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[H.R. 801 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.801

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and one


                                 An Act


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for 
CHAMPVA, to provide for family coverage and retroactive expansion of the 
increase in maximum benefits under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance, 
          to make technical amendments, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Survivor 
Benefits Improvements Act of 2001''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code.
Sec. 3. Eligibility for benefits under CHAMPVA for veterans' survivors 
          who are 
          eligible for hospital insurance benefits under the medicare 
          program.
Sec. 4. Family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.
Sec. 5. Retroactive applicability of increase in maximum SGLI benefit 
          for members dying in performance of duty on or after October 
          1, 2000.
Sec. 6. Expansion of outreach efforts to eligible dependents.
Sec. 7. Technical amendments to the Montgomery GI Bill statute.
Sec. 8. Miscellaneous technical amendments.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an 
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal 
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States 
Code.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER CHAMPVA FOR VETERANS' SURVIVORS 
              WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS UNDER 
              THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Subsection (d) of section 1713 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d)(1)(A) An individual otherwise eligible for medical care under 
this section who is also entitled to hospital insurance benefits under 
part A of the medicare program is eligible for medical care under this 
section only if the individual is also enrolled in the supplementary 
medical insurance program under part B of the medicare program.
    ``(B) The limitation in subparagraph (A) does not apply to an 
individual who--
        ``(i) has attained 65 years of age as of the date of the 
    enactment of the Veterans' Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 
    2001; and
        ``(ii) is not enrolled in the supplementary medical insurance 
    program under part B of the medicare program as of that date.
    ``(2) Subject to paragraph (3), if an individual described in 
paragraph (1) receives medical care for which payment may be made under 
both this section and the medicare program, the amount payable for such 
medical care under this section shall be the amount by which (A) the 
costs for such medical care exceed (B) the sum of--
        ``(i) the amount payable for such medical care under the 
    medicare program; and
        ``(ii) the total amount paid or payable for such medical care 
    by third party payers other than the medicare program.
    ``(3) The amount payable under this subsection for medical care may 
not exceed the total amount that would be paid under subsection (b) if 
payment for such medical care were made solely under subsection (b).
    ``(4) In this paragraph:
        ``(A) The term `medicare program' means the program of health 
    insurance administered by the Secretary of Health and Human 
    Services under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
    1395 et seq.).
        ``(B) The term `third party' has the meaning given that term in 
    section 1729(i)(3) of this title.''.

SEC. 4. FAMILY COVERAGE UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE.

    (a) Insurable Dependents.--(1) Section 1965 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(10) The term `insurable dependent', with respect to a 
    member, means the following:
            ``(A) The member's spouse.
            ``(B) The member's child, as defined in the first sentence 
        of section 101(4)(A) of this title.''.
    (2) Section 101(4)(A) is amended in the matter preceding clause (i) 
by inserting ``(other than with respect to a child who is an insurable 
dependent under section 1965(10)(B) of such chapter)'' after ``except 
for purposes of chapter 19 of this title''.
    (b) Insurance Coverage.--(1) Subsection (a) of section 1967 is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(a)(1) Subject to an election under paragraph (2), any policy of 
insurance purchased by the Secretary under section 1966 of this title 
shall automatically insure the following persons against death:
        ``(A) In the case of any member of a uniformed service on 
    active duty (other than active duty for training)--
            ``(i) the member; and
            ``(ii) each insurable dependent of the member.
        ``(B) Any member of a uniformed service on active duty for 
    training or inactive duty training scheduled in advance by 
    competent authority.
        ``(C) In the case of any member of the Ready Reserve of a 
    uniformed service who meets the qualifications set forth in section 
    1965(5)(B) of this title--
            ``(i) the member; and
            ``(ii) each insurable dependent of the member.
    ``(2)(A) A member may elect in writing not to be insured under this 
subchapter.
    ``(B) A member may elect in writing not to insure the member's 
spouse under this subchapter.
    ``(3)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the amount for which 
a person is insured under this subchapter is as follows:
        ``(i) In the case of a member, $250,000.
        ``(ii) In the case of a member's spouse, $100,000.
        ``(iii) In the case of a member's child, $10,000.
    ``(B) A member may elect in writing to be insured or to insure the 
member's spouse in an amount less than the amount provided for under 
subparagraph (A). The member may not elect to insure the member's child 
in an amount less than $10,000. The amount of insurance so elected 
shall, in the case of a member or spouse, be evenly divisible by 
$10,000.
    ``(C) In no case may the amount of insurance coverage under this 
subsection of a member's spouse exceed the amount of insurance coverage 
of the member.
    ``(4)(A) An insurable dependent of a member is not insured under 
this chapter unless the member is insured under this subchapter.
    ``(B) An insurable dependent who is a child may not be insured at 
any time by the insurance coverage under this chapter of more than one 
member. If an insurable dependent who is a child is otherwise eligible 
to be insured by the coverage of more than one member under this 
chapter, the child shall be insured by the coverage of the member whose 
eligibility for insurance under this subchapter occurred first, except 
that if that member does not have legal custody of the child, the child 
shall be insured by the coverage of the member who has legal custody of 
the child.
    ``(5) The insurance shall be effective with respect to a member and 
the insurable dependents of the member on the latest of the following 
dates:
        ``(A) The first day of active duty or active duty for training.
        ``(B) The beginning of a period of inactive duty training 
    scheduled in advance by competent authority.
        ``(C) The first day a member of the Ready Reserve meets the 
    qualifications set forth in section 1965(5)(B) of this title.
        ``(D) The date certified by the Secretary to the Secretary 
    concerned as the date Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance under 
    this subchapter for the class or group concerned takes effect.
        ``(E) In the case of an insurable dependent who is a spouse, 
    the date of marriage of the spouse to the member.
        ``(F) In the case of an insurable dependent who is a child, the 
    date of birth of such child or, if the child is not the natural 
    child of the member, the date on which the child acquires status as 
    an insurable dependent of the member.''.
    (2) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking the first 
sentence and inserting the following: ``If a person eligible for 
insurance under this subchapter is not so insured, or is insured for 
less than the maximum amount provided for the person under subparagraph 
(A) of subsection (a)(3), by reason of an election made by a member 
under subparagraph (B) of that subsection, the person may thereafter be 
insured under this subchapter in the maximum amount or any lesser 
amount elected as provided in such subparagraph (B) upon written 
application by the member, proof of good health of each person (other 
than a child) to be so insured, and compliance with such other terms 
and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary.''.
    (c) Termination of Coverage.--(1) Subsection (a) of section 1968 is 
amended--
        (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ``and 
    any insurance thereunder on any insurable dependent of such a 
    member,'' after ``any insurance thereunder on any member of the 
    uniformed services,''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(5) With respect to an insurable dependent of the member, 
    insurance under this subchapter shall cease--
            ``(A) 120 days after the date of an election made in 
        writing by the member to terminate the coverage; or
            ``(B) on the earliest of--
                ``(i) 120 days after the date of the member's death;
                ``(ii) 120 days after the date of termination of the 
            insurance on the member's life under this subchapter; or
                ``(iii) 120 days after the termination of the 
            dependent's status as an insurable dependent of the 
            member.''.
    (2) Such subsection is further amended--
        (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``, and 
    such insurance shall cease--'' and inserting ``and such insurance 
    shall cease as follows:'';
        (B) by striking ``with'' after the paragraph designation in 
    each of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) and inserting ``With'';
        (C) in paragraph (1)--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``thirty-one days--'' and inserting ``31 days, insurance under 
        this subchapter shall cease--'';
            (ii) in subparagraph (A)--
                (I) by striking ``one hundred and twenty days'' after 
            ``(A)'' and inserting ``120 days''; and
                (II) by striking ``prior to the expiration of one 
            hundred and twenty days'' and inserting ``before the end of 
            120 days''; and
            (iii) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph 
        (B) and inserting a period;
        (D) in paragraph (2)--
            (i) by striking ``thirty-one days'' and inserting ``31 
        days,'';
            (ii) by striking ``one hundred and twenty days'' both 
        places it appears and inserting ``120 days''; and
            (iii) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a 
        period;
        (E) in paragraph (3)--
            (i) by inserting a comma after ``competent authority'';
            (ii) by striking ``one hundred and twenty days'' both 
        places it appears and inserting ``120 days''; and
            (iii) by striking ``; and'' at the end and inserting a 
        period; and
        (F) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``insurance under this 
    subchapter shall cease'' before ``120 days after'' the first place 
    it appears.
    (3) Subsection (b)(1)(A) of such section is amended by inserting 
``(to insure against death of the member only)'' after ``converted to 
Veterans' Group Life Insurance''.
    (d) Premiums.--Section 1969 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsections:
    ``(g)(1)(A) During any period in which a spouse of a member is 
insured under this subchapter and the member is on active duty, there 
shall be deducted each month from the member's basic or other pay until 
separation or release from active duty an amount determined by the 
Secretary as the premium allocable to the pay period for providing that 
insurance coverage. No premium may be charged for providing insurance 
coverage for a child.
    ``(B) During any month in which a member is assigned to the Ready 
Reserve of a uniformed service under conditions which meet the 
qualifications set forth in section 1965(5)(B) of this title and the 
spouse of the member is insured under a policy of insurance purchased 
by the Secretary under section 1966 of this title, there shall be 
contributed from the appropriation made for active duty pay of the 
uniformed service concerned an amount determined by the Secretary 
(which shall be the same for all such members) as the share of the cost 
attributable to insuring the spouse of such member under this policy, 
less any costs traceable to the extra hazards of such duty in the 
uniformed services. Any amounts so contributed on behalf of any 
individual shall be collected by the Secretary concerned from such 
individual (by deduction from pay or otherwise) and shall be credited 
to the appropriation from which such contribution was made.
    ``(2)(A) The Secretary shall determine the premium amounts to be 
charged for life insurance coverage for spouses of members under this 
subchapter.
    ``(B) The premium amounts shall be determined on the basis of sound 
actuarial principles and shall include an amount necessary to cover the 
administrative costs to the insurer or insurers providing such 
insurance.
    ``(C) Each premium rate for the first policy year shall be 
continued for subsequent policy years, except that the rate may be 
adjusted for any such subsequent policy year on the basis of the 
experience under the policy, as determined by the Secretary in advance 
of that policy year.
    ``(h) Any overpayment of a premium for insurance coverage for an 
insurable dependent of a member that is terminated under section 
1968(a)(5) of this title shall be refunded to the member.''.
    (e) Payments of Insurance Proceeds.--Section 1970 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Any amount of insurance in force on an insurable dependent of 
a member under this subchapter on the date of the dependent's death 
shall be paid, upon the establishment of a valid claim therefor, to the 
member or, in the event of the member's death before payment to the 
member can be made, then to the person or persons entitled to receive 
payment of the proceeds of insurance on the member's life under this 
subchapter.''.
    (f) Conversion of SGLI to Private Life Insurance.--Section 1968(b) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3)(A) In the case of a policy purchased under this subchapter 
for an insurable dependent who is a spouse, upon election of the 
spouse, the policy may be converted to an individual policy of 
insurance under the same conditions as described in section 1977(e) of 
this title (with respect to conversion of a Veterans' Group Life 
Insurance policy to such an individual policy) upon written application 
for conversion made to the participating company selected by the spouse 
and payment of the required premiums. Conversion of such policy to 
Veterans' Group Life Insurance is prohibited.
    ``(B) In the case of a policy purchased under this subchapter for 
an insurable dependent who is a child, such policy may not be converted 
under this subsection.''.
    (g) Effective Date and Initial Implementation.--(1) The amendments 
made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first 
month that begins more than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (2) Each Secretary concerned, acting in consultation with the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall take such action as is necessary 
to ensure that during the period between the date of the enactment of 
this Act and the effective date determined under paragraph (1) each 
eligible member--
        (A) is furnished an explanation of the insurance benefits 
    available for dependents under the amendments made by this section; 
    and
        (B) is afforded an opportunity before such effective date to 
    make elections that are authorized under those amendments to be 
    made with respect to dependents.
    (3) For purposes of paragraph (2):
        (A) The term ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given that 
    term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
        (B) The term ``eligible member'' means a member of the 
    uniformed services described in subparagraph (A) or (C) of section 
    1967(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, as amended by 
    subsection (b)(1).

SEC. 5. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY OF INCREASE IN MAXIMUM SGLI BENEFIT 
              FOR MEMBERS DYING IN PERFORMANCE OF DUTY ON OR AFTER 
              OCTOBER 1, 2000.

    (a) Applicability of Increase in Benefit.--Notwithstanding 
subsection (c) of section 312 of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care 
Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1854), the 
amendments made by subsection (a) of that section shall take effect on 
October 1, 2000, with respect to any member of the uniformed services 
who died in the performance of duty (as determined by the Secretary 
concerned) during the period beginning on October 1, 2000, and ending 
at the close of March 31, 2001, and who on the date of death was 
insured under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program under 
subchapter III of chapter 19 of title 38, United States Code, for the 
maximum coverage available under that program.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) The term ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given that 
    term in section 101(25) of title 38, United States Code.
        (2) The term ``uniformed services'' has the meaning given that 
    term in section 1965(6) of title 38, United States Code.

SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF OUTREACH EFFORTS TO ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS.

    (a) Availability of Outreach Services for Children, Spouses, 
Surviving Spouses, and Dependent Parents.--Paragraph (2) of section 
7721(b) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(2) the term `eligible dependent' means a spouse, surviving 
    spouse, child, or dependent parent of a person who served in the 
    active military, naval, or air service.''.
    (b) Improved Outreach Program.--(1) Subchapter II of chapter 77 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 7727. Outreach for eligible dependents

    ``(a) In carrying out this subchapter, the Secretary shall ensure 
that the needs of eligible dependents are fully addressed.
    ``(b) The Secretary shall ensure that the availability of outreach 
services and assistance for eligible dependents under this subchapter 
is made known through a variety of means, including the Internet, 
announcements in veterans publications, and announcements to the 
media.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of that chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7726 the 
following new item:

``7727. Outreach for eligible dependents.''.

SEC. 7. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE MONTGOMERY GI BILL STATUTE.

    (a) Clarification of Eligibility Requirement for Benefits.--
        (1) In general.--Clause (i) of section 3011(a)(1)(A), as 
    amended by section 103(a)(1)(A) of the Veterans Benefits and Health 
    Care Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1825), 
    is amended by striking ``serves an obligated period of active duty 
    of'' and inserting ``(I) in the case of an individual whose 
    obligated period of active duty is three years or more, serves at 
    least three years of continuous active duty in the Armed Forces, or 
    (II) in the case of an individual whose obligated period of active 
    duty is less than three years, serves''.
        (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 
    take effect as if enacted on November 1, 2000, immediately after 
    the enactment of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement 
    Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419).
    (b) Entitlement Charge for Off-Duty Training and Education.--
        (1) In general.--Section 3014(b)(2) is amended--
            (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(without regard to'' 
        and all that follows through ``this subsection''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(C) The number of months of entitlement charged under this 
chapter in the case of an individual who has been paid a basic 
educational assistance allowance under this subsection shall be equal 
to the number (including any fraction) determined by dividing the total 
amount of such educational assistance allowance paid the individual by 
the full-time monthly institutional rate of educational assistance 
which such individual would otherwise be paid under subsection (a)(1), 
(b)(1), (c)(1), (d)(1), or (e)(1) of section 3015 of this title, as the 
case may be.''.
        (2) Conforming amendments.--(A) Section 3015 is amended--
            (i) in subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1), by inserting 
        ``subsection (h)'' after ``from time to time under''; and
            (ii) by striking the subsection that was inserted as 
        subsection (g) by section 1602(b)(3)(C) of the Floyd D. Spence 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as 
        enacted by Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-359) and 
        redesignated as subsection (h) by 105(b)(2) of the Veterans 
        Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 
        106-419; 114 Stat. 1829).
        (B) Section 3032(b) is amended--
            (i) by striking ``the lesser of'' and inserting ``the least 
        of the following:'';
            (ii) by striking ``or'' after ``chapter,''; and
            (iii) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, or (3) the amount of the charges of the 
        educational institution elected by the individual under section 
        3014(b)(1) of this title''.
        (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
    shall take effect as if enacted on November 1, 2000, immediately 
    after the enactment of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care 
    Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419).
    (c) Incremental Increases for Contributing Active Duty Members.--
        (1) Active duty program.--Section 3011(e), as added by section 
    105(a)(1) of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act 
    of 2000 (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1828), is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, but not more 
        frequently than monthly'' before the period;
            (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``$4'' and inserting 
        ``$20''; and
            (C) in paragraph (4)--
                (i) by striking ``Secretary. The'' and inserting 
            ``Secretary of the military department concerned. That''; 
            and
                (ii) by striking ``by the Secretary''.
        (2) Selected reserve program.--Section 3012(f), as added by 
    section 105(a)(2) of such Act, is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, but not more 
        frequently than monthly'' before the period;
            (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``$4'' and inserting 
        ``$20''; and
            (C) in paragraph (4)--
                (i) by striking ``Secretary. The'' and inserting 
            ``Secretary of the military department concerned. That''; 
            and
                (ii) by striking ``by the Secretary''.
        (3) Increased assistance amount.--Section 3015(g), as added by 
    section 105(b)(3) of such Act, is amended--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
        ``effective as of the first day of the enrollment period 
        following receipt of such contributions from such individual by 
        the Secretary concerned,'' after ``by section 3011(e) or 
        3012(f) of this title,''; and
            (B) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) by striking ``$1'' and inserting ``$5'';
                (ii) by striking ``$4'' and inserting ``$20''; and
                (iii) by inserting ``of this title'' after ``section 
            3011(e) or 3012(f)''.
        (4) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
    shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 105 of 
    the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 
    (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1828).
    (d) Death Benefits.--
        (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 3017(b) is amended to 
    read as follows:
        ``(1) the total of--
            ``(A) the amount reduced from the individual's basic pay 
        under section 3011(b), 3012(c), 3018(c), 3018A(b), 3018B(b), 
        3018C(b), or 3018C(e) of this title;
            ``(B) the amount reduced from the individual's retired pay 
        under section 3018C(e) of this title;
            ``(C) the amount collected from the individual by the 
        Secretary under section 3018B(b), 3018C(b), or 3018C(e) of this 
        title; and
            ``(D) the amount of any contributions made by the 
        individual under section 3011(c) or 3012(f) of this title, 
        less''.
        (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 
    take effect as of May 1, 2001.
    (e) Clarification of Contributions Required by VEAP Participants 
Who Enroll in Basic Educational Assistance.--
        (1) Clarification.--Section 3018C(b), as amended by section 
    104(b) of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 
    2000 (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1828), is amended by striking 
    ``or (e)''.
        (2) Treatment of certain contributions.--Any amount collected 
    under section 3018C(b) of title 38, United States Code (whether by 
    reduction in basic pay under paragraph (1) of that section, 
    collection under paragraph (2) of that section, or both), with 
    respect to an individual who enrolled in basic educational 
    assistance under section 3018C(e) of that title, during the period 
    beginning on November 1, 2000, and ending on the date of the 
    enactment of this Act, shall be treated as an amount collected with 
    respect to the individual under section 3018C(e)(3)(A) of that 
    title (whether as a reduction in basic pay under clause (i) of that 
    section, a collection under clause (ii) of that section, or both) 
    for basic educational assistance under section 3018C of that title.
    (f) Clarification of Time Period for Election of Beginning of 
Chapter 35 Eligibility for Dependents.--
        (1) In general.--(A) Section 3512(a)(3)(B), as amended by 
    section 112 of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement 
    Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1831), is amended to 
    read as follows:
            ``(B) the eligible person elects that beginning date by not 
        later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date 
        on which the Secretary provides written notice to that person 
        of that person's opportunity to make such election, such notice 
        including a statement of the deadline for the election imposed 
        under this subparagraph; and''.
        (B) Section 3512(a)(3)(C), as so amended, is amended by 
    striking ``between the dates described in'' and inserting ``the 
    date determined pursuant to''.
        (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall 
    take effect as if enacted on November 1, 2000, immediately after 
    the enactment of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement 
    Act of 2000.

SEC. 8. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Title 38, United States Code.--Title 38, United States Code, is 
amended as follows:
        (1) Effective as of November 1, 2000, section 107 is amended--
            (A) in the second sentence of subsection (a), by inserting 
        ``or (d)'' after ``subsection (c)'';
            (B) by redesignating the second subsection (c) (added by 
        section 332(a)(2) of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care 
        Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419)) as subsection 
        (d); and
            (C) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``In'' in paragraph (1) and inserting ``With respect to 
        benefits under chapter 23 of this title, in''.
        (2) Section 1710B(c)(2)(B) is amended by striking ``on the date 
    of the enactment of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and 
    Benefits Act'' and inserting ``November 30, 1999''.
        (3) Section 2301(f) is amended--
            (A) in the matter in paragraph (1) preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by striking ``(as'' and all that follows through ``in 
        section'' and inserting ``(as described in section''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subparagraphs'' and 
        inserting ``subparagraph''.
        (4) Section 3452 is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)(1)--
                (i) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A); 
            and
                (ii) by striking ``clause (B) of this paragraph'' in 
            subparagraph (C) and inserting ``subparagraph (B)'';
            (B) in subsection (a)(2)--
                (i) by striking ``paragraph (1)(A) or (B)'' and 
            inserting ``subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1)''; and
                (ii) by striking ``one hundred and eighty days'' and 
            inserting ``180 days'';
            (C) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``section 511(d) of 
        title 10'' and inserting ``section 12103(d) of title 10''; and
            (D) in subsection (e), by striking ``chapter 4C of title 
        29,'' and inserting ``the Act of August 16, 1937, popularly 
        known as the `National Apprenticeship Act' (29 U.S.C. 50 et 
        seq.),''.
        (5) Section 3462(a) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
        (6) Section 3512 is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ``clause (4) of this 
        subsection'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)''; and
            (B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``willfull'' and 
        inserting ``willful''.
        (7) Section 3674 is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)(2)--
                (i) in subparagraph (A)--

                    (I) by striking ``, effective at the beginning of 
                fiscal year 1988,''; and
                    (II) by striking ``section 3674A(a)(4)'' and 
                inserting ``section 3674A(a)(3)'';

                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``paragraph 
            (3)(A)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)''; and
                (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``section 
            3674A(a)(4)'' and inserting ``section 3674A(a)(3)''; and
            (B) in subsection (c)--
                (i) by striking ``on September 30, 1978, and''; and
                (ii) by striking ``thereafter,''.
        (8) Section 3674A(a)(2) is amended by striking ``clause (1)'' 
    and inserting ``paragraph (1)''.
        (9) Section 3734(a) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``United States Code,'' in the matter 
        preceding paragraph (1); and
            (B) by striking ``appropriations in'' in paragraph (2) and 
        inserting ``appropriations for''.
        (10) Section 4104 is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)(1)--
                (i) by striking ``Beginning with fiscal year 1988,'' 
            and inserting ``For any fiscal year,'';
                (ii) by striking ``clause'' in subparagraph (B) and 
            inserting ``subparagraph''; and
                (iii) by striking ``clauses'' in subparagraph (C) and 
            inserting ``subparagraphs'';
            (B) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ``on or after July 1, 
        1988''; and
            (C) in subsection (b)--
                (i) by striking ``shall--'' in the matter preceding 
            paragraph (1) and inserting ``shall perform the following 
            functions:'';
                (ii) by capitalizing the initial letter of the first 
            word of each of paragraphs (1) through (12);
                (iii) by striking the semicolon at the end of each of 
            paragraphs (1) through (10) and inserting a period; and
                (iv) by striking ``; and'' at the end of paragraph (11) 
            and inserting a period.
        (11) Section 4303(13) is amended by striking the second period 
    at the end.
        (12) Section 5103(b)(1) is amended by striking ``1 year'' and 
    inserting ``one year''.
        (13) Section 5701(g) is amended by striking ``clause'' in 
    paragraphs (2)(B) and (3) and inserting ``subparagraph''.
        (14)(A) Section 7367 is repealed.
        (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 73 is 
    amended by striking the item relating to section 7367.
        (15) Section 8125(d) is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(beginning in 1992)'';
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(beginning in 1993)''; 
        and
            (C) by striking paragraph (3).
        (16) The following provisions are each amended by striking 
    ``hereafter'' and inserting ``hereinafter'': sections 545(a)(1), 
    1710B(e)(1), 3485(a)(1), 3537(a), 3722(a), 3763(a), 5121(a), 
    7101(a), 7105(b)(1), 7671, 7672(e)(1)(B), 7681(a)(1), 7801, and 
    8520(a).
    (b) Public Law 106-419.--Effective as of November 1, 2000, and as 
if included therein as originally enacted, the Veterans Benefits and 
Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419) is amended as 
follows:
        (1) Section 111(f)(3) (114 Stat. 1831) is amended by striking 
    ``3654'' and inserting ``3564''.
        (2) Section 323(a)(1) (114 Stat. 1855) is amended by inserting 
    a comma in the second quoted matter therein after ``duty''.
        (3) Section 401(e)(1) (114 Stat. 1860) is amended by striking 
    ``this'' both places it appears in quoted matter and inserting 
    ``This''.
        (4) Section 402(b) (114 Stat. 1861) is amended by striking the 
    close quotation marks and period at the end of the table in 
    paragraph (2) of the matter inserted by the amendment made that 
    section.
    (c) Public Law 102-590.--Section 3(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans 
Comprehensive Service Programs Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. 7721 note) is 
amended by striking ``, during,''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.