---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1175"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "1175"
heading: "Authority to modify process; congressional oversight"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/1175"
units:
  - "Part II — General Benefits"
  - "Chapter 11 — Compensation for Service-Connected Disability or Death"
  - "Subchapter VII — Determinations Relating to Presumptions of Service Connection Based on Toxic Exposure"
---

# §1175. Authority to modify process; congressional oversight

- (a) **In General.—** The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) may modify the process under which the working group established under subsection (b) of [section 1172 of this title](/usc/38/1172.md) conducts assessments under such section, the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) conducts formal evaluations under [section 1173 of this title](/usc/38/1173.md), and issues regulations under [section 1174 of this title](/usc/38/1174.md) if—
  - (1) such evaluations cover the evidence, data, and factors required by [subsection (b)](#b) of such section 1173; and
  - (2) a period of 180 days has elapsed following the date on which the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) submits the notice under [subsection (b)](#b) regarding the modification.
- (b) **Notice.—** If the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) proposes to modify the process under which the working group established under subsection (b) of [section 1172 of this title](/usc/38/1172.md) conducts assessments under such section, the process under which the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) conducts formal evaluations under [section 1173 of this title](/usc/38/1173.md), or issues regulations under [section 1174 of this title](/usc/38/1174.md), the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall submit to the Committee on [Veterans](/usc/38/1101.md?p=1)’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on [Veterans](/usc/38/1101.md?p=1)’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a notice of the proposed modifications containing the following:
  - (1) A description of the proposed modifications.
  - (2) A description of any exceptions to the requirements of such sections that are proposed because of limited available scientific evidence, and a description of how such evaluations will be conducted.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 117–168, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 10, 2022, 136 Stat. 1771.)