1.Authority to waive collection
of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans
(a)Subchapter III of
chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
section 1722A the following new section:
1722B.Copayments:
waiver of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of
veteransThe Secretary may
waive the imposition or collection of copayments for telehealth and
telemedicine visits of veterans under the laws administered by the
Secretary.
.
(b)The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of
such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1722A the
following new item:
1722B. Copayments: waiver of collection
of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of
veterans.
.
1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the
Veterans Telehealth and Other Care
Improvements Act of 2010
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—Quality of care and
access matters
Sec. 101. Waiver of collection of copayments
for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans.
Sec. 102. Program of outreach to
veterans.
Sec. 103. Annual report on low volume
procedures involving use of radioactive isotopes at Department of Veterans
Affairs medical facilities.
Sec. 104. Use of radioactive isotopes at
Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals.
Sec. 105. Requirements relating to contracts
for the provision of medical services.
Sec. 106. Conversion of multifamily
transitional housing loan program to loan issuance program.
Sec. 107. Report on establishment of a
Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site of the Department
of Veterans Affairs in the northern Rockies or Dakotas.
Sec. 108. One-stop Internet website for
information on benefits, resources, services, and opportunities for veterans
and their families and caregivers.
TITLE II—Construction and naming
matters
Sec. 201. Authorization for fiscal year 2011
major medical facility construction project previously appropriated but not
authorized.
Sec. 202. Additional authorization for a 2007
major medical facility construction project previously authorized.
Sec. 203. Authorization of fiscal year 2011
major medical facility leases.
Sec. 204. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec.
205. Report on use of energy
efficient technologies and best practices in Department of Veterans Affairs
medical facilities.
Sec. 206. Designation of George H. O’Brien,
Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Sec. 207. Requirement that bid savings on major
medical facility projects of Department of Veterans Affairs be used for other
major medical facility construction projects of the Department.
<enum>I</enum><header>Quality of care and
access matters</header>
<section id="id03c5c935-559a-4383-a087-5b1d0432d5f5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Waiver of collection
of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans</header>
<subsection id="idbbb4a7e7-c100-4374-91e1-c15f80c0207c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Waiver</header>
<paragraph id="idD7739DF471F949899E82017808C8E59A"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(1)</added-phrase></enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter III of
chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
section 1722A the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0938f90a-c1f9-442a-9a0f-238b728ffd2b" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="id99757396-abd8-4e30-97ca-4d2ad4c81ea5"><enum>1722B.</enum><header>Copayments: waiver
of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of
veterans</header>
<subsection id="id359EC2F37F284EBB872A6076FE78E67B"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(a)</added-phrase></enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
waive the imposition or collection of copayments for telehealth and
telemedicine visits of veterans under the laws administered by the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2C7FCDC0D5AA459F9934113061F82732"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirement under subsection (a) shall
expire on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3f898ab8-dd8a-434b-bbc4-ae9ce21c5736"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(2)</added-phrase></enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of
such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1722A the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="idc88c41f2-5c11-4481-86f0-f3e02f37ae57" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry idref="id61C5549EAA354AAF94502B8B42CB88E2" level="section">1722B. Copayments: waiver of collection of
copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of
veterans.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id16EE303E86FD4820B492C9B4265FCA71"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(b)</added-phrase></enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="idA62CE44391864654BEF1E400CF41EF81"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(1)</added-phrase></enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than five years after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a
report on the waiver of copayments under section 1722B of such title, as added
by subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB8CFC3F0BAED45BFA91AB33D6FE56750"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idE75EA642546149B1A375D94183AB24A6"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(A)</added-phrase></enum><text>An assessment of
whether waivers described in paragraph (1) have resulted in increased
utilization of telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans under the laws
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1C219829913D4A218F238F17DDF904BC"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(B)</added-phrase></enum><text>A description of
the expenses or cost-savings, as the case may be, realized by the Department of
Veterans Affairs as a result of such waivers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2843F998A72345F5B0E3243D566E413A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Program of outreach
to veterans</header>
<subsection id="id5B10810EA9A4422595D9739C064824D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
required</header><text>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a
program of outreach to veterans for the purpose described in subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idC842A14D47C34EBCA9303E0BEC1C2DEC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose described in this subsection is to increase the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id2F872EAD53DA45E9B05DDFD67D663B74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The access and use by
veterans of Federal, State, and local programs providing compensation and other
benefits for service in the Armed Forces.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id85F86F949E7641F590D0464A06FED09E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Awareness of such
programs by veterans and their eligibility for such programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id40591580124D4379895F43EFFE2AB9F5"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(c)</added-phrase></enum><header>Duration</header><text>The
program required by subsection (a) shall be carried out during the five-year
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idCB65F341B7C941BB9187F12B80A9BE6D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Agreements to carry out
projects and activities</header>
<paragraph id="id2231ADC7DE5E458CA8E37AF35C08E046"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreements with Federal
and State agencies</header><text>In carrying out the program required by
subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into agreements
with other Federal and State agencies to carry out projects under the
jurisdiction of such agencies to further the purpose described in subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id929E9BF9509C42DCA5B922802700E354"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agreements with
applicable authorities and commissions</header><text>In carrying out the
program required by subsection (a), the Secretary may enter into agreements
with applicable authorities and commissions to provide technical assistance,
award grants, enter into contracts, or otherwise provide amounts to persons or
entities for projects and activities that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD4B2BA174FDC4B3297323EA872D7FF4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase outreach to,
awareness by, and use by veterans of programs described in subsection
(b)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id91FCECBA0C924B41951FA7A47652B229"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide incentives for
State and local governments and veterans service organizations to assist
veterans in utilizing facilities and resources available to veterans through
the Department of Veterans Affairs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBC9EAEF93C5F4B1AA9984DEE3036C547"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide incentives for
State and local governments and veterans service organizations to assist
veterans in utilizing resources available through government and veterans
service organizations for veterans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF1BCB09006814F388D20C3227781108F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>educate communities and
State and local governments about the employment rights of veterans, including
the employment and reemployment of members of the uniformed services under
chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id099B4ADF972F41AC882CBF58DBB45DF8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance to businesses owned by veterans; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8AFF8CABD1C8420199B6E8215C170435"><enum>(F)</enum><text>encourage and assist
nonprofit organizations, businesses, and institutions of higher education to
carry out programs of assistance designed for veterans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6794CFD3B7E54056AA9D3E1B4F23F67C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicable authorities
and commissions</header><text>For purposes of the program required by
subsection (a), the applicable authorities and commissions are the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id348081AAC934494E8DDC82A368C9BB25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Appalachian Regional
Commission, established under section 14301(a) of title 40, United States
Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id591202B16F384FD49EAE1089E7DB6CDC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Delta Regional
Authority, established under section 382B(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa-1(a)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEBC7B9F1A2424F8682C0F46B276621DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Denali Commission,
established under section 303 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C.
3121 note).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0CCFE4DA0ABD4C668ECCE7CA73567CEB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Northern Great Plains
Regional Authority, established under section 383B(a) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009bb-1(a)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1AFE24E0E40043EEA11ADBC9C7BF9D71"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Southeast Crescent
Regional Commission, the Southwest Border Regional Commission, and the Northern
Border Regional Commission established under section 15301(a) of title 40,
United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB608BCC2C60943A2B8ACC78D6E090E47"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Entities described in
subparagraph (G) that serve Native Americans, Alaska Natives, or native
Hawaiians (as such terms are defined in section 3765 of title 38, United States
Code).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCB64C1337EBE46EAADAF7BC5D322FB18"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Commissions and
development boards that are—</text>
<clause id="id468D8968339A42BFA0E86EADC5DAD4EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not chartered by the
Federal Government;</text>
</clause><clause id="idF470346786704AE1AF35658FDB187732"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>selected by the
Secretary for purposes of the program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id2FA0B3B04D374B9CB4D3C7F363DFCED0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>located in areas that
present extraordinary challenges to veterans, as determined by the Secretary,
including the following:</text>
<subclause id="idC22B26035DF04053AEA4595BB0FA28A1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Areas in severe economic
distress.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0E30356A81064210A1ADAABC4680802D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Areas with
underdeveloped infrastructure.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idA6C5737AB0484A448AE45942E41B8251"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Areas with unusual
geographic characteristics, such as separation from the mainland.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9F1D7FF101D44ED48EB216AD272707B5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Information, advice,
and technical assistance</header><text>In carrying out the program required by
subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may provide, or contract with
public or private organizations to provide, information, advice, and technical
assistance to nonprofit organizations that provide services to communities in
order to increase the number of veterans receiving such services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5D80BCF1A124479BA662BCCC728FF352"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coordination with
previously authorized pilot program on use of community-based organizations and
local and State government entities for outreach</header><text>The Secretary
may carry out the program required by subsection (a) in coordination with the
pilot program required by section 506(a) of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus
Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1160; 38 U.S.C. 523
note).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9CF6E671640F4C269C5C27B2E799B1C2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report on outreach
activities of Department of Veterans Affairs</header>
<paragraph id="id258392891F39481ABA7C41938A5A18BB"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(1)</added-phrase></enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than four years after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report on
the activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding outreach to
veterans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4E22640ACD0F457B94AC06A1AB218730"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id52EFE604B58E4010947A4FE55A110414"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(A)</added-phrase></enum><text>A description of
all of the activities of the Department regarding outreach to veterans carried
out since the date of the enactment of this Act, including the activities of
the Department carried out under the program required by subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30623DD3F00C494DA5BA2DC1C2A022A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assessment of the
effectiveness of the activities described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFB65A17A1344C01855DCF549AB7D0DE"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Veterans service
organization defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>veterans
service organization</term> means any organization recognized by the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs for the representation of veterans under section 5902 of
title 38, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3639F38CE01A4AF7A35E680A04D668D2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out the program required by subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67FCEB2527154C7282BF438344266146"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(1)</added-phrase></enum><text>$7,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4313520C49D42CFB7130605F9FFDAD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$35,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2012 through 2016.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAB87875C0DD547CA91D77D8500AC8EFD"><enum>103.</enum><header>Annual report on low
volume procedures involving use of radioactive isotopes at Department of
Veterans Affairs medical facilities</header>
<subsection id="H61CFD2A143764A82B8C8EF1F7D0958DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual report
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 270
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter
through 2013, 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 low volume procedures involving
the use of radioactive isotopes carried out at each medical facility of the
Department of Veterans Affairs in the year for which such report is
submitted.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id942A7D680AC5467285056BEDD2A32172"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report submitted to Congress under
subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id786ACDC084AB4A6EA2BEBE7CE4B76F4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The evaluation and the findings of the
Secretary with respect to the low volume procedures involving the use of
radioactive isotopes carried out at each medical facility of the
Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id03E772B58D434EBC8E4EC494617ECD05"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the actions taken by the
Secretary to incorporate consideration of low-volume procedures involving the
use of radioactive isotopes in facility level quality assurance plans.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id715FD73A27904DAE9D80A8A7B4E3EAB8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Low volume
procedures</header>
<paragraph id="idE44D105AF7BF48D182C36C68379E4854"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of the report required by this section, the
Secretary shall define the term <term>low volume procedure</term> in accordance
with this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id424E7CB2CDA84EE1B5B5290318A83F24"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Threshold</header><text>In
defining the term <quote>low volume procedure</quote>, the Secretary shall
establish a threshold for each type of procedure involving radioactive isotopes
carried out at a medical facility of the Department whereby if the number of
procedures of a type carried out at a medical facility is less than the
threshold, the type of procedure is considered low volume at that
facility.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD7DE04432C8D41AB9E4DAF92A12BC776"><enum>104.</enum><header>Use of radioactive
isotopes at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals</header>
<subsection id="HD8FC582AF2484E08B55AFD9019B59C88"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall ensure that all employees, including employees employed
under a contract entered into with a non-government entity, who handle or
perform procedures utilizing radioactive isotopes at a Department of Veterans
Affairs hospital receive appropriate training on what constitutes a medical
event, as defined in regulations prescribed by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, and when and to whom a medical event should be reported.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD7E5A83765624122A6ECF7C72948BA8E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Failure to provide
training</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a Department hospital
has failed to provide the training required by subsection (a) to an employee
described in that subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that radioactive
isotopes are not used by that employee at that hospital until such training is
provided to that employee.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB092B08CA49A411D8B599D7B26A8DDE2"><enum>105.</enum><header>Requirements relating
to contracts for the provision of medical services</header>
<subsection id="id0966A1175FF246029D1BB6E8BA8B2EEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter I of
chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
section 1703 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id095EE47342CF4486A7F3E2802B5BFE52" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="id37A99F1D770A4562A00539A3F1367218"><enum>1703A.</enum><header>Oversight of medical
services provided by contractors</header>
<subsection id="ID2295c535f5e145cf961d63875fce5080"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id029E0E2A6D40418098241ABDDE2C5559"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
ensure that the quality assessment program of the Department includes
appropriate oversight of medical services provided pursuant to a contract
entered into by the Secretary with a non-government entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="idD44248B400904A85A24C651D69CC4662" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Oversight of a medical
service required by paragraph (1) shall include, as appropriate to the service,
the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idB6FF9C8BE29840B891BAB594B451DD0A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Periodic peer reviews of
such service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1C70DA68E5734A86A3CD5294444909CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Periodic written
evaluations of the oversight provided by the supervisor or manager of the
individual providing the service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD66569D518C2416FA2E5F975D3BE4984"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Such other evaluations as
the Secretary determines are appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="idB61E72F0A76249779901329C0CFEB72F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
ensure that sufficient data is collected and analyzed by an employee of the
Department in order to evaluate the quality of medical services provided
pursuant to a contract entered into by the Secretary with a non-government
entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H873B8092528C4BB8976674FF21C06215"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements relating
to extension of certain contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before any contracting officer of the
Department may extend or renew any contract entered into by the Secretary with
a non-government entity for the provision of medical services, the contracting
officer shall review and take into consideration the results of the evaluations
carried out under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id6FB8A944EE494344BD5A699C7F99C1A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of
such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1703 the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6128D176B02047EBA78D7CD8864C231F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1703A. Oversight of medical
services provided by
contractors.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id9476F6DE3B2F48BA850B9F0EC26DE357"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 1703A of such title, as added by
subsection (a), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and
subsection (b) of such section shall take effect on the date that is 270 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70EEAA8934DA4CB7B9C20BE974241098"><enum>106.</enum><header>Conversion of
multifamily transitional housing loan program to loan issuance program</header>
<subsection id="idF5E70E5022E547BABAE75ABBF8D5F3E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To issue
loans</header>
<paragraph id="idFEEA83A60FB84C69A08BF8DCB97F485A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 2051 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9BEB564B68D149B098648D8C16CEA592"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="idCE83E8103ADB45DA8F3C323280BAEC82"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) The</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE604217E571542CFBEC1EA76F9AF6DDC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2AFF05B13A744B4D9C607B6173872B1A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idAE585821A7D14256B0B2973611BA3AFD" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall,
utilizing funds available in the Multifamily Transitional Housing Loan Program
Revolving Fund under section 2055 of this title, issue not more than five loans
that meet the requirements of this
subchapter.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1F723ABBB7A143EBBF538C372C6A61BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="id7F54943F406547D09C5EEF83569CE73A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>under subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>under
subsection (a)(1)</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id857F6B793D4D49FB9D9196EE2F776A6A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>under subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>under
subsection (a)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id2D01264B8728476994E83C75C1568EF5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
inserting <quote>or issued</quote> after <quote>guaranteed</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B5E94010D4A4425B1FE14C0C1E94685"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by
inserting <quote>or issued</quote> after <quote>guaranteed</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF15B8CE62982498D9F44F110F2B6DBC9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by
inserting <quote>or issued</quote> after <quote>guaranteed</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id72A4EF9794AC455486AA9A99F1D95738"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority to delegate
approval authority</header><text>Subsection (c) of such section, as amended by
paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5CE38B7DB6C941918B79889721AC0729"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>A
loan</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) A loan</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0BBAD9D536114749827E4D2D2A494A37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB57AE5E705843238085E7D750F7E30D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idC5F318A0428049FA9EF825B92484523B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary may
delegate approval under paragraph (1) to a State or local government
entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7D51D62D389044258058734CFB6D2172" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Approval activity of a
State or local government entity under paragraph (2) shall be subject to the
supervision of the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id04D2EE9C801C4D218D202BBD98438AE6"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(3)</added-phrase></enum><header>No limitation
on size of multifamily transitional housing projects</header><text>Such section
is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6120FCB3E6264105AB5B05CB0B4D2EE8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idC0F5FDBDBA074C269024040F3AB83530"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(h)</added-phrase></enum><text>Nothing in this
subchapter shall be construed to provide for a minimum or maximum size of a
multifamily transitional housing project that may be financed with a loan under
this
subchapter.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAE68A23C029747E897EA5E5379FE6245"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Sunset of authority to
issue loan guarantees</header><text>Such section is further amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B228BC7AB25449AA0998D0530EFDA26" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idD17279E986014B828E22A3487BC11D93"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Secretary may not
guarantee under subsection (a)(1) any loan that is closed after the date of the
enactment of this subsection. The termination by this subsection of the
authority to guarantee loans under this subsection shall not affect the
validity of any loan guaranteed under this subchapter before the date of the
enactment of this subsection and is in force on that
date.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idECFAFC758F62477580E13A63C4835FDB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="id9868EDA8B41D43ED851D26C7F21AC3A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 2052(d) of such
title is amended by inserting <quote>or issue</quote> after <quote>whether to
guarantee</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4F32E8F3EA5B49CA9EC64E1F203A499C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 2053(a) of such
title is amended by inserting <quote>or issued</quote> after <quote>is
guaranteed</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA4F90B87E00F4767AA84E6F54A858632"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 2054(a) of such
title is amended—</text>
<clause id="id122A8B2BEDDD45D4AF77264CECED4A71"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by
inserting <quote>or issued</quote> after <quote>guaranteed</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id616DF156C9AC4750B4716064B3C885BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the last sentence, by
inserting <quote>or loan</quote> after <quote>guarantee</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1DC85B2172A54E6A9D94250C02835654"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Clerical
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="id9A0B138334454D7384A7B46FE5B9CEC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The heading of subchapter
VI of chapter 20 of such title is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subchapter" style="USC">Loan guarantee
for</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id513DA8FBFCD8412BA36DA00308815056"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The table of sections at
the beginning of such chapter is amended by striking the item relating to
subchapter VI and inserting the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F2C53E0AA3E495AA7572BB69AE689D8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">SUBCHAPTER VI—Multifamily
transitional
housing</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD956AE2FC6074732B6B6B3721DF8BC7F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Multifamily
Transitional Housing Loan Program Revolving Fund</header>
<paragraph id="id72B89C3CAD6C4A1B8CD72378F7F94A5F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter VI of chapter 20 of such title is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF0080AF68B74A1DAD887A88BFE7C3B4" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="id5C48F22BBAE14E86948B4062EC2A803F"><enum>2055.</enum><header>Multifamily
Transitional Housing Loan Program Revolving Fund</header>
<subsection id="idAE8890875DCF4B8A8E6DD9603C60D41E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a revolving fund known as the <quote>Department of Veterans
Affairs Multifamily Transitional Housing Loan Program Revolving Fund</quote>
(in this section referred to as the <quote>Fund</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idDDF003E0BAA04419AC5D17619603F31F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be deposited in the Fund the
following, which shall constitute the assets of the Fund:</text>
<paragraph id="idC03C4105B2F0473D9D9038309BE83F8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts paid into the Fund under any
provision of law or regulation established by the Secretary imposing fees on
persons or entities issued a loan under this subchapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2FDC791D86144A9A8306511DE7C90B8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All other amounts received by the Secretary
incident to operations relating to the issuance of loans under this subchapter,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC4B527990854451BA1EF199FA9DF5A31"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collections of principal and interest on
loans issued by the Secretary under this subchapter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAA3A3FEF3A81436CB8AEC9B0AB3F346A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">proceeds from the sale, rental, use, or
other disposition of property acquired under this subchapter; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0ACE85315E4547DCB82BD3948F96F932"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">penalties collected pursuant to this
subchapter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD6078A2A33AA4433BC963F9308303146"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available before the date of the enactment of this section for
purposes of activities under this subchapter, including amounts appropriated
for such purposes under title I of the Department of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,
2000 (Public Law 106–74; 113 Stat. 1049).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB3521375A0014B669445A6A9198AEAD7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Fund shall be
available to the Secretary, without fiscal year limitation, for all operations
relating to the issuance of loans under this subchapter, consistent with the
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et
seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id40EF901E2D954CB9821A384763D36DBD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 20 of
such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2054 the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7EC1CBEAC6F46AC9278B6663D1F7B82" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2055. Multifamily Transitional
Housing Loan Program Revolving
Fund.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idAA45D4BCBD104D4493AD52AD7293F520"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification of
authority To determine terms and conditions of loans</header><text>Subsection
(a)(6) of section 2052 of such title is amended by inserting <quote>including
with respect to forbearance, deferral, and loan forgiveness,</quote> after
<quote>determines are reasonable,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id285D5DFA37D94A71BC2B8C0399DE2E39"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clarification of types
of spaces that may be included in covered multifamily transitional housing
projects</header><text>Subsection (c)(1) of such section 2052 is amended by
striking <quote>or job training programs</quote> and inserting <quote>job
training programs, other types of residential units, or other uses that the
Secretary considers necessary for the sustainability of the
project</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95E29114B29B4C48BAAB7CB6CA540047"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Loan
defaults</header><text>Section 2053 of such title is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF54DA5B5E92D442C9E2AF664633EF67D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACBBC35EB89C4A01B6771C9BA92D99CF"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Secretary may impose
such penalties or require such collateral as the Secretary considers
necessary—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F082C80677A44C380CF4B6D2A0928BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to discourage default on
a loan issued under this subchapter; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC93E9D0C7C844F08B454C8655BC7C674"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to mitigate harm to the
Department from default on a loan issued under this subchapter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9A6D4C11EC6413E9EBC21F394737946"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
administer any property coming under the jurisdiction of the Secretary by
reason of default on a loan issued or guaranteed under this subchapter in
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary for that purpose. Such
administration of property may include selling, renting, or otherwise disposing
of property as the Secretary considers
appropriate.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id4902F80E8BA149A78A84D38D833DC9E1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Preferential treatment
of veterans</header>
<paragraph id="id2CD4DFA1AC124BC0A908A1D4B53EE484"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter VI of chapter 20 of such title, as amended by
subsection (b), is further amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA79DEFE3EB846848A4D92ADA4FF508E" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="id4E36C7442BF149A89D495CBC70195F16"><enum>2056.</enum><header>Preferential
treatment of veterans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No
provision of Federal or State law may prohibit a multifamily transitional
housing project described in section 2052(b) of this title from offering
preferential treatment to
veterans.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id45FBC1D880C3451489873845B7AF3F6B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter,
as amended by subsection (b), is further amended by adding at the end the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA4E4B6A1BE14730A5138ACD1C1636F7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2056. Preferential treatment of
veterans.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE581359C2BD34FAFBA892D43C84A8ED0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Technical
corrections</header><text>Section 2052 of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE654C432C89848F5A16BD8690F7D127E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by
striking <quote>counselling</quote> both places it appears and inserting
<quote>counseling</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B733EC0B4744F678DE07F0FCCD46386"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2), by
striking <quote>, as assessed under section 107 of Public Law
102–405</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id43A0B97AAA6C4288AC2A24F193F8ED3A"><enum>107.</enum><header>Report on
establishment of a Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site
of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the northern Rockies or
Dakotas</header>
<subsection id="idF2C521713E254B3A98012FD3E789CC18"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a
report on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a Polytrauma
Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site for the Department of Veterans
Affairs in the northern Rockies or the Dakotas. One of the locations evaluated
as a potential location for the Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma
Network Site, as the case may be, shall be the Fort Harrison Department of
Veterans Affairs hospital in Lewis and Clark County, Montana.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1DCC4DC151A64CCFB643B0EC9CA3DD26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="idE023281EDA094DE0BE84EDE89001CCCF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of the
adequacy of existing Department of Veterans Affairs facilities in the northern
Rockies and the Dakotas to address matters that are otherwise addressed by
Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers and Polytrauma Network Sites.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1943BAA4B20D409D8FFCF57CA8EE6AB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A comparative assessment
of the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs for individuals with traumatic
brain injuries in urban areas with the effectiveness of such programs for
individuals with traumatic brain injuries in rural and frontier
communities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id26F92E94D48246FE9D6C36360D0E4384"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment whether the
low cost of living in the northern Rockies and the Dakotas could reduce the
financial stress faced by veterans receiving care for traumatic brain injury
and their families and thereby improve the effectiveness of such care.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0957A8BE46264C1EBF0853B31D589B0F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment whether
therapies that can prevent or remediate the development of secondary neurologic
conditions related to traumatic brain injury can be interrupted by stress
caused by living in an urban area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72D38379880A4B7F82AF5D2D5A218991"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Secretary shall consult with appropriate State and local government agencies in
the northern Rockies and the Dakotas in preparing the report required
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id49D7F20DAC204DC6A9C41F7825B13F8D"><enum>108.</enum><header>One-stop Internet
website for information on benefits, resources, services, and opportunities for
veterans and their families and caregivers</header>
<subsection id="id2B7FF7499F154E81BB327B943C9D646E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>One-Stop Internet
website for information on benefits, resources, services, and opportunities for
veterans and their families and caregivers</header>
<paragraph id="id62B794D8646A4B55920DF7B5D89CFA4A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs may establish and maintain an interactive Internet website
that provides information on the benefits, resources, services, and
opportunities described in subsection (b). The Secretary may enter into a
contract with an appropriate Federal or private sector entity for purposes of
establishing or maintaining the website.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD8242F6923204E82B2C5AD57643F10C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nature of
website</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The website
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6A88F838420F43EEBAF62423D7E97A10"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve to consolidate, expand on, and
improve information and links from other existing Internet websites relating to
the benefits, resources, services, and opportunities described in subsection
(b), and may include such other information and links on such benefits,
resources, services, and opportunities as the Secretary considers appropriate;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0525A83A407B47DB8162C748E5C3E1F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>integrate dynamic
Internet features and virtual interface tools to provide veterans a
personalized, interactive, and user-centered Internet experience and increase
interoperability and facilitate collaborative information sharing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBBCA5A15973349BD902C39226109CEA5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Utilization of existing
website in establishment</header><text>In establishing the website, the
Secretary may utilize an existing Internet website, such as the National
Resource Directory for wounded veterans, as the basis for the website, in order
to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE05CA706D2B044729662B12822BAABCA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out activities under this subsection
in consultation with the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id3461FDEFAD604A40B9C72B99E6DDD0DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Defense.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idECE34AE322F04E11837EA0A1CE124544"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Labor.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1CBF91BA681244CDA3CC5E359DDFF8AD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0C7F3CB79E674C8091C61E80079536D6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Commissioner of
Internal Revenue.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id66139837CF1F4081B66740346E58857D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Commissioner of
Social Security.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30FD1811C4474470AF0677DF21E67B8F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The Administrator of the
Small Business Administration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE136473B1E6B4A2393B21504AB1E41A0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Any other Federal
officials that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs considers appropriate for
purposes of this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id890A1D44D9B7474788A4E7D4320714FF"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate advisory committees on veterans
matters.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8F1E046D2F8F49E5A9BE4F0B7DC89F8D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other representatives, individuals, and
organizations specified in section 6302(c) of title 38, United States
Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id32FFE49EF0674F3FA2394CED7695F236"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Benefits, resources,
services, and opportunities</header><text>The benefits, resources, services,
and opportunities described in this subsection are benefits, resources,
services, and opportunities as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="idD54DBBA2D09B434BB51F2C2A2CFA567E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Veterans benefits provided by or through
the Department of Veterans Affairs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0DA41AD1613B47F7B44AF4EA012DE96E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Veterans benefits provided by or through
the Department of Labor, including employment and reemployment benefits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id202938237208492CB2CD0226A2E03327"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tax benefits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5ECA17F613434844871081D7D2A05BB5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Social security benefits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6FF250238EFE4E388DEB4705A3384D08"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Veterans benefits provided by or through
the Small Business Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8D32DEE2FE894C9CB4A9CDC31A4C5DC8"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resources, services, and opportunities such
as—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCF95DF7E344F40DB8D726B49AC1EA4CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resources for families, caregivers,
educational professionals, mental health professionals, and other professionals
that provide for veterans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA7B6D82C7152422DA0115B767A69BCC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resources on child care, home care, stress
management, mental health care, and veterans service organizations (including
website links to organization locators and claims assistance); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8175C8158DB04F64AA8E0AF9396E5231"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information and links on
State and local resources, discounts available to veterans, volunteer
opportunities available to veterans, and community events.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id81B5AEB9211048DB91A0C9C0C379C0A1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance in applying for and receiving
benefits and resources under paragraphs (1) through (6).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA380CC61CF434B4798B7721E2960D0E1"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resources on peer-to-peer discussions,
workshops, and other interactive services for veterans and their families and
caregivers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5F3166CC433547E9942FB2168715F5FF"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information on ride-sharing for
appointments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDBE5C2C81EAC4B4DAAB05B0A1DD08B21"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Memorial notices.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id24AC02971CF7484F834C698BFD2276CE"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other benefits, resources, services,
opportunities, and assistance as the Secretary considers appropriate for
purposes of the website.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id05C178557FF34B6883C16DFEFCD3BD51"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusion of
information on website in biennial reports relating to outreach
activities</header>
<paragraph id="id85D46A237B374EAAB7A4B61D887EFD47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Biennial
plan</header><text>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall include in each
biennial plan on outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs
under section 6302 of title 38, United States Code, the plans of the Department
for the period covered by such report for improving and enhancing the Internet
website required by this section to better provide information on the benefits,
resources, services, and opportunities described in subsection (b) and to
otherwise enhance the website as a source for information on such benefits,
resources, services, and opportunities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15BA5FEC7926435E8069036BF25F04BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Biennial
report</header><text>The Secretary shall include in each biennial report on
outreach activities of the Department under section 6308 of title 38, United
States Code, a description of the manner in which the Internet website required
by this section contributed to the outreach activities of the Secretary,
including outreach activities under chapter 63 of such title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Construction and naming
matters</header>
<section id="idFD9F7497758347EF96140ABDDF423764"><enum>201.</enum><header>Authorization for
fiscal year 2011 major medical facility construction project previously
appropriated but not authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry
out a major medical facility project in fiscal year 2011 for the construction
of a new medical facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, with the project to be
carried out in an amount not to exceed $995,000,000.</text>
</section><section id="IDa8503078f87e472f88f9d2ccdb67f740"><enum>202.</enum><header>Additional
authorization for a 2007 major medical facility construction project previously
authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs may carry out a major medical facility project in fiscal year
2011 to make seismic corrections for Buildings 7 and 126 at the Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Long Beach, California, with the project to
be carried out in an amount not to exceed $129,545,000.</text>
</section><section id="ID92c3060965654cd6baf32857c5b3abfe"><enum>203.</enum><header>Authorization of
fiscal year 2011 major medical facility leases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry
out the following fiscal year 2011 major medical facility leases at the
locations specified, in an amount not to exceed the amount shown for each such
location:</text>
<paragraph id="ID70eab8d5150244f3a9954e4e34886161"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Billings, Montana,
Community Based Outpatient Clinic, in an amount not to exceed
$7,149,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDde2784fd15894dae8c9784428b9e2271"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Boston, Massachusetts,
Outpatient Clinic, in an amount not to exceed $3,316,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfc3d92418aef4fb59f1f1dfe5c0b7983"><enum>(3)</enum><text>San Diego, California,
Community Based Outpatient Clinic, in an amount not to exceed
$21,495,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc89efd0de5db476ab77f3b2a2db69332"><enum>(4)</enum><text>San Francisco,
California, Research Lab, in an amount not to exceed $10,055,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfaa785e5ff824575ae82c7cd0f2e6750"><enum>(5)</enum><text>San Juan, Puerto Rico,
Mental Health Facility, in an amount not to exceed $5,323,000.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID9ead75cb68af44d49e4a87c5f7072e8b"><enum>204.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID41ccb9872b504f4c9373481a42b7f915"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations for major medical facility projects</header><text>There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal
year 2011 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction,
Major Projects, account $1,124,545,000 for the projects authorized in sections
201 and 202.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID926d73538fcd4dd2b3cb68a21a3132d8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations for major medical facility leases</header><text>There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal
year 2011 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Medical
Facilities account $47,338,000 for the leases authorized in section 203.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID13ff697ddc834374a4634363fceb9cca"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
major medical facility projects authorized in sections 201 and 202 may only be
carried out using—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd1f9cacd429d46b9befdf06d5527c4d6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>funds appropriated for
fiscal year 2011 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection
(a) of this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9b7f7f8e373a4bfdbc09d5f76f6b6e8b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>funds available for
Construction, Major Projects, for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2011 that
remain available for obligation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc1db2d42d56d4cce96781ca767fb9709"><enum>(3)</enum><text>funds available for
Construction, Major Projects, for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2011 that
remain available for obligation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9df6ec67db754cd9a33d33a516e34d88"><enum>(4)</enum><text>funds appropriated for
Construction, Major Projects, for fiscal year 2011 for a category of activity
not specific to a project;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd10b60dd1dc5440a8aa4fc63874911cb"><enum>(5)</enum><text>funds appropriated for
Construction, Major Projects, for a fiscal year before 2011 for a category of
activity not specific to a project; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1e71819087904d85a4c4aa41797d43ca"><enum>(6)</enum><text>funds appropriated for
Construction, Major Projects, for a fiscal year after 2011 for a category of
activity not specific to a project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idD5B59625B67F4F3FACE06BDC3602B5DD"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">205.</added-phrase></enum><header>Report on use
of energy efficient technologies and best practices in Department of Veterans
Affairs medical facilities</header>
<subsection id="id03862F61354F46F4ADCC8DA253E08CFC"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(a)</added-phrase></enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a
report on the use of energy efficient technologies and best practices in
Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id29076ADA7F584DA1978522FDB9A19B45"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id7F63C730CBAB40C395CF299A487EBDA9"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(1)</added-phrase></enum><text>A description of
the energy efficient technologies and best practices used by the Department to
make Department medical facilities more energy efficient.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id99343DD771284F339684699DAB0EC6EB"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(2)</added-phrase></enum><text>An assessment of
the energy efficiency of the following features of Department medical
facilities:</text>
<subparagraph id="id90B71B5522654DB08F08AF8092110C13"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(A)</added-phrase></enum><text>Heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning systems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id636B76DCA4C544FA9D2A42485AF9501B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Lighting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87E305955269417D970B03884FCE92ED"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Elevators.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0FF04127C8BA47AC9147A7597AD8D5F0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Water heating.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCB7FEC398F7344278480E0126059BCBE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Information technology
and electronics.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF198A9E9AD4F4F05904E313CE0CA7D54"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Such other features as
the Secretary considers energy intensive.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC3FABF6C920A4433BE9DBFEAF83470EC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The status of the
compliance of Department medical facilities with provisions of law that are
applicable to the energy efficiency of such facilities, as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB2E0590A50CF413DA98582A56FAF3744"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of the
activities carried out by the Office of Construction and Facilities Management
of the Department to overhaul current master construction specifications and to
ensure that standardized efficiency guidelines are being implemented in all
Department medical facilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBB90EE194B724C4EA0C40607F7CE06F0"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(c)</added-phrase></enum><header>Collaboration</header><text>In
preparing the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall
collaborate with private sector experts and industry leaders in the energy
efficiency of medical facilities, including the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id9C32CF48F0884A74B7E78FEAFD0F8F6A"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">(1)</added-phrase></enum><text>The American
Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B892B88759F4FA88987E6169098FA1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Illuminating
Engineering Society of North America.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id784BE5BA20EE4C5691ACB72BB913D629"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The American Institute of
Architects.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id54B21990E3534D539869ABA0C032102E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header>Designation of
George H. O’Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center</header>
<subsection id="idD34F9140E68F4620BA8DC66C2D1FC894"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Veterans Affairs medical
center located in Big Spring, Texas, shall be known and designated as the
<quote>George H. O’Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF90C9A1E755B4BA384C61E9870BB3A21"><enum>(b)</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Department of
Veterans Affairs medical center referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed
to be a reference to the <quote>George H. O’Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Center</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idF56003357758447AA02EA6FFB0F424E7"><enum>207.</enum><header>Requirement that bid
savings on major medical facility projects of Department of Veterans Affairs be
used for other major medical facility construction projects of the
Department</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8104(d) of
title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2F9F1589E1184236BD24B670691A2986"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>In any case</quote> and
inserting <quote>(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), in any case</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id54250A614F21409C8571E6EF641DE06B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id107C7E6FFCA2492F8D8875B4DD1F0E00" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id4EA8A484B6C94E8781FB51EB50E75FAE" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In any fiscal year,
unobligated amounts in the Construction, Major Projects account that are a
direct result of bid savings from a major medical facility project may only be
obligated for other major medical facility projects authorized for that fiscal
year or a previous fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section>Amend the title so as to
read: A bill to improve the quality of health care provided by the
Department of Veterans Affairs, to increase access to health care and benefits
provided by the Department, to authorize major medical facility construction
projects of the Department, and for other
purposes.
.
September 2, 2010
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the
title