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I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6832 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009, to extend certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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Short title; table of contents
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Veterans’ Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008. (b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Authorization of Medical Facility Projects and Major Medical Facility Leases Sec. 101. Authorization for fiscal year 2009 major medical facility projects. Sec. 102. Modification of authorization amounts for certain major medical facility construction projects previously authorized. Sec. 103. Authorization of fiscal year 2009 major medical facility leases. Sec. 104. Authorization of construction of major medical facility, Okaloosa County, Florida. Sec. 105. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 106. Report on facilities administration. Sec. 107. Annual report on outpatient clinics. Title II—Extension of Certain Authorities Sec. 201. Repeal of sunset on inclusion of noninstitutional extended care services in definition of medical services. Sec. 202. Extension of recovery audit authority. Sec. 203. Permanent authority for provision of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who participated in certain chemical and biological testing conducted by the Department of Defense. Sec. 204. Extension of expiring collections authorities. Sec. 205. Extension of nursing home care. Sec. 206. Extension of authority to carry out income verification. Sec. 207. Permanent authority to establish research corporations. Sec. 208. Extension of certain veterans home loan guaranty programs. Sec. 209. Extension of requirement to submit annual report on the Special Committee on Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder. Sec. 210. Extension of requirement to submit annual report on the Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans. Sec. 211. Permanent requirement for biannual report on Women’s Advisory Committee. Sec. 212. Permanent authority for Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans. Sec. 213. Extension of temporary increase in maximum loan guaranty amount for certain housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Title III—Other Matters Sec. 301. Increase in cap of number of veterans participating in independent living program. Sec. 302. Enhancement of refinancing of home loans by veterans. Sec. 303. Technical amendments.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization of Medical Facility Projects and Major Medical Facility Leases</header> <section id="H00CCB76BC2FC43D9874027E555503900"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization for fiscal year 2009 major medical facility projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major medical facility projects in fiscal year 2009 in the amount specified for each project:</text> <paragraph id="H0B52A61773BB4C7183DAFFA25E792FC6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Seismic corrections, Building 2, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto Division Palo Alto, California, in an amount not to exceed $54,000,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H85FEB7212F1540EA8F02530200E6CC01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Construction of a polytrauma healthcare and rehabilitation center at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $66,000,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9F711B3DEAC45E586D9E1E67F972DEA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Seismic corrections, Building 1, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico, in an amount not to exceed $225,900,000.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="H7822C823A3654D6CA93B395288F458F2"><enum>102.</enum><header>Modification of authorization amounts for certain major medical facility construction projects previously authorized</header> <subsection id="H9E126524A8624E3580B4186E02FBCF33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Modification of major medical facility authorizations</header><text>Section 801(a) of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/461">Public Law 109–461</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB161FDE14BB84C779085E0987F5E534F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3CEC699F1AC4437FAADA363E488C87FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$300,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$625,000,000</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E0B9CFD90DE40F5A977586D92EC9BA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1797C8CACA984FE79E258FFD31FBCED9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>$98,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$769,200,000</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93274D544D0D4CA1B7B2C953CF7D7B8C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of authorization for certain major medical facility construction projects previously authorized in connection with capital asset realignment initiative</header> <paragraph id="HDF448F15148F4D67B837C21D7E3B4E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Correction of patient privacy deficiencies at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (5) of section 802 of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/461">Public Law 109–461</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$85,200,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$136,700,000</quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA349FB6F0FCC4C6C90AC6FE33EF69"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction of a new medical center facility at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center, Las Vegas, Nevada</header><text>Paragraph (7) of such section is amended by striking <quote>$406,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$600,400,000</quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2B9129069674127A4AB77BF00497368"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Construction of a new outpatient clinic, Lee County, Florida</header><text>Paragraph (8) of such section is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HD190436CD4B24214964775FE942DE7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>ambulatory</quote> and all that follows through <quote>purchase,</quote> and inserting <quote>outpatient clinic in</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEE8386A4AB954191A44CDC597E003867"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$65,100,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$131,800,000</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H40CD71C47D67482F9CCCE531B1BAB38"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Construction of a new medical center facility, Orlando, Florida</header><text>Paragraph (11) of such section is amended by striking <quote>$377,700,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$656,800,000</quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H955595C2F8CD425793E437FF11F396E2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Consolidation of campuses at the University Drive and H. John Heinz III Divisions, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</header><text>Paragraph (12) of such section is amended by striking <quote>$189,205,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$295,600,000</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC3B2BB988ABB4F85A758B6AB518EB200"><enum>103.</enum><header>Authorization of fiscal year 2009 major medical facility leases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major medical facility leases in fiscal year 2009 at the locations specified, and in an amount for each lease not to exceed the amount shown for such location:</text> <paragraph id="H8FF7F0E394574826AC9298FC782B1E4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For an outpatient clinic, Brandon, Florida, $4,326,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H1AAC95F6E61F42DAB0005BF4458C8C62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For an outpatient clinic, Colorado Springs, Colorado, $3,995,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H20694ADE14A64CF396B7B000B6D6ED12"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For an outpatient clinic, Eugene, Oregon, $5,826,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB209BF49047440BC9CCA6550B98F3118"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the expansion of an outpatient clinic, Green Bay, Wisconsin, $5,891,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H748E8AA6A3C84C60B97E71272B36A7A9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For an outpatient clinic, Greenville, South Carolina, $3,731,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H116C85CBFE554DA4B2827F00A28F9D4B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For an outpatient clinic, Mansfield, Ohio, $2,212,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H85B76A1D2DC643FEAF02CD62C5360336"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For an outpatient clinic, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, $6,276,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CE8A418C36949F2B9018203DDF34368"><enum>(8)</enum><text>For an outpatient clinic, Mesa, Arizona, $5,106,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H466EB9B360E64389A93D1B44BC3CF600"><enum>(9)</enum><text>For interim research space, Palo Alto, California, $8,636,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C0347A7572E439B9F9B5744A97D3350"><enum>(10)</enum><text>For the expansion of an outpatient clinic, Savannah, Georgia, $3,168,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3EA38C157DD42CBB05F752C64648041"><enum>(11)</enum><text>For an outpatient clinic, Sun City, Arizona, $2,295,000.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F7D3BD75A094A88A4E6645D4FAC7EBE"><enum>(12)</enum><text>For a primary care annex, Tampa, Florida, $8,652,000.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="H9CCC202F7C1F4B5090C7486D14C083C7"><enum>104.</enum><header>Authorization of construction of major medical facility, Okaloosa County, Florida</header> <subsection id="H2463E215326F4D749C4024C1C15D1D72"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a major medical facility project to construct a new medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Okaloosa County, Florida, in an amount not to exceed $54,475,000.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H4E94B3846EE045098387E5579FE417F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Facility location</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The facility authorized to be constructed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be built in accordance with option 2 of the report to Congress dated June 26, 2007, required to be submitted under section 823 of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/461">Public Law 109–461</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 3449).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H136B33FE8E0F499B848E142433E554FC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan for sharing of inpatient and outpatient services</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a plan that sets forth terms and conditions for the sharing of inpatient and outpatient services at the medical facility authorized to be constructed pursuant to subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H698A0973015F41F000A120E0652F5B00"><enum>105.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subsection id="H22C64C30E8B94D9C80F63C19ADB44711"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2009 major medical facility projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009 for the Construction, Major Projects, account—</text> <paragraph id="HFAD35B4C162F43DD8B50D2799270326C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$345,900,000 for the projects authorized in section 101;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HBAD79A020506439EB35EF931C7686811"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,694,295,000 for the increased amounts authorized for projects whose authorizations are modified by section 102; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF25D822657F44CD0A7E183C081153DE8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$54,475,000 for the project authorized in section 104.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H99957EFC81DD4528847DA7C4D38CE100"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization For Appropriations For Fiscal Year 2009 Major Medical Facility Leases</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009 for the Medical Facilities account, $60,114,000, for the leases authorized in section 103.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H5D214E3AFB3F4E2F8D41F0BFE3C8C396"><enum>106.</enum><header>Report on facilities administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report updating the progress of the Secretary in complying with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/312A">section 312A</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code.</text> </section> <section id="H36789D40957A4536B0A272C7B3FB03AB"><enum>107.</enum><header>Annual report on outpatient clinics</header> <subsection id="HE6F8540E91634585846327A928B90200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual report required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/38/81">chapter 81</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE36EF5FB7A5481C82D762C9F8A0BE26" style="USC"> <section id="H9589548943604558B4124E4EB9094901"><enum>8119.</enum><header>Annual report on outpatient clinics</header> <subsection id="HC2721A888EE24F92B8074FE19D2098D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual report required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to the committees an annual report on community-based outpatient clinics and other outpatient clinics of the Department. The report shall be submitted each year not later than the date on which the budget for the next fiscal year is submitted to the Congress under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105</external-xref> of title 31.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H72A60D8A7D76410300F2988B4B759600"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of report</header><text>Each report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="H1D5DD931BC784A3E005F2D450007FC27"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A list of each community-based outpatient clinic and other outpatient clinic of the Department, and for each such clinic, the type of clinic, location, size, number of health professionals employed by the clinic, workload, whether the clinic is leased or constructed and operated by the Secretary, and the annual cost of operating the clinic.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD5F7FE5AD014C74851CB1F1789B7666"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A list of community-based outpatient clinics and other outpatient clinics that the Secretary opened during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during which the report is submitted and a list of clinics the Secretary proposes opening during the fiscal year during which the report is submitted and the subsequent fiscal year, together with the cost of activating each such clinic and the information required to be provided under paragraph (1) for each such clinic and proposed clinic.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H882CA5ED2D43463AA1586B4B4DE4AC55"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A list of proposed community-based outpatient clinics and other outpatient clinics that are, as of the date of the submission of the report, under review by the National Review Panel and a list of possible locations for future clinics identified in the Department’s strategic planning process, including any identified locations in rural and underserved areas.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE96AD796E3444CCFA59DC717B7E1B3D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A prioritized list of sites of care identified by the Secretary that the Secretary could establish without carrying out construction or entering into a lease, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HCBBA50E66D2747F0B1DF3EB1FBA41224"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any such sites that could be expanded by hiring additional staff or allocating staff to Federal facilities or facilities operating in collaboration with the Federal Government; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H68417FC5C73E461895EBE97706774C39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any sites established, or able to be established, under sections 8111 and 8153 of this title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="H89B3F55E78E2440B88C52DA2DC347EAB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for first annual report</header><text>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit the first report required under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/8119">section 8119(a)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), by not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H4F3CE8CF73854027BA5D8361C944F193"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subchapter I the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95E1F30DA1CF43A28D4C1C488F1E976F" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">8119. Annual report on outpatient clinics.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Extension of Certain Authorities</header> <section id="HCA7FF03213E64D4DB488742B6F000641"><enum>201.</enum><header>Repeal of sunset on inclusion of noninstitutional extended care services in definition of medical services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/1701">Section 1701</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8AB7E1AFA9F741A8A3FD1283C1207200"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (10); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9ECC331F17B540528B1DD2B700BD6549"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7A44A208E553490EAFA2C610075BAA8C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF1BFD08D09874DB6A8B006A874A025F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph (E):</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEB44494F3FE4D108813E8EACFCEC46" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HD9C9950F00F24B3F826B2B81DC52F27D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Noninstitutional extended care services, including alternatives to institutional extended care that the Secretary may furnish directly, by contract, or through provision of case management by another provider or payer.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H829F96265BA3474CAF51414000FB36DF"><enum>202.</enum><header>Extension of recovery audit authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/1703">Section 1703(d)(4)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <term>September 30, 2008</term> and inserting <term>September 30, 2013</term>.</text> </section> <section id="H966B6C98CDC749A380F1CD2799CF8230"><enum>203.</enum><header>Permanent authority for provision of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who participated in certain chemical and biological testing conducted by the Department of Defense</header> <subsection id="H371EDDDD92334D51B86C8C5377B3FC14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Permanent authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (e)(3) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/1710">section 1710</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H28224F94FAB7495080C3B9ADBF46E7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H74E539625ADE4B1A9B48A07EA087C8FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB334C52010E4A4391DB8DF9C2105906"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H860C0D626BF84B009ECB8383D369003D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (e)(1)(E) of such section is amended by striking <quote>paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H250B37CF95B94563BB7C55B2CD7547F0"><enum>204.</enum><header>Extension of expiring collections authorities</header> <subsection id="HD9CEE7211519420E884FB8D8BC5F23EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Health care copayments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/1710">Section 1710(f)(2)(B)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <term>September 30, 2008</term> and inserting <term>September 30, 2010</term>.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HF7E6436E09B547A5B32DC0A9B2D538A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Medical care cost recovery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/1729">Section 1729(a)(2)(E)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <term>October 1, 2008</term> and inserting <term>October 1, 2010</term>.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H799ECB501CF24BDE9FA6AAE4A3602D5C"><enum>205.</enum><header>Extension of nursing home care</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/1710A">Section 1710A(d)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <term>December 31, 2008</term> and inserting <term>December 31, 2013</term>.</text> </section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EF674C6210B4C5E877FF0EBD2FF7EDD"><enum>206.</enum><header>Extension of authority to carry out income verification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/5317">Section 5317(g)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2010</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HF6D8314AAC2E43D290CF23561EC8E9FD"><enum>207.</enum><header>Permanent authority to establish research corporations</header> <subsection id="HA2800C89EA564E4DB279B4CB751BBBE1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking section 7368.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H3641A6EE9B39469FB696876D31E379D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 73 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 7368.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H0FBE609F53C44838BC39A1504D100088"><enum>208.</enum><header>Extension of certain veterans home loan guaranty programs</header> <subsection id="HC4942072C0704027BFEEAFCAAFA1CBD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of demonstration project on adjustable rate mortgages</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3707">Section 3707(a)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HEEE161E71CEE400195A520D0C536AF00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of demonstration project on hybrid adjustable rate mortgages</header><text>Section 3707A(a) of such title is amended by striking <quote>2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="HDEAF9154193D48DB88B556DCF76B37E3"><enum>209.</enum><header>Extension of requirement to submit annual report on the Special Committee on Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 110(e)(2) of the Veterans' Health Care Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/1712A">38 U.S.C. 1712A</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/98/528">Public Law 98–528</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>through 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>through 2012</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H55140C07EB1E40A18ED52E057B9FB16D"><enum>210.</enum><header>Extension of requirement to submit annual report on the Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/7321">Section 7321(d)(2)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>through 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>through 2012</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HF7005A03DB5C4951B6B6AA003D1D597D"><enum>211.</enum><header>Permanent requirement for biannual report on Women’s Advisory Committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/542">Section 542(c)(1)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>through 2008</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H93CEF6BEE59A4EF2AEFDBA4006DB6CF"><enum>212.</enum><header>Permanent authority for Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/544">Section 544</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e).</text> </section> <section id="HC8447A25CA5346F88BB253C1096E50C2"><enum>213.</enum><header>Extension of temporary increase in maximum loan guaranty amount for certain housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2201 of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/289">Public Law 110–289</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2011</quote>.</text> </section> <enum>III</enum><header>Other Matters</header> <section id="H8C68041C808541509BF7A997A267A38B"><enum>301.</enum><header>Increase in cap of number of veterans participating in independent living program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3120">Section 3120(e)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2,500 veterans</quote> and inserting <quote>2,600 veterans</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H6EA78899748140D4ABE5A9C0C5AD3913"><enum>302.</enum><header>Enhancement of refinancing of home loans by veterans</header> <subsection id="HD2179D3EAC614C2F8C7EEFB93E62E7B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion of refinancing loans among loans subject to guaranty maximum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3703">Section 3703(a)(1)(A)(i)(IV)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>(5),</quote> after <quote>(3),</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HE6E410E534BA4E1A9D161B46D1786627"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increase in maximum percentage of loan to-value of refinancing loans subject to guaranty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3710(b)(8) of such title is amended by striking <quote>90 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>100 percent</quote>.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="HC7A93714BF164B61A0FF7386A33FA13" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Technical amendments</header> <subsection id="H6AD3886223064E8B804BD63291EE68A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title 38</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H01E075C485454DCCA5FBF0008D1E8DB8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 1712A—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H8834712402E64E28003DC2BEAA1DBC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4237587642E9401D9631A663B9B64000"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7C316AE3802B49E7BD3CBC24C3B01354"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>(including a Resource Center designated under subsection (h)(3)(A) of this section)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2ECBBED213534EA5AF90F6678B3C498B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 2065(b)(3)(C), by striking <quote>)</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E36943E776044399BE1B1636E478541"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 36, by striking the item relating to section 3684A and inserting the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD414F278F704C3894D16804B492235" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">3684A. Procedures relating to computer matching program.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C6AE9CD5E974815837239D613E03FAE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 4110(c)(1), by striking <quote>15</quote> and inserting <quote>16</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H25BEBB16678D4B9C917499548DE6844B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 51, by striking the item relating to section 5121 and inserting the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16BCD84497764E09811BE45BC96F073D" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">5121. Payment of certain accrued benefits upon death of a beneficiary.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H31BC235B7534466E96DCF3D54D88C286"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 7458(b)(2), by striking <quote>pro rated</quote> and inserting <quote>pro-rated</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H768D1A121336466AA6581878DB837105"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in section 8117(a)(1), by striking <quote>such such</quote> and inserting <quote>such</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE2976929F9F4261919E007398ADEF77"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in each of sections 1708(d), 7314(f), 7320(j)(2), 7325(i)(2), and 7328(i)(2), by striking <quote>medical care account</quote> and inserting <quote>medical services account</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H154956EFF1DA404DB85BE6154837FD4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 807(e) of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/461">Public Law 109–461</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Medical Care</quote> each place it appears and inserting “Medical Facilities”.</text> </subsection></section> Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 2008.Lorraine C. Miller,Clerk.