---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.5705"
title: "38"
number: "21.5705"
heading: "Transfer of authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.5705"
---

# §21.5705. Transfer of authority.


The Secretary of Defense delegates the authority to administer the benefit payment portion of this program to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and his or her designees. See [§ 21.5901](/cfr/38/21.5901.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. ch. 107; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 3695, 5101, 5113, 5303A; 42 U.S.C. 2000; sec. 901, Pub. L. 96-342, 94 Stat. 1111-1114, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 27026, July 29, 1986, unless otherwise noted.