---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1838"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "1838"
heading: "Biennial report"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/1838"
units:
  - "Part II — General Benefits"
  - "Chapter 18 — Benefits for Children of Vietnam Veterans and Certain Other Veterans"
  - "Subchapter IV — General Provisions"
---

# §1838. Biennial report


Not less frequently than once every two years, the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the following:

- (1) The number of covered children receiving health care or benefits under this chapter as of the date on which the report is submitted.
- (2) The number of covered children for which the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) is paying for or providing a social worker as of such date.
- (3) Metrics on outreach conducted under [section 1836(b) of this title](/usc/38/1836.md?p=b).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–18, § 1(b), Oct. 6, 2023, 137 Stat. 104.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 1841 to 1851 were renumbered sections 3741 to 3751 of this title, respectively.