§ 1712B.
The Secretary may establish a program under which, upon the request of a veteran who is a former prisoner of war, the Secretary, within the limits of Department facilities, furnishes counseling to such veteran to assist such veteran in overcoming the psychological effects of the veteran’s detention or internment as a prisoner of war.
(Added [Pub. L. 99–166, title I, § 107(a)], Dec. 3, 1985, [99 Stat. 945], § 612B; renumbered § 1712B and amended [Pub. L. 102–83], §§ 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, [105 Stat. 404–406].)