Us Code § 5903 - Recognition with respect to particular claims
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§ 5903. Recognition with respect to particular claims
(a)
(1) such individual has certified to the Secretary that no fee or compensation of any nature will be charged any individual for services rendered in connection with such claim; and
(2) such individual has filed with the Secretary a power of attorney, executed in such manner and in such form as the Secretary may prescribe.
(b)
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1238, §3403; renumbered §5903, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, §402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, §4(a)(1), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 403–405; Pub. L. 109–461, title I, §101(a)(3), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3407.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2006—Pub. L. 109–461 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 3403 of this title as this section.
Pub. L. 102–83, §4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" in introductory provisions and wherever appearing in pars. (1) and (2).
Pub. L. 102–83, §4(a)(1), substituted "administered by the Secretary" for "administered by the Veterans' Administration" in introductory provisions.
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