The Secretary may procure prosthetic appliances and necessary services required in the fitting, supplying, and training and use of prosthetic appliances by purchase, manufacture, contract, or in such other manner as the Secretary may determine to be proper, without regard to any other provision of law.
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1254, § 5013; amended Pub. L. 94–581, title II, § 210(e)(8), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2865; renumbered § 5023, Pub. L. 96–22, title III, § 301(b)(1), June 13, 1979, 93 Stat. 61; renumbered § 8123, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5023 of this title as this section.
Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in two places.
1976—Pub. L. 94–581 substituted “the Administrator” for “he”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1976 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 94–581 effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 of Pub. L. 94–581, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.