---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 3114"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "3114"
heading: "Vocational rehabilitation outside the United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/3114"
units:
  - "Part III — Readjustment and Related Benefits"
  - "Chapter 31 — Training and Rehabilitation for Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities"
---

# §3114. Vocational rehabilitation outside the United States


Under regulations which the [Secretary](/usc/38/4101.md?p=8) shall prescribe, a [vocational rehabilitation program](/usc/38/3101.md?p=10) under this chapter may be provided outside the United States if the [Secretary](/usc/38/4101.md?p=8) determines that such training is (1) necessary in the particular case to provide the preparation needed to render a [veteran](/usc/38/3701.md?p=b-2) employable and enable such [veteran](/usc/38/3701.md?p=b-2) to obtain and retain suitable employment, and (2) in the best interest of such [veteran](/usc/38/3701.md?p=b-2) and the [Federal Government](/usc/38/4303.md?p=6).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 96–466, title I, § 101(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2182, § 1514; amended Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(b)(1)(A), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered § 3114, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior section 3114 was renumbered section 5314 of this title.

### Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1514 of this title as this section.

1989—Pub. L. 101–237 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” wherever appearing.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Apr. 1, 1981, see section 802(a)(1) of Pub. L. 96–466, set out as a note under section 3100 of this title.