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Veterans' benefits
Part III — Readjustment and related benefits
Chapter 43 — Employment and reemployment rights of members of the Uniformed Services
Subchapter III
(a) In carrying out any investigation under this chapter, the Secretary's duly authorized representatives shall, at all reasonable times, have reasonable access to and the right to interview persons with information relevant to the investigation and shall have reasonable access to, for purposes of examination, and the right to copy and receive, any documents of any person or employer that the Secretary considers relevant to the investigation.
(b) In carrying out any investigation under this chapter, the Secretary may require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documents relating to any matter under investigation. In case of disobedience of the subpoena or contumacy and on request of the Secretary, the Attorney General may apply to any district court of the United States in whose jurisdiction such disobedience or contumacy occurs for an order enforcing the subpoena.
(c) Upon application, the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to issue writs commanding any person or employer to comply with the subpoena of the Secretary or to comply with any order of the Secretary made pursuant to a lawful investigation under this chapter and the district courts shall have jurisdiction to punish failure to obey a subpoena or other lawful order of the Secretary as a contempt of court.
(d) Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to the legislative branch or the judicial branch of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 103-353, §2(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3167; amended Pub. L. 104-275, title III, §311(13), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3336.)
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsection (a). Pub. L. 104-275 inserted ''have reasonable access to and the right to interview persons with information relevant to the investigation and shall'' after ''at all reasonable times,''.
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