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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
Passed the Senate December 19, 2012. Nancy Erickson, Secretary