Public Law 115–407: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries, and for other purposes.Public Law407Public Law 115–407132 Stat. 53682018-12-312018-12-31United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.15.31;Stage2.202507022026-01-02115public?5367PUBLIC LAW 115–407—DEC. 31, 2018VETERANS BENEFITS AND TRANSITION ACT OF 2018132 STAT. 5368Public Law115–407115th CongressAn ActTo amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries, and for other purposes.
Dec. 31, 2018
[S. 2248]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Veterans Benefits and Transition
Act of 2018.
38 USC 101 note.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018”.(b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. TITLE I—Sec. 101. Sec. 102. Sec. 103. Sec. 104. Sec. 105. Sec. 106. TITLE II—Sec. 201. Sec. 202. TITLE III—Sec. 301. Sec. 302. Sec. 303. Sec. 304. TITLE IV—Sec. 401. TITLE V—Sec. 501. Sec. 502. Sec. 503. Sec. 504. TITLE VI—Sec. 601. Sec. 602. TITLE VII—Sec. 701. Sec. 702. Sec. 703. Sec. 704. <num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>EDUCATION</heading>
<section id="d254692e295" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s101" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading>INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE FOR PURPOSES OF SUSPENSION OF CHARGES TO ENTITLEMENT DURING PERIODS OF SUSPENDED PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s3105/e/2">Section 3105(e)(2) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or 12304</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>12304, 12304a, or 12304b</quotedText>”.</content></section>
<section id="d254692e314" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s102" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><heading>PROVISION OF MONTHLY HOUSING STIPEND INFORMATION UNDER POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="x54eb9e90-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s3313">Section 3313 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54eb9e91-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">“(k) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Provision of Housing Stipend Payment Information</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eb9e92-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall furnish to individuals receiving educational assistance under this chapter documentation that verifies the amount of the monthly housing stipend the individual receives under this section.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eb9e93-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54eb9e94-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Manner</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall make such documentation available to the individual using an internet website in the same manner the Secretary provides documentation verifying compensation and other benefits furnished by the Secretary to individuals.”</content></paragraph>
</subsection>
</quotedContent>.</content></section>
<section id="d254692e362" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s103" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="103">SEC. 103. </num><heading>DISAPPROVAL FOR PURPOSES OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF CERTAIN COURSES OF EDUCATION THAT DO NOT PERMIT INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND OR PARTICIPATE IN COURSES PENDING PAYMENT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ec13c5-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s103/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s3679">Section 3679 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ec61e6-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="y54ec61e7-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c"><num value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ec61e8-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, beginning on August 1, 2019, a State approving agency, or the Secretary when acting in the role of the State approving agency, shall disapprove a course of education provided by an educational institution that has in effect a policy that is inconsistent with any of the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ec61e9-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ec61ea-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Termination dates.</p></sidenote><chapeau>A policy that permits any covered individual to attend or participate in the course of education during the period beginning on the date on which the individual provides to <page identifier="/us/stat/132/5370">132 STAT. 5370</page>
the educational institution a certificate of eligibility for entitlement to educational assistance under chapter 31 or 33 of this title and ending on the earlier of the following dates:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="y54ec61eb-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>The date on which the Secretary provides payment for such course of education to such institution.</content></clause>
<clause class="fontsize10" id="y54ec61ec-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>The date that is 90 days after the date on which the educational institution certifies for tuition and fees following receipt from the student such certificate of eligibility.</content></clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ec61ed-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A policy that ensures that the educational institution will not impose any penalty, including the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries, or other institutional facilities, or the requirement that a covered individual borrow additional funds, on any covered individual because of the individual’s inability to meet his or her financial obligations to the institution due to the delayed disbursement of a payment to be provided by the Secretary under chapter 31 or 33 of this title.</content></subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ec61ee-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>For purposes of this subsection, a covered individual is any individual who is entitled to educational assistance under chapter 31 or 33 of this title.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ec61ef-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ec61f0-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote><content>The Secretary may waive such requirements of paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appropriate.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ec61f1-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><chapeau>It shall not be inconsistent with a policy described in paragraph (1) for an educational institution to require a covered individual to take the following additional actions:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ec61f2-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ec61f3-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><content>Submit a certificate of eligibility for entitlement to educational assistance not later than the first day of a course of education for which the individual has indicated the individual wishes to use the individual’s entitlement to educational assistance.</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ec61f4-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>Submit a written request to use such entitlement.</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ec61f5-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>Provide additional information necessary to the proper certification of enrollment by the educational institution.”</content></subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</quotedContent>.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ec61f6-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s103/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ec61f7-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s3680">38 USC 3680 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Prompt Payments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ec61f8-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s103/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ec61f9-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that the Secretary makes a payment to an educational institution on behalf of an individual, who is entitled to educational assistance under chapter 31 or 33 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, and who is using such assistance to pursue a program of education at the educational institution, not later than 60 days after the date on which the educational institution certifies to the Secretary the applicable tuition and fees for the individual.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ec61fa-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s103/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Semiannual reports</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than May 1 and October 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a semiannual report summarizing any cases in which the Secretary failed to make a payment described in paragraph (1) within the period set forth in such paragraph and an explanation for each delayed disbursement of payment.</content></paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ec61fb-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s103/c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ec61fc-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s3679">38 USC 3679 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>In a case in which an individual is unable to meet a financial obligation to an educational institution due to the delayed disbursement of a payment to be provided by the Secretary under chapter 31 or 33 of such title and the amount of such disbursement is less than anticipated, nothing <page identifier="/us/stat/132/5371">132 STAT. 5371</page>
in section 3679(e) of such title, as added by subsection (a), shall be construed to prohibit an educational institution from requiring additional payment or imposing a fee for the amount that is the difference between the amount of the financial obligation and the amount of the disbursement.</content></subsection>
</section>
<section id="d254692e518" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s104" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="104">SEC. 104. </num><heading>PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON REQUIRED ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO STAY ENROLLED IN COURSES OF EDUCATION PENDING RECEIPT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="x54ec890d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s3698/c/1/C">Section 3698(c)(1)(C) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ec890e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s104/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in clause (x), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ec890f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s104/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in clause (xi), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ec8910-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s104/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="fontsize10" id="y54ec8911-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="xii">“(xii) </num><content>information on whether the institution requires a covered individual to take additional action pursuant to section 3679(e)(4) of this title to stay enrolled in a course pending receipt of educational assistance under a law administered by the Secretary.”</content></clause>
</quotedContent>.</content></paragraph>
</section>
<section id="d254692e572" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s105" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="105">SEC. 105. </num><heading>CALCULATION OF MONTHLY HOUSING STIPEND UNDER HIGH TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM BASED ON LOCATION OF CAMPUS WHERE VETERAN ATTENDS CLASSES.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="x54ecb022-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> Section 116(d)(1) of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/48">Public Law 115–48</ref>, <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s3001">38 U.S.C. 3001</ref> (note)), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ecb023-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s105/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the institution at which the individual is enrolled</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the campus of the institution where the individual physically participates in a majority of classes</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ecb024-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s105/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the amount payable</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>subparagraph (A)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the national average of the monthly amount of the basic allowance for housing payable under <ref href="/us/usc/t37/s403">section 403 of title 37, United States Code</ref>, for a member with dependents in pay grade E–5</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph>
</section>
<section id="d254692e615" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tI/s106" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="106">SEC. 106. </num><heading>CLARIFICATION REGARDING APPLICABILITY OF AUTHORITY TO USE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO PURSUE INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAMS AT CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE NOT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="x54ecb025-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> The section heading for section 302 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/48">Public Law 115–48</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/131/990">131 Stat. 990</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows (and the table of contents for such Act is conformed accordingly):<page identifier="/us/stat/132/5372">132 STAT. 5372</page>
<quotedContent><section class="centered fontsize12" id="y54ecb026-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="302">“SEC. 302. </num><heading class="fontsize12">AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER ANY OF THE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO PURSUE INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAMS AT CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE NOT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING.”</heading></section>
</quotedContent>.</content></section>
<num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading>MEMORIAL AFFAIRS</heading>
<section id="d254692e649" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s201" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="201">SEC. 201. </num><heading>ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF VETERANS BURIED IN TRIBAL CEMETERIES FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BURIAL BENEFITS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="x54ed2557-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s2306">Section 2306 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed2558-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s201/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(4), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or a veterans’ cemetery owned by a tribal organization or on land owned by or held in trust for a tribal organization</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>State</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed2559-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s201/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (b)(1), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, a veterans’ cemetery of a tribal organization or on land owned by or held in trust for a tribal organization</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>owned by a State</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed255a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s201/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (f)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed255b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s201/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed255c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s201/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The Secretary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(1) The Secretary</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed255d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s201/3/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a national cemetery or in a veterans cemetery of a State or tribal organization for which the Department has provided a grant under section 2408 of this title</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a covered cemetery</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed255e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s201/3/D" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown2 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ed255f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ed2560-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><chapeau>The term ‘<term>covered cemetery</term>’ means any of the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed2561-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>A national cemetery.</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed2562-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A veterans’ cemetery of a State for which the Department has provided a grant under section 2408 of this title.</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed2563-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>A veterans’ cemetery of a tribal organization or on land owned by or held in trust for a tribal organization for which the Department has provided a grant under subsection (f) of such section.”</content></subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed2564-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s201/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ed4c75-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ed4c76-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><content>In this section, the term ‘<term>tribal organization</term>’ has the meaning given such term in section 3765 of this title.”</content></subsection>
</quotedContent>.</content></paragraph>
</section>
<section id="d254692e771" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s202" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="202">SEC. 202. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ed4c77-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote><heading>DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVISION OF HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FOR, AND INTERMENT IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES OF, SPOUSES AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ed7388-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s202/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Headstones and Markers</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s2306/b/2">Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed7389-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s202/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the spouse’s death if such death occurs before October 1, 2024</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>veteran</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed738a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s202/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or the eligible dependent child of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as <page identifier="/us/stat/132/5373">132 STAT. 5373</page>
shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the child’s death if such death occurs before October 1, 2024</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>veteran</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ed738b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tII/s202/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Interment in National Cemeteries</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2402(a)(5) of such title <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, and the spouse, minor child, and, in the discretion of the Secretary, unmarried adult child of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the spouse’s or child’s death if such death occurs before October 1, 2024</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>paragraph (7)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection>
</section>
<num value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading>CIVIL RELIEF</heading>
<section id="d254692e838" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s301" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="301">SEC. 301. </num><heading>TERMINATION OF LEASES OF PREMISES OF DECEASED SERVICEMEMBERS WHO DIE WHILE IN MILITARY SERVICE.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="x54ed9a9c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> Section 305(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3955">50 U.S.C. 3955</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed9a9d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s301/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the subsection heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">by Lessee</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed9a9e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s301/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in the heading for paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">In general</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Termination by lessee</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ed9a9f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s301/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="y54ed9aa0-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ed9aa1-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ed9aa2-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Death of lessee</inline>.—</heading><content>The spouse of the lessee on a lease described in subsection (b)(1) may terminate the lease during the one-year period beginning on the date of the death of the lessee, if the lessee dies while in military service or while performing full-time National Guard duty, active Guard and Reserve duty, or inactive-duty training (as such terms are defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s101/d">section 101(d) of title 10, United States Code</ref>).”</content></paragraph>
</quotedContent>.</content></paragraph>
</section>
<section id="d254692e910" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s302" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="302">SEC. 302. </num><heading>RESIDENCE OF SPOUSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS FOR TAX PURPOSES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ede8c3-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s302/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Residence for Tax Purposes</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 511(a)(2) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s4001/a/2">50 U.S.C. 4001(a)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ede8c4-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s302/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>A spouse</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ede8c5-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>A spouse”</content></subparagraph>
</quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ede8c6-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s302/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ede8c7-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Election</inline>.—</heading><content>For any taxable year of the marriage, the spouse of a servicemember may elect to use the same residence for purposes of taxation as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.”</content></subparagraph>
</quotedContent>.</content></paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ede8c8-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s302/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ede8c9-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s4001">50 USC 4001 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Applicability</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any return of State or local income tax filed for any taxable year beginning with the taxable year that includes the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection>
</section>
<section id="d254692e988" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s303" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="303">SEC. 303. </num><heading>RESIDENCE OF SPOUSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS FOR VOTING.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ee0fda-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s303/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 705(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s4025/b">50 U.S.C. 4025(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ee0fdb-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s303/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>State or local office</quotedText>” and all that follows through the period at the end of paragraph (3) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>State or local office—</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ee0fdc-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s303/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraphs:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="y54ee36ed-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>a person who is absent from a State because the person is accompanying the person’s spouse who is absent <page identifier="/us/stat/132/5374">132 STAT. 5374</page>
from that same State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ee36ee-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ee36ef-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ee36f0-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>be deemed to have become a resident in or a resident of any other State; and</content></subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="y54ee36f1-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the spouse of a servicemember may elect to use the same residence as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.”</content></paragraph>
</quotedContent>.</content></paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ee36f2-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s303/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ee36f3-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s4025">50 USC 4025 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection>
</section>
<section id="d254692e1075" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="304">SEC. 304. </num><heading>TERMINATION OF MULTICHANNEL VIDEO PROGRAMMING AND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE CONTRACTS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54eed334-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 305A of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3956">50 U.S.C. 3956</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eed335-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the section heading, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, multichannel video programming, and internet access</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>telephone</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eed336-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (b), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>cellular telephone service or telephone exchange service</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>commercial mobile service, telephone exchange service, internet access service, or multichannel video programming service</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eed337-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (c), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for commercial mobile service or telephone exchange service</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>terminated</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eed338-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>cellular telephone service</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>commercial mobile service</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eed339-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a/5" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>in subsection (e)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eed33a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a/5/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>For any</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="y54eed33b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For any”</content></paragraph>
</quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eed33c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a/5/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>If the</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="y54eefa4d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Reinstatement of service</inline>.—</heading><content>If the”</content></paragraph>
</quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eefa4e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a/5/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="y54eefa4f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54eefa50-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Return of provider-owned equipment</inline>.—</heading><content>If a servicemember terminates a contract under subsection (a), the servicemember shall return any provider-owned consumer premises equipment to the service provider not later than 10 days after the date on which service is disconnected.”</content></paragraph>
</quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eefa51-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a/6" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><chapeau>in subsection (g)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eefa52-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a/6/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eefa53-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/a/6/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54eefa54-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definitions.</p></sidenote><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (1) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="y54eefa55-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>The term ‘<term>commercial mobile service</term>’ has the meaning given that term in section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t47/s332/d">47 U.S.C. 332(d)</ref>).</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="y54eefa56-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The term ‘<term>multichannel video programming service</term>’ means a subscription video service offered by a multichannel video programming distributor, as that term is defined in section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t47/s522">47 U.S.C. 522</ref>), over a system the distributor owns or controls.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/5375">132 STAT. 5375</page></content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="y54eefa57-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>The term ‘<term>provider-owned consumer premises equipment</term>’ means any equipment that a provider of internet access service or multichannel video programming service rents or loans to a customer during the provision of that service, including gateways, routers, cable modems, voice-capable modems, CableCARDs, converters, digital adapters, remote controls, and any other equipment provided.”</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54eefa58-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eefa59-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/b/1" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Title heading</inline>.—</heading><content>The heading for title III of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><b>TELEPHONE</b></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><b>COMMUNICATIONS</b></quotedText>”.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eefa5a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/b/2" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Table of contents</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eefa5b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/b/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the item relating to title III and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following new item:<quotedContent><toc>
<referenceItem role="title" style="-uslm-lc:I658274">
<designator>“TITLE III—</designator>
<label>RENT, INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS, MORTGAGES, LIENS, ASSIGNMENT, LEASES, COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE CONTRACTS”;<?GPOvSpace 04?></label>
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</quotedContent></content></subparagraph>
<continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="x54eefa5c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">and</continuation><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54eefa5d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIII/s304/b/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the item relating to section 305A and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following new item:<?GPOvSpace 04?>
<quotedContent><toc>
<referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242">
<designator>“Sec. 305A. </designator>
<label>Termination of telephone, multichannel video programming, and internet access service contracts.”.</label>
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<num value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading>TRANSITION ASSISTANCE</heading>
<section id="d254692e1367" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIV/s401" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="401">SEC. 401. </num><heading>STUDY OF COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AFTER SEPARATION, RETIREMENT, OR DISCHARGE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ef487e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIV/s401/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ef487f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Study</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with State entities that serve members of the Armed Forces who are retired, separated, or discharged from the Armed Forces, shall enter into an agreement with an appropriate non-Federal entity to carry out a study to identify community-based programs—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ef4880-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIV/s401/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>that provide transition assistance to such members; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ef4881-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIV/s401/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>operated by nonprofit entities.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ef4882-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIV/s401/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ef4883-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Lists.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Transmission to Members</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall transmit the list of programs identified under this section to the Secretary of Defense so the Secretaries of the military departments may provide information in the list to members of the Armed Forces who participate in the Transition Assistance Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of <ref href="/us/usc/t10">title 10, United States Code</ref>.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ef4884-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tIV/s401/c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Online Publication</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall publish the most recent version of the list of programs identified under this section on a public website of the Department of Veterans Affairs.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/5376">132 STAT. 5376</page></content></subsection>
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<num value="V">TITLE V—</num><heading>DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION</heading>
<section id="d254692e1428" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s501" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="501">SEC. 501. </num><heading>MISUSE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PURCHASE CARDS BY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ef6f95-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s501/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch7/schI">Subchapter I of chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new section:<quotedContent><section class="centered fontsize12" id="y54ef96a6-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658163"><num class="fontsize12" value="728">“§ 728.</num><heading class="fontsize12"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ef96a7-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s728">38 USC 728</ref>.</p></sidenote> Misuse of Department purchase cards</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ef96a8-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ef96a9-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="inline" id="y54ef96aa-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>The Secretary shall prohibit any employee of the Department who the Secretary or the Inspector General of the Department determines has knowingly misused a purchase card from serving as a purchase card holder or approving official.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ef96ab-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>Such a prohibition shall be in addition to any other applicable penalty.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ef96ac-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ef96ad-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Misuse</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>misuse</term>’ means—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ef96ae-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>splitting purchases;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ef96af-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>exceeding applicable purchase card limits or purchase thresholds;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ef96b0-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>purchasing any unauthorized item;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ef96b1-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>using a purchase card without being an authorized purchase card holder; or</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54ef96b2-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>violating ethics standards.”</content></paragraph>
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</section>
</quotedContent>.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54ef96b3-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s501/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ef96b4-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s701">38 USC 701</ref> prec.<?GPOvSpace 04?></p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 728 the following new item:<quotedContent><toc>
<referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242">
<designator>“728. </designator>
<label>Misuse of Department purchase cards.”.</label>
</referenceItem></toc>
</quotedContent></content></subsection>
</section>
<section id="d254692e1552" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s502" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="502">SEC. 502. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54ef96b5-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5701">38 USC 5701 note</ref> prec.</p></sidenote><heading>UPDATING DEPENDENT INFORMATION.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make such changes to such information technology systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the eBenefits system or successor system, as may be necessary so that whenever the Secretary records in such systems information about a dependent of a person, the person is able to review and revise such information.</content></section>
<section id="d254692e1564" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="503">SEC. 503. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54efbdc6-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5701">38 USC 5701 note</ref> prec.</p></sidenote><heading>OVERSIGHT OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f11d57-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f11d58-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f11d59-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plans.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f11d5a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Cost estimates.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Program Documents</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the following documents concerning the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d5b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Integrated Master Plan.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d5c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Integrated Master Schedule.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d5d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Program Management Plan.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d5e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><chapeau>Annual and lifecycle cost estimates, including, at a minimum, cost elements relating to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d5f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/4/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Federal Government labor;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d60-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/4/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>contractor labor;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d61-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/4/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>hardware;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d62-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/4/D" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>software; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d63-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/4/E" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>testing and evaluation.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/5377">132 STAT. 5377</page></content></subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d64-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/5" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Cost baseline.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d65-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/6" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>Risk Management Plan.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d66-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/7" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>Health IT Strategic Architecture Plan.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d67-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/8" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>Transition Plan for implementing updated architecture.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d68-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/9" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>Data Migration Plan.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d69-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>System and Data Security Plan.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d6a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/11" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>Application Implementation Plan.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d6b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/12" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>System Design Documents.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d6c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/13" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>Legacy Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture Standardization, Security Enhancement, and Consolidation Project Plan.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d6d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/14" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>Health Data Interoperability Management Plan.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d6e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/a/15" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><content>Community Care Vision and Implementation Plan, including milestones and a detailed description of how complete interoperability with non-Department health care providers will be achieved.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f11d6f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f11d70-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f11d71-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f11d72-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Termination date.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f11d73-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plans.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f11d74-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Quarterly Updates</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter during the period beginning with the fiscal quarter in which this Act is enacted and ending on the date on which the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program is completed, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the most recent updated versions, if any exist, of the following documents:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d75-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Integrated Master Schedule.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d76-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Program Management Plan, including any written Program Management Review material developed for the Program Management Plan during the fiscal quarter covered by the submission.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d77-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Each document described in subsection (a)(4).</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d78-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/b/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Performance Baseline Report for the fiscal quarter covered by the submission or for the fiscal quarter ending the fiscal year prior to the submission.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d79-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/b/5" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Budget Reconciliation Report.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d7a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/b/6" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>Risk Management Plan and Risk Register.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f11d7b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f11d7c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Contracts</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 5 days after awarding a contract, order, or agreement, including any modifications thereto, under the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a copy of the entire such contract, order, agreement, or modification.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f11d7d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/d" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Notification</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d7e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f11d7f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 10 days after an event described in paragraph (2) occurs, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of such occurrence, including a description of the event and an explanation for why such event occurred.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d80-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Event described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An event described in this paragraph is any of the following events regarding the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d81-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/d/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The delay of any milestone or deliverable by 30 or more days.</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d82-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/d/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>A request for equitable adjustment, equitable adjustment, or change order exceeding $1,000,000 (as such terms are defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation).</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d83-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/d/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>The submission of any protest, claim, or dispute, and the resolution of any protest, claim, or dispute (as such terms are defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/5378">132 STAT. 5378</page></content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d84-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/d/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>A loss of clinical or other data.</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d85-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/d/2/E" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><chapeau>A breach of patient privacy, including any—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d86-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/d/2/E/i" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>disclosure of protected health information that is not permitted under regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/pl/104/191">Public Law 104–191</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320d–2">42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 note</ref>); and</content></clause>
<clause class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d87-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/d/2/E/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>breach of sensitive personal information (as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5727">section 5727 of title 38, United States Code</ref>).</content></clause>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f11d88-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/e" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d89-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/e/1" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>The term “<term>appropriate congressional committees</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d8a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/e/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d8b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/e/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></subparagraph>
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<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d8c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/e/2" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>The term “<term>Electronic Health Record Modernization Program</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d8d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/e/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>any activities by the Department of Veterans Affairs to procure or implement an electronic health or medical record system to replace any or all of the Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture, the Computerized Patient Record System, the Joint Legacy Viewer, or the Enterprise Health Management Platform; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f11d8e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s503/e/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>any contracts or agreements entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out, support, or analyze the activities under subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph>
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<section id="d254692e1877" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="504">SEC. 504. </num><heading>DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS NOTICE RELATING TO DEBT COLLECTION ACTIVITIES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f1e0df-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f1e0e0-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f1e0e1-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5301">38 USC 5301 note</ref> prec.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Debt Notification Letter Formats</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall collaborate with veterans service organizations to develop a standard format for any letter provided to an individual who the Secretary determines is indebted to the United States by virtue of such individual’s participation in a benefits program administered by the Secretary. Such letter shall be written in plain language and shall include a notice of the debt and a clear explanation of—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f1e0e2-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>why the individual is indebted to the United States by virtue of such person’s participation in a benefits program administered by the Secretary; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f1e0e3-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the options available to the individual.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f1e0e4-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Delivery of Debt Notices by Standard Mail and Electronic Means</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f1e0e5-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5301">38 USC 5301 note</ref> prec.</p></sidenote> shall develop a method by which individuals may elect to receive notice of debt by electronic means and shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that the letter developed under subsection (a) is delivered—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f1e0e6-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by both standard mail and by electronic means to intended recipients who have made such an election; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f1e0e7-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>only by standard mail to intended recipients who have not made such an election.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f1e0e8-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f1e0e9-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5301">38 USC 5301 note</ref> prec.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Notice to Congress</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f1e0ea-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Notices of completion</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon completion of the development of the standard letter format required under subsection (a) and upon completion of development of the method by which individuals may elect to receive notice of debt by <page identifier="/us/stat/132/5379">132 STAT. 5379</page>
electronic means under subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to Congress notice of the completion of the respective development.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f207fb-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f207fc-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Progress reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If the Secretary has not submitted each notice required by paragraph (1) by the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f207fd-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/c/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>submit to Congress a report describing the progress of the Secretary toward implementing subsections (a) and (b) and an explanation for why the respective development has not been completed; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f207fe-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/c/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>every 30 days thereafter until all of the notices required by paragraph (1) have been submitted, submit to Congress an update to the report under subparagraph (A) that includes an additional explanation for the failure to complete the respective development.</content></subparagraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f207ff-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/d" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Study and Report</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f20800-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f20801-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Coordination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Study</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall conduct a study on the process by which individuals who are indebted to the United States by virtue of their participation in a benefits program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs are notified of debt collection efforts relating to such indebtedness.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f20802-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f20803-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analyses.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Elements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The study required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f20804-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/d/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>An analysis of the scope of the problem of individuals who are indebted to the United States by virtue of their participation in a benefits program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs not receiving debt collection notices relating to such indebtedness.</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f20805-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/d/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f20806-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Timeline.</p></sidenote><content>Identification of administrative actions the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of the Treasury can carry out to reduce the number of incorrect or unknown addresses of such individuals in the databases of the Department Veterans Affairs and the Department of the Treasury and a timeline for carrying out such actions.</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f20807-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/d/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f20808-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Cost estimate.</p></sidenote><content>An estimate of the costs associated with sending debt collection notices to such individuals by certified mail.</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f20809-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/d/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>An analysis of whether, or to what extent, sending debt collection notices to such individuals by certified mail would address the problem analyzed under subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f2080a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/d/2/E" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>An analysis of the requirements and resources that would be necessary for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a method for the Secretary to display in one consolidated document the details regarding all of the debts of an individual to the United States by virtue of such individual’s participation in a benefits program administered by the Secretary.</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f2080b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/d/2/F" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>An analysis of the extent to which such individuals are so indebted by reason of actions by the Secretary or by actions of the individual, including any trends relating to whether the actions of the individual may be by reason of error, misrepresentation, or fraud.</content></subparagraph>
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<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f2080c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tV/s504/d/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f2080d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Coordination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/5380">132 STAT. 5380</page>
in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the Secretaries with respect to the study conducted under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph>
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<num value="VI">TITLE VI—</num><heading>MEDICAL FACILITIES</heading>
<section id="d254692e2073" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s601" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="601">SEC. 601. </num><heading>AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f22f1e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s601/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major medical facility projects in fiscal year 2019 at the locations specified and in an amount for each project not to exceed the amount specified for such location:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f22f1f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s601/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f22f20-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">New York.</p></sidenote><content>Construction of a community living center and renovation of domiciliary and outpatient facilities in Canandaigua, New York, in an amount not to exceed $351,980,000 (an increase of $193,000,000 as compared to the previous authorization for such project).</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f25631-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s601/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f25632-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Illinois.</p></sidenote><content>Renovation of space for a simulation training education center in North Chicago, Illinois, in an amount not to exceed $15,980,000.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f25633-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s601/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f25634-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Oklahoma.</p></sidenote><content>Construction of a surgical intensive care unit and renovation to expand the operating room suite in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in an amount not to exceed $29,461,000.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f25635-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s601/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f25636-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Kentucky.</p></sidenote><content>Construction of a new medical facility in Louisville, Kentucky, in an amount not to exceed $450,000,000 (an increase of $300,000,000 as compared to the previous authorization for such project).</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f25637-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s601/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization of Appropriations</inline>.—</heading><content>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2019 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects account, $847,421,000 for the projects authorized in subsection (a).</content></subsection>
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<section id="d254692e2128" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s602" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="602">SEC. 602. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f25638-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1701">38 USC 1701 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>PLANS TO IMPROVE MEDICAL FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f27d49-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s602/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f27d4a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Plans Required</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f27d4b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s602/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Plans of directors of medical facilities</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall require each director of a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit to the director of the Veterans Integrated Service Network that covers the facility a plan to improve such facility.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f27d4c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s602/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Plans of directors of veterans integrated service networks</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall require each director of a Veterans Integrated Service Network to submit to the Secretary, not later than 60 days after receiving all of the plans under paragraph (1), a plan, based on the plans received under paragraph (1), to improve the facilities within that Veterans Integrated Service Network in such a fashion that would improve the ability of all facilities within that network to provide the best and most efficient care to patients.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f27d4d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s602/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Regular Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall ensure that each director of a Veterans Integrated Service Network submits to the Secretary, not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once every two years thereafter, a report on the actions taken by the director to improve <page identifier="/us/stat/132/5381">132 STAT. 5381</page>
the facilities within that Veterans Integrated Service Network and what further such actions might be necessary.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f27d4e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVI/s602/c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress on Use of Authorities to Investigate Medical Centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs</inline>.—</heading><content>It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should make full use of the authorities provided by section 2 of the Enhancing Veteran Care Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/95">Public Law 115–95</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1701">38 U.S.C. 1701 note</ref>).</content></subsection>
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<num value="VII">TITLE VII—</num><heading>OTHER MATTERS</heading>
<section id="d254692e2202" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s701" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="701">SEC. 701. </num><heading>HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="x54f2a45f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s2021/a">Section 2021(a) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f2a460-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s701/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>reintegration of homeless veterans into the labor force.</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: “<quotedText>reintegration into the labor force of—</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f2a461-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s701/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraphs:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="y54f2ca72-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>homeless veterans (including veterans who were homeless but found housing during the 60-day period preceding the date on which the veteran begins to participate in a program under this section);</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="y54f2ca73-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>veterans participating in the Department of Veterans Affairs supported housing program for which rental assistance is provided pursuant to section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1437f/o/19">42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)</ref>) or the Tribal HUD–VA Supportive Housing (Tribal HUD–VASH) program;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="y54f2ca74-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>Indians who are veterans and receiving assistance under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s4101/etseq">25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.</ref>);</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="y54f2ca75-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>veterans described in section 2023(e) of this title or any other veterans who are transitioning from being incarcerated; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="y54f2ca76-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>veterans participating in the Department of Veterans Affairs rapid rehousing and prevention program authorized in section 2044 of this title.”</content></paragraph>
</quotedContent>.</content></paragraph>
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<section id="d254692e2271" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s702" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="702">SEC. 702. </num><heading>TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f2f187-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s702/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Title 38</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><ref href="/us/usc/t38">Title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f2f188-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s702/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f2f189-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5501">38 USC 5501</ref> prec.</p></sidenote><content>In the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a period at the end of the item relating to section 5501A.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f2f18a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s702/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>In section 7463(c)(2)(B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to answer to answer</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to answer</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f2f18b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s702/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/pl/104/275">Public Law 104–275</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5101">38 U.S.C. 5101 note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> the second subsection (c) as subsection (d).</content></subsection>
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<section id="d254692e2339" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s703" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="703">SEC. 703. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f2f18c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8125">38 USC 8125 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>MEDICAL SURGICAL PRIME VENDOR PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f33fad-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s703/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Vendors</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In procuring certain medical, surgical, and dental supplies or laboratory supplies for medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program, or successor program, in a manner that—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/5382">132 STAT. 5382</page></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f33fae-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s703/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f33faf-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><content>requires the Secretary to award contracts to multiple regional prime vendors instead of a single nationwide prime vendor; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f33fb0-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s703/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>prohibits a prime vendor from solely designing the formulary of such supplies.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f33fb1-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s703/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Clinically Driven Sourcing</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f33fb2-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s703/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Expertise</inline>.—</heading><content>In carrying out the formulary of supplies under the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program, or successor program, the Secretary shall ensure that each employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who conducts formulary analyses or makes decisions with respect to including items on the formulary has medical expertise relevant to the items for which the employee conducts such analyses or makes such decisions.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f33fb3-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s703/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f33fb4-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Lists</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every six months thereafter with respect to any updates, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a list of each employee described in paragraph (1) and the relevant medical expertise of the employee, listed by the categories of items in the formulary described in such paragraph.</content></paragraph>
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</section>
<section id="d254692e2403" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="704">SEC. 704. </num><heading>REPORT ON EXPANDING ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE FOR VETERANS ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f42a15-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 360 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the feasibility and advisability of expanding access to dental care for eligible veterans.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f42a16-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x54f42a17-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analyses.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Elements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a18-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>An analysis of access to dental care for eligible veterans outside of the Department, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a19-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>the percentage of eligible veterans currently enrolled in dental insurance through a third-party payer, including—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a1a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/1/A/i" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the dental insurance plan for veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1712C">section 1712C of title 38, United States Code</ref>;</content></clause>
<clause class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a1b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/1/A/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</ref>); and</content></clause>
<clause class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a1c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/1/A/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>employer-sponsored dental insurance;</content></clause>
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<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a1d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the affordability of dental insurance described in subparagraph (A); and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a1e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the comprehensiveness of benefits of dental insurance described in subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a1f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>An analysis of the current oral health needs of eligible veterans, including an estimate of the number of eligible veterans who—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a20-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>experience untreated cavities or decay;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a21-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>require dentures, implants, or other restorative dental services; or</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a22-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>have not received regular dental cleanings within the two-year period preceding the report.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/5383">132 STAT. 5383</page></content></subparagraph>
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<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a23-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>An analysis of the financial impact to the Department of Veterans Affairs of providing dental care to eligible veterans, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a24-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>whether the provision of such services would result in a reduction in total health care costs;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a25-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a cost-benefit analysis that indicates potential cost savings to the Department over a 5-, 10-, and 20-year period; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a26-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/3/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>projected cost savings to the Department and across the broader health care system.</content></subparagraph>
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<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a27-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><chapeau>An analysis of the number and types of dental providers necessary to treat eligible veterans, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a28-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/4/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>dentists;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a29-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/4/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>hygienists;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a2a-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/4/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>dental technicians; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a2b-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/b/4/D" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>dental therapists.</content></subparagraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f42a2c-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Categories of Eligible Veterans</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The report required by subsection (a) shall be disaggregated by each of the following categories of eligible veterans:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a2d-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Veterans enrolled in the system of annual patient enrollment of the Department pursuant to the priority group under subsection (a)(6) of section 1705 of such title.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a2e-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Veterans enrolled in such system pursuant to the priority group under subsection (a)(5) of such section.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a2f-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/c/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Veterans enrolled in such system pursuant to a priority group under any of subsections (a)(1) through (a)(4) of such section.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y54f42a30-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/c/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Veterans enrolled in such system pursuant to a priority group under subsection (a)(7) or (a)(8) of such section.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y54f42a31-e82f-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/407/tVII/s704/d" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible Veterans Defined</inline>.—</heading><content>In this section, the term “<term>eligible veterans</term>” means veterans enrolled in the system of annual patient enrollment of the Department of Veterans Affairs established and operated under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1705">section 1705 of title 38, United States Code</ref>.</content></subsection>
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ApprovedDecember 31, 2018.LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2248 (H.R. 3657):HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–388 (Comm. on Veterans’ Affairs) accompanying H.R. 3657.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):