38 U.S.C. § 3902 : US Code - Section 3902: Assistance for providing automobile and adaptive equipment

Search 38 U.S.C. § 3902 : US Code - Section 3902: Assistance for providing automobile and adaptive equipment

(a) The Secretary, under regulations which the Secretary shall
prescribe, shall provide or assist in providing an automobile or
other conveyance to each eligible person by paying the total
purchase price of the automobile or other conveyance (including all
State, local, and other taxes) or $11,000, whichever is the lesser,
to the seller from whom the eligible person is purchasing under a
sales agreement between the seller and the eligible person.
(b)(1) The Secretary, under regulations which the Secretary shall
prescribe, shall provide each eligible person the adaptive
equipment deemed necessary to insure that the eligible person will
be able to operate the automobile or other conveyance in a manner
consistent with such person's own safety and the safety of others
and so as to satisfy the applicable standards of licensure
established by the State of such person's residency or other proper
licensing authority.
(2) In the case of any veteran (other that a person eligible for
assistance under paragraph (1) of this subsection) who is entitled
to compensation for ankylosis of one or both knees, or one or both
hips, the Secretary, under the terms and conditions set forth in
subsections (a), (c), and (d) of section 3903 of this title and
under regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, shall
provide such adaptive equipment to overcome the disability
resulting from such ankylosis as (A) is necessary to meet the
applicable standards of licensure established by the State of such
veteran's residency or other proper licensing authority for the
operation of such veteran's automobile or other conveyance by such
veteran, and (B) is determined to be necessary by the Under
Secretary for Health for the safe operation of such automobile or
other conveyance by such veteran.
(c) In accordance with regulations which the Secretary shall
prescribe, the Secretary shall (1) repair, replace, or reinstall
adaptive equipment deemed necessary for the operation of an
automobile or other conveyance acquired in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter, and (2) provide, repair, replace, or
reinstall such adaptive equipment for any automobile or other
conveyance which an eligible person may previously or subsequently
have acquired.
(d) If an eligible person cannot qualify to operate an automobile
or other conveyance, the Secretary shall provide or assist in
providing an automobile or other conveyance to such person, as
provided in subsection (a) of this section, if the automobile or
other conveyance is to be operated for the eligible person by
another person.