---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 119"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "119"
heading: "Contracting for statistical analyses and data evaluation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/119"
units:
  - "Part I — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 1 — General"
---

# §119. Contracting for statistical analyses and data evaluation

- (a) **In General.—** The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) may enter into a contract or other agreement with an academic institution or other qualified entity, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1), to carry out statistical analyses and data evaluation as required of the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) by law.”.[^1]
- (b) **Rule of Construction.—** Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the authority of the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) to enter into contracts or other agreements for statistical analyses and data evaluation under any other provision of law.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. The quotation marks and second period probably should not appear.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–171, title III, § 306(a), Oct. 17, 2020, 134 Stat. 805.)