1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the
Dignified Burial and Other Veterans'
Benefits Improvement Act of 2012
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title;
table of contents.
Sec. 2. Scoring of budgetary effects.
TITLE I—Cemetery matters
Sec. 101. Furnishing caskets and urns for deceased veterans
with no known next of kin.
Sec. 102. Veterans
freedom of conscience protection.
Sec. 103. Improved
communication between Department of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and
funeral directors.
Sec. 104.
Identification and burial of unclaimed or abandoned human remains.
Sec. 105. Exclusion
of persons convicted of committing certain sex offenses from interment or
memorialization in national cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery, and
certain State veterans’ cemeteries and from receiving certain funeral
honors.
Sec. 106. Restoration, operation, and maintenance of Clark
Veterans Cemetery by American Battle Monuments Commission.
Sec. 107. Report on compliance of Department of Veterans
Affairs with industry standards for caskets and urns.
TITLE II—Health care
Sec. 201. Establishment of open burn pit registry.
Sec. 202. Transportation of beneficiaries to and from
facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 203. Extension of reduced pension for certain veterans
covered by medicaid plans for services furnished by nursing
facilities.
Sec. 204. Extension of report requirement for Special Committee
on Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder.
TITLE III—Other matters
Sec. 301. Off-base
transition training for veterans and their spouses.
Sec. 302. Requirement that judges on United States Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims reside within 50 miles of District of
Columbia.
Sec. 303. Designation
of Trinka Davis Veterans Village.
Sec. 304. Designation
of William Bill
Kling Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient
Clinic.
Sec. 305. Designation
of Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Sec. 306. Designation of David F. Winder Department of Veterans
Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic.
2.Scoring of budgetary effectsThe budgetary effects of this Act, for the
purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be
determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects
of PAYGO Legislation
for this Act, submitted for printing in the
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided
that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cemetery matters</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0741A1D69A57444E8F8DD0C5EA5B346E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Furnishing caskets and urns for deceased
veterans with no known next of kin</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF35F86C08A074EAA8F16104C57EF4D3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2306 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD034ABCCF05C44928DB2C4E8BA5C697E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
subsections (g) and (h), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F7CF039C1744199A62FD3DA9CD9D3A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (e) the
following new subsection (f):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6BE9596A55140588E7D6F01FCE0C55C" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59622DAC642A4818A8C0187BE099D19C"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may furnish a casket or urn,
of such quality as the Secretary considers appropriate for a dignified burial,
for burial in a national cemetery of a deceased veteran in any case in which
the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE45F477300C483392B1E694FE1531CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is unable to identify the veteran's next of
kin, if any; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55DD2755C0EC43C6BD3B9D19E6F1F8F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that sufficient resources for
the furnishing of a casket or urn for the burial of the veteran in a national
cemetery are not otherwise available.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63A6270A12B24C658D552A7C00D38B79"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h), as redesignated by
paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DC5C52DD42D48AD85607819D1AF405A" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB10C96AEB41149E0B6C76802395D6232" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
casket or urn may not be furnished under subsection (f) for burial of a person
described in section 2411(b) of this
title.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08FB0B6BA38942728C02CFDF70F88188"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections (f) and
(h)(4) of section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a), shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or
after the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCBEE4672F8F443C84BAA7CB88E70BB0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Veterans freedom of conscience
protection</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF4CF3C14A8A415DA112F52BE6A6422B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2404 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AA92F75A0344716A4D3CDFEF47300C3" style="USC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEDC8FB90EC746E6874BB3DC17499563"><enum>(h)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6A0C82162EBC4C09A1EA5F84FE577F3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the interment or funeral,
memorial service, or ceremony of a deceased veteran at a national cemetery, the
Secretary shall ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88804DA7A5F444ECA4462498CC458128" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expressed wishes of the next of kin or
other agent of the deceased veteran are respected and given appropriate
deference when evaluating whether the proposed interment or funeral, memorial
service, or ceremony affects the safety and security of the national cemetery
and visitors to the cemetery;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C7A78F9EE8542148DDB2D04519C9DA0" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent possible, all appropriate
public areas of the cemetery, including committal shelters, chapels, and
benches, may be used by the family of the deceased veteran for contemplation,
prayer, mourning, or reflection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDADBB6519CE24D64BCE562C3D2362426" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during such interment or funeral, memorial
service, or ceremony, the family of the deceased veteran may display any
religious or other symbols chosen by the family.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4466B52835E646D6B73BE29A47AA452E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to regulations prescribed by the
Secretary under paragraph (4), including such regulations ensuring the security
of a national cemetery, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable,
provide to any military or volunteer veterans honor guard, including such
guards belonging to a veterans service organization or other nongovernmental
group that provides services to veterans, access to public areas of a national
cemetery if such access is requested by the next of kin or other agent of a
deceased veteran whose interment or funeral, memorial service, or ceremony is
being held in such cemetery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7424672677714DB09E2B38F9F7BAB687" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the interment or funeral,
memorial service, or ceremony of a deceased veteran at a national cemetery, the
Secretary shall notify the next of kin or other agent of the deceased veteran
of funeral honors available to the deceased veteran, including such honors
provided by any military or volunteer veterans honor guard described in
paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BCA995CD1D044B4B809616713341D28" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe regulations
to carry out this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE2A4E2AC1D44981A3AB6B8AB9C11749"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interim implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may carry out paragraphs (1)
through (3) of section 2404(h) of such title, as added by subsection (a),
before the Secretary prescribes regulations pursuant to paragraph (4) of such
section, as so added.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E3BFE2ECAC04C7EB301100662637140"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of
section 2404(h) of such title, as added by subsection (a). Such report shall
include a certification of whether the Secretary is in compliance with all of
the provisions of such section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7230E950AF341BBB0570DCEC6B131F0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improved communication between Department
of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral directors</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF90668440FA4E19AEC250A8E71B47B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 24 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="H1E574BA85E844485A14646AEEF9238DA" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC7D9BDC76424AD08726359981A648D9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2414.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Communication between Department of
Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral directors</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA5413129D74455BBF00A33697C45E9A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to each deceased veteran
described in subsection (b) who is transported to a national cemetery for
burial, the Secretary shall ensure that the local medical examiner, funeral
director, county service group, or other entity responsible for the body of the
deceased veteran before such transportation submits to the Secretary the
following information:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF81EABD56FA74F93A0CF50BC3A67720B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whether the deceased veteran was
cremated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD09412F3BDB74EBFBD4EDEDA2F20591A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The steps taken to ensure that the deceased
veteran has no next of kin.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB68B283A5ABF46DF9C9F4B9B3A5A1734"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deceased veteran described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A deceased veteran described in this
subsection is a deceased veteran—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id953D1755C26C4936BA063CF3D77BE379"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to whom the Secretary
determines that there is no next of kin or other person claiming the body of
the deceased veteran; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFB3BE5299464B60A7F8AE0CEB6B47FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who does not have sufficient resources for
the furnishing of a casket or urn for the burial of the deceased veteran in a
national cemetery, as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D69B3C6BEFA4FB3B5D02DA54962FBBC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2413
the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8EAE123AA394B108E2D0BDEF1FB5BC6" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2414. Communication between
Department of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral
directors.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49D3CF6C77FF4550B559B8224DC68C56"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2414 of title
38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to deaths
occurring on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H398BE4CF834646738F24D8172363796D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification and burial of unclaimed or
abandoned human remains</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12C3AB5E0D924DD2A2D1FAC873473B18"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification of unclaimed or abandoned
human remains</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
of Veterans Affairs shall cooperate with veterans service organizations to
assist entities in possession of unclaimed or abandoned human remains in
determining if any such remains are the remains of veterans or other
individuals eligible for burial in a national cemetery under the jurisdiction
of the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F8B2924BDB14686A82EEB9BB88E592D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Burial of unclaimed or abandoned human
remains</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA11A477F65164D56BDE4F7ED246BA10C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funeral expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2302(a)(2) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote>who was a veteran of any war or was
discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service for a
disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty, whose body is held by a
State (or a political subdivision of a State), and</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB24EEF9E5304D12A52B612A60FA8071"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transportation costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2308 of such title is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFEA231351A445CCA0B40CA138C149D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Where a veteran</quote>
and all that follows through <quote>compensation, the</quote> and inserting
<quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
general.—</header-in-text>The</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48B582F8F5844769BBF823F1C8E3471D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), as designated by
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>described in subsection (b)</quote> after
<quote>of the deceased veteran</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7999EEE1B3D04117A6F8DA1013767379"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65C8E0E0C90A4DC692C618E629C39F45" style="USC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2913601DA89A4BBA9D121F79E1B39718"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deceased veteran described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A deceased veteran described in this
subsection is any of the following veterans:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06400AD0589B455AAF35E7A8B8C34CF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A veteran who dies as the result of a
service-connected disability.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71FCE56C10A1408791DBE788906E985F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A veteran who dies while in receipt of
disability compensation (or who but for the receipt of retirement pay or
pension under this title, would have been entitled to compensation).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6154D2C4F153486DB88E0E1951807DDF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A veteran whom the Secretary determines is
eligible for funeral expenses under section 2302 of this title by virtue of the
Secretary determining that the veteran has no next of kin or other person
claiming the body of such veteran pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) of such
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id427DB30D50284F63BB250C69BB46E0FC"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this subsection shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to burials and
funerals occurring on or after the date that is one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1D700CABC6643FCBE69000E182BA9F2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion of persons convicted of
committing certain sex offenses from interment or memorialization in national
cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery, and certain State veterans’ cemeteries
and from receiving certain funeral honors</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5940C67257BD4B52820AD62479BABC1B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition Against</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2411(b) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56D14264EE79418E86FDCF59ECF97807" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E7F9C81B0214D14A309E5051B82CEC8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FAF1FB423EE452C96727D7C7753162C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who has been convicted of a Federal or
State crime causing the person to be a tier III sex offender for purposes of
the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16901 et
seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0B2FA43E19643C4866C865A3A263B5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who, for such crime, is sentenced to a
minimum of life imprisonment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4252694411FE4481B705CBB3DF6A5D76"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose conviction is final (other than a
person whose sentence was commuted by the President or Governor of a State, as
the case may
be).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38C344F23E6F49FCA16104CAC1EAFF4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2411(a)(2) of such title is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6BA61FCFBDA4BCFA1D9CA2BF76AEF6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or (b)(2)</quote> each
place it appears and inserting <quote>, (b)(2), or (b)(4)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BD711289AD641EF96F5334CDF55C2F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>capital</quote> each
place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6734020A1EEF4A2EA77BD016694CEF4E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to interments and memorializations that
occur on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59F7D764E87A4F3A889EEC3482CC23C4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restoration, operation, and maintenance of
Clark Veterans Cemetery by American Battle Monuments Commission</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id776F2D5B89F149D68F0B25A0B174374A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After an agreement is made between the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the United States Government,
Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Republic of the Philippines shall be treated,
for purposes of section 2104 of title 36, United States Code, as a cemetery for
which it was decided under such section that the cemetery will become a
permanent cemetery and the American Battle Monuments Commission shall restore,
operate, and maintain Clark Veterans Cemetery (to the degree the Commission
considers appropriate) under such section in cooperation with the Government of
the Republic of the Philippines.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3c232b0ad144aad9b705e9a65a3cc2a"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on future burials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Burials at the cemetery described in
subsection (a) after the date of the agreement described in such subsection
shall be limited to eligible veterans, as determined by the Commission, whose
burial does not incur any cost to the Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e864b78c56b48afb5dbf41fc431178a"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Commission—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idade4dab8fea24b8384c532278da1f6c3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for site preparation, design,
planning, construction, and associated administrative costs for the restoration
of the cemetery described in subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07253e66572b4e7885a4d28921654c1d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amounts necessary to operate and maintain
the cemetery described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BB0A441EA4A4F119082A61713B9C5FA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on compliance of Department of
Veterans Affairs with industry standards for caskets and urns</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE0971DFB81A47DF914E17D327E784CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the compliance of the
Department of Veterans Affairs with industry standards for caskets and
urns.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF35C0C324544E8F848AD4C97AF43684"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id017268B158BE471FA315C3B0AC34B47D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of industry standards for
caskets and urns.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FC15CD297234EDBBEA6600F053A5926"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of compliance with such
standards at national cemeteries administered by the Department with respect to
caskets and urns used for the interment of those eligible for burial at such
cemeteries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Health care</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4A244CEF7274ADF964B06826D3BD534" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of open burn pit
registry</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9106F87D08346BB85B5F32FCE7FDB7A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of registry</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id358536836D28447CABA605AE9B87BE4C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7B8046B40D44796BD263665284AC0D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish and maintain an open burn pit
registry for eligible individuals who may have been exposed to toxic airborne
chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E2893AB881048BE9E0963CD95ED6174"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include any information in such registry
that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines necessary to ascertain and
monitor the health effects of the exposure of members of the Armed Forces to
toxic airborne chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC45ED4D4B43A4B6FB5D0834B3F10C948"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a public information campaign to
inform eligible individuals about the open burn pit registry, including how to
register and the benefits of registering; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H598D5A578C3E48148A0FA1396EA1B201"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">periodically notify eligible individuals of
significant developments in the study and treatment of conditions associated
with exposure to toxic airborne chemicals and fumes caused by open burn
pits.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE41CE6D243784ED99FE951B9B2DEB85D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
coordinate with the Secretary of Defense in carrying out paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15B5B24005A04918B7BDE8A611F1DA2D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report to Congress</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AE9C7E2C6FA485AB02225EEDB69A494"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports by independent scientific
organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall enter into an agreement with an independent scientific
organization to prepare reports as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13235716567548CAB9750F28BEEDF1A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two years after the date on
which the registry under subsection (a) is established, an initial report
containing the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2362EDAB69154DDF85EF18D7EB0B7ABC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the effectiveness of
actions taken by the Secretaries to collect and maintain information on the
health effects of exposure to toxic airborne chemicals and fumes caused by open
burn pits.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DCBEA8495974214A57C9B9B13BFFA00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations to improve the collection
and maintenance of such information.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC68CD39D7EA47CDB255494C1EC0DA15"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Using established and previously published
epidemiological studies, recommendations regarding the most effective and
prudent means of addressing the medical needs of eligible individuals with
respect to conditions that are likely to result from exposure to open burn
pits.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CEA51E8B2A048A29A21FC0EA73F3B3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than five years after completing
the initial report described in subparagraph (A), a follow-up report containing
the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7C99728199A47DCAE33D66828AEDE94"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An update to the initial report described
in subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B39F2335D9344BDA672D01CBDB79053"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of whether and to what degree
the content of the registry established under subsection (a) is current and
scientifically up-to-date.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0521AA428C9A428FB65FC3400BBEEC5F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submittal to Congress</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id910144CF8B8C498D97BFF841706E2104"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two
years after the date on which the registry under subsection (a) is established,
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress the initial report
prepared under paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id456C0295D72C40F9AE9DE6D17395576B"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Follow-up report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than five years after submitting
the report under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
submit to Congress the follow-up report prepared under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB6FDEA904E241509E8626DA865E4515"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BF94CCCB1384F54B165DB3D3B13E819"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible individual</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible individual</term>
means any individual who, on or after September 11, 2001—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H165C0CC1F50E43A980D848D65000D5D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was deployed in support of a contingency
operation while serving in the Armed Forces; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A07E98EE9C2427F9E7F0070F2EDB1D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during such deployment, was based or
stationed at a location where an open burn pit was used.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E3E082159BB4B398876A29CD2648D6C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Open burn pit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>open burn pit</term> means
an area of land located in Afghanistan or Iraq that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3B4F596F36442C2B6B122530DB8C4EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is designated by the Secretary of Defense
to be used for disposing solid waste by burning in the outdoor air; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA0FC4B1FBFB4EFC9FBA3E9ECC73E127"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not contain a commercially
manufactured incinerator or other equipment specifically designed and
manufactured for the burning of solid waste.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88217F35CC634EF68281C2FCF5398626" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transportation of beneficiaries to and from
facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id320DBA7A041E4BA7B8A8E6D4075BC939"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 1 of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 111 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB171523463EA440EB4BBFC8B82114D91" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F4C03833A7F43C08363B8A6A0EA9074" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111A.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transportation of individuals to and from
Department facilities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB16888EC91E4D7698B46AE5F3E46119"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transportation by Secretary</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1C211CAE9B2C4BCFB55066AA1F243F82"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may transport any person to
or from a Department facility or other place in connection with vocational
rehabilitation, counseling required by the Secretary pursuant to chapter 34 or
35 of this title, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0A304E28F68444AB2DEEB8A2D36E6CE" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority granted by paragraph (1)
shall expire on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of
this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F84FF5119AC44149656757A1D0F0E4D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (h) of section 111 of such title
is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3577CB921801450CA8BE12E5083F1756"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transferred to section 111A of such title,
as added by subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BBCCC2D32964C81A32F22AF96B79923"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">redesignated as subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1BCB755EC83A4688AD4ED690883EAF6C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">inserted after subsection (a) of such
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A1AD98E061443A1BFE10DD12291888B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Transportation by
third-parties</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>The
Secretary</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6C15D831A3D4A74850F15C8CBAAD140"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 1 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 111 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10BC6B25BEBD45669FE498E80D208626" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">111A. Transportation of
individuals to and from Department
facilities.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE92860B1813049DD8480303136989C73" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of reduced pension for certain
veterans covered by medicaid plans for services furnished by nursing
facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5503(d)(7)
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>September 30,
2016</quote> and inserting <quote>November 30, 2016</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA78E3D5A351D4A8EAF5DE97A1D29D331" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of report requirement for 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 (Public Law 98–528; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by
striking <quote>through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>through
2016</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other matters</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AB027E692E34E8AB7FA19F11BF60BF3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Off-base transition training for veterans
and their spouses</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14B8FD9E93A244EABFDA0A2E73C0038B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provision of off-base transition
training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the two-year
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Labor shall provide the Transition Assistance Program under section 1144 of
title 10, United States Code, to eligible individuals at locations other than
military installations to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing
such program to eligible individuals at locations other than military
installations.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F8D2E26009644B4B3E05CE1D702A59C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, an eligible
individual is a veteran or the spouse of a veteran.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07108B7BA28A4CA9885E5A21F7AE5922"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Locations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8884ED5AB1D34EB8928E1E08F1599F1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number of States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out the training
under subsection (a) in not less than three and not more than five States
selected by the Secretary for purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBF020DC2BE7422DA0DC9776F69D0918"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection of States with high
unemployment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the States
selected by the Secretary under paragraph (1), at least two shall be States
with high rates of unemployment among veterans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB494A4FBDEB146A98385432CFD9D98C9"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number of locations in each
State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
provide training under subsection (a) to eligible individuals at a sufficient
number of locations within each State selected under this subsection to meet
the needs of eligible individuals in such State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84A0B6B845B3411FA2DB426B9998C083"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection of locations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall select locations for
the provision of training under subsection (a) to facilitate access by
participants and may not select any location on a military installation other
than a National Guard or reserve facility that is not located on an active duty
military installation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A0E10C6C9D9412D9C5D87CA9488195B"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion of information about veterans
benefits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
ensure that the training provided under subsection (a) generally follows the
content of the Transition Assistance Program under section 1144 of title 10,
United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA24941EC0AED4AAB82F6602F20EA43EF"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than March 1 of any year during
which the Secretary provides training under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
submit to Congress a report on the provision of such training.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6C5BF4B029C47DB8A80FEA59BEB9D9C"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comptroller General report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the
termination of the one-year period described in subsection (a), the Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the training
provided under such subsection. The report shall include the evaluation of the
Comptroller General regarding the feasibility and advisability of carrying out
off-base transition training at locations nationwide.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41F8CBE9548E415F91E5DA591402E807" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement that judges on United States
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims reside within 50 miles of District of
Columbia</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14C94A262AA54C8BB405CEE61A657CD3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Residency requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3C3C0FCAD644B19ABED173130FD6C67"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7255 is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8915DF7171B4CE08BF2B6AA59EF6A70" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E6946418C9F4641AED7A95C998CFC4E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7255.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Offices, duty stations, and
residences</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF54170FF84EC4965B7C771FAA1414732"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Principal office</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The principal office of the Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims shall be in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan
area, but the Court may sit at any place within the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DF66D2C5EF9435CA449140552361CB5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Official duty stations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBECE9C1C38E24011AD531CC46E0D1AC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
official duty station of each judge while in active service shall be the
principal office of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5140C560300244A28FB21E8B06C5FFB1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The place where a recall-eligible retired
judge maintains the actual abode in which such judge customarily lives shall be
considered the recall-eligible retired judge's official duty station.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda67d98dee0443b58edb045651a02e29"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Residences</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF126A851B9A342ECAC832B64992429AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), after
appointment and while in active service, each judge of the Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims shall reside within 50 miles of the Washington, D.C.,
metropolitan area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA3C60F4F79843D5A8049AD2E184B503" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply to
recall-eligible retired judges of the Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DECA30D1C8848208888E1C56A356185"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 72 is amended by striking the item relating to section 7255 and
inserting the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D22D787988A4E1E9B76A3AC51A26C43" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">7255. Offices, duty stations,
and
residences.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C8A9CF0D41344C39006878AE303440F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Removal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7253(f)(1) is amended by striking
<quote>or engaging in the practice of law</quote> and inserting <quote>engaging
in the practice of law, or violating section 7255(c) of this
title</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50BD037392934BA8A781F60C2DE0AEB9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDDFDC09E8712494AB5B0006AB5A3C005"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 7255, as added by
subsection (a), and the amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect on
the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6E03F84C7874047B470343424C95EFE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (b) shall
apply with respect to judges confirmed on or after January 1, 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD57AFDDDD6E43069CF3A1BA39378FD7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of Trinka Davis Veterans
Village</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17634129C09C4CC3A40F76560A989F0C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The facility of the Department of Veterans
Affairs located at 180 Martin Drive in Carrollton, Georgia, shall after the
date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the <quote>Trinka
Davis Veterans Village</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4254FAB8811046BBBBD3E2DD9FAA3A75"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in any law, regulation, map,
document, record, or other paper of the United States to the facility referred
to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the <quote>Trinka
Davis Veterans Village</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78D2CF3CBDFA4777A535A1A6B0993E6C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of William <quote>Bill</quote>
Kling Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC070A1F159A642D6AECA32C6E596C5EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The facility of the Department of Veterans
Affairs located at 9800 West Commercial Boulevard in Sunrise, Florida, shall
after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the
<quote>William <quote>Bill</quote> Kling Department of Veterans Affairs
Outpatient Clinic</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B3FB82BE57C4872B560C3B5F0A4F1DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 facility referred
to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the <quote>William
<quote>Bill</quote> Kling Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient
Clinic</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5D9F09CA0CC40D09BCBE513F4D5253F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of Mann-Grandstaff Department
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D235C180085499EA6CD6585BF9FB195"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Veterans Affairs medical
center in Spokane, Washington, shall after the date of the enactment of this
Act be known and designated as the <quote>Mann-Grandstaff Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Center</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCAC58D2E3CF34B9FB59D5AF6AC9FBAF4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01a3879b760d41a6805573a60a111887" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of David F. Winder Department
of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3750302415c747669a3bf1778a1a79aa"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Veterans Affairs
community based outpatient clinic located in Mansfield, Ohio, shall after the
date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the <quote>David
F. Winder Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient
Clinic</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85d00715ee7c4c80aa03776f6125f61c"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 community based outpatient clinic referred to in subsection
(a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the <quote>David F. Winder Department
of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section>
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the
Senate