2014 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits (Sections 101 - 8528)
Part III - Readjustment and Related Benefits (Sections 3001 - 4335)
Chapter 43 - Employment and Reemployment Rights of Members of the Uniformed Services (Sections 4301 - 4335)
Subchapter I - General (Sections 4301 - 4304)
Sec. 4302 - Relation to other law and plans or agreements

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
PART III - READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
CHAPTER 43 - EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL
Sec. 4302 - Relation to other law and plans or agreements
Containssection 4302
Date2014
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 5, 2015
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 103-353, §2(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3150.
Statutes at Large References88 Stat. 1596
96 Stat. 1310
98 Stat. 3360
106 Stat. 4340
108 Stat. 3150
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 93-508, Public Law 97-295, Public Law 98-620, Public Law 102-568, Public Law 103-353

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38 U.S.C. § 4302 (2014)
§4302. Relation to other law and plans or agreements

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall supersede, nullify or diminish any Federal or State law (including any local law or ordinance), contract, agreement, policy, plan, practice, or other matter that establishes a right or benefit that is more beneficial to, or is in addition to, a right or benefit provided for such person in this chapter.

(b) This chapter supersedes any State law (including any local law or ordinance), contract, agreement, policy, plan, practice, or other matter that reduces, limits, or eliminates in any manner any right or benefit provided by this chapter, including the establishment of additional prerequisites to the exercise of any such right or the receipt of any such benefit.

(Added Pub. L. 103–353, §2(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3150.)

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 4302, added Pub. L. 93–508, title IV, §404(a), Dec. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1596, §2022; amended Pub. L. 97–295, §4(71), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1310; Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, §402(36), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3360; renumbered §4302 and amended Pub. L. 102–568, title V, §506(a), (c)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4340, 4341, related to procedures to enforce reemployment rights, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 103–353. This section, as in effect on the day before Oct. 13, 1994, continues to apply to reemployments initiated before the end of the 60-day period beginning Oct. 13, 1994, see section 8 of Pub. L. 103–353, as amended, set out as an Effective Date under section 4301 of this title.

Another prior section 4302 was renumbered section 7602 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective with respect to reemployments initiated on or after the first day after the 60-day period beginning Oct. 13, 1994, with transition rules, see section 8 of Pub. L. 103–353, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.

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