[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1757 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1757

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend or make permanent 
  certain authorities for veterans' benefits, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2007

 Mr. Akaka (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read 
        twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend or make permanent 
  certain authorities for veterans' benefits, 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; REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' 
Authorities Expansion Act of 2007''.
    (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever 
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
amendment or repeal to 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. 2. PERMANENT TREATMENT AUTHORITY FOR PARTICIPANTS IN DOD CHEMICAL 
              AND BIOLOGICAL TESTING CONDUCTED BY DESERET TEST CENTER 
              (INCLUDING PROJECT SHIPBOARD HAZARD AND DEFENSE).

    Section 1710(e)(3) is amended--
            (1) in clause (B), by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (2) by striking ``; and'' at the end of clause (C) and all 
        that follows before the period at the end of paragraph (3).

SEC. 3. PERMANENT AND RETROACTIVE AUTHORITY FOR VA TO FURNISH 
              GOVERNMENT HEADSTONES OR MARKERS FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS 
              IN PRIVATE CEMETERIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 2306 is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (d)(3); and
            (2) by re-designating paragraph (d)(4) as paragraph (d)(3).
    (b) Effective Date.--The provisions of section 2306(d) of title 38, 
United States Code, as amended by this Act, apply to a veteran who died 
on or after November 1, 1990.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF INCREASE IN BENEFIT FOR INDIVIDUALS PURSUING 
              APPRENTICESHIP OR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.

    Section 103 of the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004 
(Public Law No. 108-454; 118 Stat. 3600), as amended, is amended by 
striking ``2008'' each place it appears and inserting ``2011''.

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF WORK-STUDY ALLOWANCE.

    Section 3485(a)(4) is amended by striking ``June 30, 2007'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``September 30, 2010''.
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