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment of the Department of Labor.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 18, 31, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, unless otherwise noted.