---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1835"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "1835"
heading: "Advisory council"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/1835"
units:
  - "Part II — General Benefits"
  - "Chapter 18 — Benefits for Children of Vietnam Veterans and Certain Other Veterans"
  - "Subchapter IV — General Provisions"
---

# §1835. Advisory council

- (a) **In General.—** The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall establish an advisory council on health care and benefits for covered children.
- (b) **Membership.—** The advisory council established under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be composed of Federal employees.
- (c) **Duties.—** The advisory council established under [subsection (a)](#a) shall solicit feedback from covered children and [covered veterans](/usc/38/1831.md?p=3) on the health care and benefits provided under this chapter and communicate such feedback to the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–18, § 1(b), Oct. 6, 2023, 137 Stat. 103.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1835 was renumbered section 2041 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Deadline for Establishment of Advisory Council

Pub. L. 118–18, § 1(d)(1), Oct. 6, 2023, 137 Stat. 104, provided that: “Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 6, 2023], the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish the advisory council required under section 1835 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (b).”