38 U.S.C. § 5106
Section 5106 · Furnishing of information by other agencies
Amended 5 times on record
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Masors v. Derwinski (1992)
Most recently applied in 126 F. Supp. 3d 584 - Melvin v. Social Security Administration (August 2015)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The head of any Federal department or agency shall provide such information to the Secretary as the Secretary may request for purposes of determining eligibility for or amount of benefits, or verifying other information with respect thereto. The cost of providing information to the Secretary under this section shall be borne by the department or agency providing the information.
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Amendments
2000—Pub. L. 106–475 inserted at end “The cost of providing information to the Secretary under this section shall be borne by the department or agency providing the information.”
1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 3006 of this title as this section.
Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in two places.
1986—Pub. L. 99–576 substituted “the Administrator” for “he” before “may request”.
Effective Date
Section effective Sept. 30, 1976, see section 405(a) of Pub. L. 94–432, set out as an Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note under section 1521 of this title.