[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 801 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.801
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and one
An Act
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for
CHAMPVA, to provide for family coverage and retroactive expansion of the
increase in maximum benefits under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance,
to make technical amendments, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Survivor
Benefits Improvements Act of 2001''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

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who are
eligible for hospital insurance benefits under the medicare
program.

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for members dying in performance of duty on or after October
1, 2000.

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Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States
Code.

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WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS UNDER
THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
Subsection (d) of section 1713 is amended to read as follows:
``(d)(1)(A) An individual otherwise eligible for medical care under
this section who is also entitled to hospital insurance benefits under
part A of the medicare program is eligible for medical care under this
section only if the individual is also enrolled in the supplementary
medical insurance program under part B of the medicare program.
``(B) The limitation in subparagraph (A) does not apply to an
individual who--
``(i) has attained 65 years of age as of the date of the
enactment of the Veterans' Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of
2001; and
``(ii) is not enrolled in the supplementary medical insurance
program under part B of the medicare program as of that date.
``(2) Subject to paragraph (3), if an individual described in
paragraph (1) receives medical care for which payment may be made under
both this section and the medicare program, the amount payable for such
medical care under this section shall be the amount by which (A) the
costs for such medical care exceed (B) the sum of--
``(i) the amount payable for such medical care under the
medicare program; and
``(ii) the total amount paid or payable for such medical care
by third party payers other than the medicare program.
``(3) The amount payable under this subsection for medical care may
not exceed the total amount that would be paid under subsection (b) if
payment for such medical care were made solely under subsection (b).
``(4) In this paragraph:
``(A) The term `medicare program' means the program of health
insurance administered by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395 et seq.).
``(B) The term `third party' has the meaning given that term in
section 1729(i)(3) of this title.''.

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(a) Insurable Dependents.--(1) Section 1965 is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
``(10) The term `insurable dependent', with respect to a
member, means the following:
``(A) The member's spouse.
``(B) The member's child, as defined in the first sentence
of section 101(4)(A) of this title.''.
(2) Section 101(4)(A) is amended in the matter preceding clause (i)
by inserting ``(other than with respect to a child who is an insurable
dependent under section 1965(10)(B) of such chapter)'' after ``except
for purposes of chapter 19 of this title''.
(b) Insurance Coverage.--(1) Subsection (a) of section 1967 is
amended to read as follows:
``(a)(1) Subject to an election under paragraph (2), any policy of
insurance purchased by the Secretary under section 1966 of this title
shall automatically insure the following persons against death:
``(A) In the case of any member of a uniformed service on
active duty (other than active duty for training)--
``(i) the member; and
``(ii) each insurable dependent of the member.
``(B) Any member of a uniformed service on active duty for
training or inactive duty training scheduled in advance by
competent authority.
``(C) In the case of any member of the Ready Reserve of a
uniformed service who meets the qualifications set forth in section
1965(5)(B) of this title--
``(i) the member; and
``(ii) each insurable dependent of the member.
``(2)(A) A member may elect in writing not to be insured under this
subchapter.
``(B) A member may elect in writing not to insure the member's
spouse under this subchapter.
``(3)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the amount for which
a person is insured under this subchapter is as follows:
``(i) In the case of a member, $250,000.
``(ii) In the case of a member's spouse, $100,000.
``(iii) In the case of a member's child, $10,000.
``(B) A member may elect in writing to be insured or to insure the
member's spouse in an amount less than the amount provided for under
subparagraph (A). The member may not elect to insure the member's child
in an amount less than $10,000. The amount of insurance so elected
shall, in the case of a member or spouse, be evenly divisible by
$10,000.
``(C) In no case may the amount of insurance coverage under this
subsection of a member's spouse exceed the amount of insurance coverage
of the member.
``(4)(A) An insurable dependent of a member is not insured under
this chapter unless the member is insured under this subchapter.
``(B) An insurable dependent who is a child may not be insured at
any time by the insurance coverage under this chapter of more than one
member. If an insurable dependent who is a child is otherwise eligible
to be insured by the coverage of more than one member under this
chapter, the child shall be insured by the coverage of the member whose
eligibility for insurance under this subchapter occurred first, except
that if that member does not have legal custody of the child, the child
shall be insured by the coverage of the member who has legal custody of
the child.
``(5) The insurance shall be effective with respect to a member and
the insurable dependents of the member on the latest of the following
dates:
``(A) The first day of active duty or active duty for training.
``(B) The beginning of a period of inactive duty training
scheduled in advance by competent authority.
``(C) The first day a member of the Ready Reserve meets the
qualifications set forth in section 1965(5)(B) of this title.
``(D) The date certified by the Secretary to the Secretary
concerned as the date Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance under
this subchapter for the class or group concerned takes effect.
``(E) In the case of an insurable dependent who is a spouse,
the date of marriage of the spouse to the member.
``(F) In the case of an insurable dependent who is a child, the
date of birth of such child or, if the child is not the natural
child of the member, the date on which the child acquires status as
an insurable dependent of the member.''.
(2) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking the first
sentence and inserting the following: ``If a person eligible for
insurance under this subchapter is not so insured, or is insured for
less than the maximum amount provided for the person under subparagraph
(A) of subsection (a)(3), by reason of an election made by a member
under subparagraph (B) of that subsection, the person may thereafter be
insured under this subchapter in the maximum amount or any lesser
amount elected as provided in such subparagraph (B) upon written
application by the member, proof of good health of each person (other
than a child) to be so insured, and compliance with such other terms
and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary.''.
(c) Termination of Coverage.--(1) Subsection (a) of section 1968 is
amended--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ``and
any insurance thereunder on any insurable dependent of such a
member,'' after ``any insurance thereunder on any member of the
uniformed services,''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) With respect to an insurable dependent of the member,
insurance under this subchapter shall cease--
``(A) 120 days after the date of an election made in
writing by the member to terminate the coverage; or
``(B) on the earliest of--
``(i) 120 days after the date of the member's death;
``(ii) 120 days after the date of termination of the
insurance on the member's life under this subchapter; or
``(iii) 120 days after the termination of the
dependent's status as an insurable dependent of the
member.''.
(2) Such subsection is further amended--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``, and
such insurance shall cease--'' and inserting ``and such insurance
shall cease as follows:'';
(B) by striking ``with'' after the paragraph designation in
each of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) and inserting ``With'';
(C) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``thirty-one days--'' and inserting ``31 days, insurance under
this subchapter shall cease--'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A)--
(I) by striking ``one hundred and twenty days'' after
``(A)'' and inserting ``120 days''; and
(II) by striking ``prior to the expiration of one
hundred and twenty days'' and inserting ``before the end of
120 days''; and
(iii) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph
(B) and inserting a period;
(D) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking ``thirty-one days'' and inserting ``31
days,'';
(ii) by striking ``one hundred and twenty days'' both
places it appears and inserting ``120 days''; and
(iii) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a
period;
(E) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by inserting a comma after ``competent authority'';
(ii) by striking ``one hundred and twenty days'' both
places it appears and inserting ``120 days''; and
(iii) by striking ``; and'' at the end and inserting a
period; and
(F) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``insurance under this
subchapter shall cease'' before ``120 days after'' the first place
it appears.
(3) Subsection (b)(1)(A) of such section is amended by inserting
``(to insure against death of the member only)'' after ``converted to
Veterans' Group Life Insurance''.
(d) Premiums.--Section 1969 is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsections:
``(g)(1)(A) During any period in which a spouse of a member is
insured under this subchapter and the member is on active duty, there
shall be deducted each month from the member's basic or other pay until
separation or release from active duty an amount determined by the
Secretary as the premium allocable to the pay period for providing that
insurance coverage. No premium may be charged for providing insurance
coverage for a child.
``(B) During any month in which a member is assigned to the Ready
Reserve of a uniformed service under conditions which meet the
qualifications set forth in section 1965(5)(B) of this title and the
spouse of the member is insured under a policy of insurance purchased
by the Secretary under section 1966 of this title, there shall be
contributed from the appropriation made for active duty pay of the
uniformed service concerned an amount determined by the Secretary
(which shall be the same for all such members) as the share of the cost
attributable to insuring the spouse of such member under this policy,
less any costs traceable to the extra hazards of such duty in the
uniformed services. Any amounts so contributed on behalf of any
individual shall be collected by the Secretary concerned from such
individual (by deduction from pay or otherwise) and shall be credited
to the appropriation from which such contribution was made.
``(2)(A) The Secretary shall determine the premium amounts to be
charged for life insurance coverage for spouses of members under this
subchapter.
``(B) The premium amounts shall be determined on the basis of sound
actuarial principles and shall include an amount necessary to cover the
administrative costs to the insurer or insurers providing such
insurance.
``(C) Each premium rate for the first policy year shall be
continued for subsequent policy years, except that the rate may be
adjusted for any such subsequent policy year on the basis of the
experience under the policy, as determined by the Secretary in advance
of that policy year.
``(h) Any overpayment of a premium for insurance coverage for an
insurable dependent of a member that is terminated under section
1968(a)(5) of this title shall be refunded to the member.''.
(e) Payments of Insurance Proceeds.--Section 1970 is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) Any amount of insurance in force on an insurable dependent of
a member under this subchapter on the date of the dependent's death
shall be paid, upon the establishment of a valid claim therefor, to the
member or, in the event of the member's death before payment to the
member can be made, then to the person or persons entitled to receive
payment of the proceeds of insurance on the member's life under this
subchapter.''.
(f) Conversion of SGLI to Private Life Insurance.--Section 1968(b)
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3)(A) In the case of a policy purchased under this subchapter
for an insurable dependent who is a spouse, upon election of the
spouse, the policy may be converted to an individual policy of
insurance under the same conditions as described in section 1977(e) of
this title (with respect to conversion of a Veterans' Group Life
Insurance policy to such an individual policy) upon written application
for conversion made to the participating company selected by the spouse
and payment of the required premiums. Conversion of such policy to
Veterans' Group Life Insurance is prohibited.
``(B) In the case of a policy purchased under this subchapter for
an insurable dependent who is a child, such policy may not be converted
under this subsection.''.
(g) Effective Date and Initial Implementation.--(1) The amendments
made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first
month that begins more than 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(2) Each Secretary concerned, acting in consultation with the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall take such action as is necessary
to ensure that during the period between the date of the enactment of
this Act and the effective date determined under paragraph (1) each
eligible member--
(A) is furnished an explanation of the insurance benefits
available for dependents under the amendments made by this section;
and
(B) is afforded an opportunity before such effective date to
make elections that are authorized under those amendments to be
made with respect to dependents.
(3) For purposes of paragraph (2):
(A) The term ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given that
term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
(B) The term ``eligible member'' means a member of the
uniformed services described in subparagraph (A) or (C) of section
1967(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, as amended by
subsection (b)(1).

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FOR MEMBERS DYING IN PERFORMANCE OF DUTY ON OR AFTER
OCTOBER 1, 2000.
(a) Applicability of Increase in Benefit.--Notwithstanding
subsection (c) of section 312 of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care
Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1854), the
amendments made by subsection (a) of that section shall take effect on
October 1, 2000, with respect to any member of the uniformed services
who died in the performance of duty (as determined by the Secretary
concerned) during the period beginning on October 1, 2000, and ending
at the close of March 31, 2001, and who on the date of death was
insured under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program under
subchapter III of chapter 19 of title 38, United States Code, for the
maximum coverage available under that program.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given that
term in section 101(25) of title 38, United States Code.
(2) The term ``uniformed services'' has the meaning given that
term in section 1965(6) of title 38, United States Code.

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(a) Availability of Outreach Services for Children, Spouses,
Surviving Spouses, and Dependent Parents.--Paragraph (2) of section
7721(b) is amended to read as follows:
``(2) the term `eligible dependent' means a spouse, surviving
spouse, child, or dependent parent of a person who served in the
active military, naval, or air service.''.
(b) Improved Outreach Program.--(1) Subchapter II of chapter 77 is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 7727. Outreach for eligible dependents
``(a) In carrying out this subchapter, the Secretary shall ensure
that the needs of eligible dependents are fully addressed.
``(b) The Secretary shall ensure that the availability of outreach
services and assistance for eligible dependents under this subchapter
is made known through a variety of means, including the Internet,
announcements in veterans publications, and announcements to the
media.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of that chapter is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7726 the
following new item:
``7727. Outreach for eligible dependents.''.

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(a) Clarification of Eligibility Requirement for Benefits.--
(1) In general.--Clause (i) of section 3011(a)(1)(A), as
amended by section 103(a)(1)(A) of the Veterans Benefits and Health
Care Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1825),
is amended by striking ``serves an obligated period of active duty
of'' and inserting ``(I) in the case of an individual whose
obligated period of active duty is three years or more, serves at
least three years of continuous active duty in the Armed Forces, or
(II) in the case of an individual whose obligated period of active
duty is less than three years, serves''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall
take effect as if enacted on November 1, 2000, immediately after
the enactment of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419).
(b) Entitlement Charge for Off-Duty Training and Education.--
(1) In general.--Section 3014(b)(2) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(without regard to''
and all that follows through ``this subsection''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) The number of months of entitlement charged under this
chapter in the case of an individual who has been paid a basic
educational assistance allowance under this subsection shall be equal
to the number (including any fraction) determined by dividing the total
amount of such educational assistance allowance paid the individual by
the full-time monthly institutional rate of educational assistance
which such individual would otherwise be paid under subsection (a)(1),
(b)(1), (c)(1), (d)(1), or (e)(1) of section 3015 of this title, as the
case may be.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--(A) Section 3015 is amended--
(i) in subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1), by inserting
``subsection (h)'' after ``from time to time under''; and
(ii) by striking the subsection that was inserted as
subsection (g) by section 1602(b)(3)(C) of the Floyd D. Spence
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as
enacted by Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-359) and
redesignated as subsection (h) by 105(b)(2) of the Veterans
Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law
106-419; 114 Stat. 1829).
(B) Section 3032(b) is amended--
(i) by striking ``the lesser of'' and inserting ``the least
of the following:'';
(ii) by striking ``or'' after ``chapter,''; and
(iii) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``, or (3) the amount of the charges of the
educational institution elected by the individual under section
3014(b)(1) of this title''.
(3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
shall take effect as if enacted on November 1, 2000, immediately
after the enactment of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care
Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419).
(c) Incremental Increases for Contributing Active Duty Members.--
(1) Active duty program.--Section 3011(e), as added by section
105(a)(1) of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act
of 2000 (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1828), is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, but not more
frequently than monthly'' before the period;
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``$4'' and inserting
``$20''; and
(C) in paragraph (4)--
(i) by striking ``Secretary. The'' and inserting
``Secretary of the military department concerned. That'';
and
(ii) by striking ``by the Secretary''.
(2) Selected reserve program.--Section 3012(f), as added by
section 105(a)(2) of such Act, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, but not more
frequently than monthly'' before the period;
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``$4'' and inserting
``$20''; and
(C) in paragraph (4)--
(i) by striking ``Secretary. The'' and inserting
``Secretary of the military department concerned. That'';
and
(ii) by striking ``by the Secretary''.
(3) Increased assistance amount.--Section 3015(g), as added by
section 105(b)(3) of such Act, is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting
``effective as of the first day of the enrollment period
following receipt of such contributions from such individual by
the Secretary concerned,'' after ``by section 3011(e) or
3012(f) of this title,''; and
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``$1'' and inserting ``$5'';
(ii) by striking ``$4'' and inserting ``$20''; and
(iii) by inserting ``of this title'' after ``section
3011(e) or 3012(f)''.
(4) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 105 of
the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000
(Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1828).
(d) Death Benefits.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 3017(b) is amended to
read as follows:
``(1) the total of--
``(A) the amount reduced from the individual's basic pay
under section 3011(b), 3012(c), 3018(c), 3018A(b), 3018B(b),
3018C(b), or 3018C(e) of this title;
``(B) the amount reduced from the individual's retired pay
under section 3018C(e) of this title;
``(C) the amount collected from the individual by the
Secretary under section 3018B(b), 3018C(b), or 3018C(e) of this
title; and
``(D) the amount of any contributions made by the
individual under section 3011(c) or 3012(f) of this title,
less''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall
take effect as of May 1, 2001.
(e) Clarification of Contributions Required by VEAP Participants
Who Enroll in Basic Educational Assistance.--
(1) Clarification.--Section 3018C(b), as amended by section
104(b) of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of
2000 (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1828), is amended by striking
``or (e)''.
(2) Treatment of certain contributions.--Any amount collected
under section 3018C(b) of title 38, United States Code (whether by
reduction in basic pay under paragraph (1) of that section,
collection under paragraph (2) of that section, or both), with
respect to an individual who enrolled in basic educational
assistance under section 3018C(e) of that title, during the period
beginning on November 1, 2000, and ending on the date of the
enactment of this Act, shall be treated as an amount collected with
respect to the individual under section 3018C(e)(3)(A) of that
title (whether as a reduction in basic pay under clause (i) of that
section, a collection under clause (ii) of that section, or both)
for basic educational assistance under section 3018C of that title.
(f) Clarification of Time Period for Election of Beginning of
Chapter 35 Eligibility for Dependents.--
(1) In general.--(A) Section 3512(a)(3)(B), as amended by
section 112 of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1831), is amended to
read as follows:
``(B) the eligible person elects that beginning date by not
later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date
on which the Secretary provides written notice to that person
of that person's opportunity to make such election, such notice
including a statement of the deadline for the election imposed
under this subparagraph; and''.
(B) Section 3512(a)(3)(C), as so amended, is amended by
striking ``between the dates described in'' and inserting ``the
date determined pursuant to''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall
take effect as if enacted on November 1, 2000, immediately after
the enactment of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement
Act of 2000.

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(a) Title 38, United States Code.--Title 38, United States Code, is
amended as follows:
(1) Effective as of November 1, 2000, section 107 is amended--
(A) in the second sentence of subsection (a), by inserting
``or (d)'' after ``subsection (c)'';
(B) by redesignating the second subsection (c) (added by
section 332(a)(2) of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care
Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419)) as subsection
(d); and
(C) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking
``In'' in paragraph (1) and inserting ``With respect to
benefits under chapter 23 of this title, in''.
(2) Section 1710B(c)(2)(B) is amended by striking ``on the date
of the enactment of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and
Benefits Act'' and inserting ``November 30, 1999''.
(3) Section 2301(f) is amended--
(A) in the matter in paragraph (1) preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``(as'' and all that follows through ``in
section'' and inserting ``(as described in section''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subparagraphs'' and
inserting ``subparagraph''.
(4) Section 3452 is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(1)--
(i) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
and
(ii) by striking ``clause (B) of this paragraph'' in
subparagraph (C) and inserting ``subparagraph (B)'';
(B) in subsection (a)(2)--
(i) by striking ``paragraph (1)(A) or (B)'' and
inserting ``subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1)''; and
(ii) by striking ``one hundred and eighty days'' and
inserting ``180 days'';
(C) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``section 511(d) of
title 10'' and inserting ``section 12103(d) of title 10''; and
(D) in subsection (e), by striking ``chapter 4C of title
29,'' and inserting ``the Act of August 16, 1937, popularly
known as the `National Apprenticeship Act' (29 U.S.C. 50 et
seq.),''.
(5) Section 3462(a) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(6) Section 3512 is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ``clause (4) of this
subsection'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)''; and
(B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``willfull'' and
inserting ``willful''.
(7) Section 3674 is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--
(I) by striking ``, effective at the beginning of
fiscal year 1988,''; and
(II) by striking ``section 3674A(a)(4)'' and
inserting ``section 3674A(a)(3)'';
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``paragraph
(3)(A)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``section
3674A(a)(4)'' and inserting ``section 3674A(a)(3)''; and
(B) in subsection (c)--
(i) by striking ``on September 30, 1978, and''; and
(ii) by striking ``thereafter,''.
(8) Section 3674A(a)(2) is amended by striking ``clause (1)''
and inserting ``paragraph (1)''.
(9) Section 3734(a) is amended--
(A) by striking ``United States Code,'' in the matter
preceding paragraph (1); and
(B) by striking ``appropriations in'' in paragraph (2) and
inserting ``appropriations for''.
(10) Section 4104 is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(1)--
(i) by striking ``Beginning with fiscal year 1988,''
and inserting ``For any fiscal year,'';
(ii) by striking ``clause'' in subparagraph (B) and
inserting ``subparagraph''; and
(iii) by striking ``clauses'' in subparagraph (C) and
inserting ``subparagraphs'';
(B) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ``on or after July 1,
1988''; and
(C) in subsection (b)--
(i) by striking ``shall--'' in the matter preceding
paragraph (1) and inserting ``shall perform the following
functions:'';
(ii) by capitalizing the initial letter of the first
word of each of paragraphs (1) through (12);
(iii) by striking the semicolon at the end of each of
paragraphs (1) through (10) and inserting a period; and
(iv) by striking ``; and'' at the end of paragraph (11)
and inserting a period.
(11) Section 4303(13) is amended by striking the second period
at the end.
(12) Section 5103(b)(1) is amended by striking ``1 year'' and
inserting ``one year''.
(13) Section 5701(g) is amended by striking ``clause'' in
paragraphs (2)(B) and (3) and inserting ``subparagraph''.
(14)(A) Section 7367 is repealed.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 73 is
amended by striking the item relating to section 7367.
(15) Section 8125(d) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(beginning in 1992)'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(beginning in 1993)'';
and
(C) by striking paragraph (3).
(16) The following provisions are each amended by striking
``hereafter'' and inserting ``hereinafter'': sections 545(a)(1),
1710B(e)(1), 3485(a)(1), 3537(a), 3722(a), 3763(a), 5121(a),
7101(a), 7105(b)(1), 7671, 7672(e)(1)(B), 7681(a)(1), 7801, and
8520(a).
(b) Public Law 106-419.--Effective as of November 1, 2000, and as
if included therein as originally enacted, the Veterans Benefits and
Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419) is amended as
follows:
(1) Section 111(f)(3) (114 Stat. 1831) is amended by striking
``3654'' and inserting ``3564''.
(2) Section 323(a)(1) (114 Stat. 1855) is amended by inserting
a comma in the second quoted matter therein after ``duty''.
(3) Section 401(e)(1) (114 Stat. 1860) is amended by striking
``this'' both places it appears in quoted matter and inserting
``This''.
(4) Section 402(b) (114 Stat. 1861) is amended by striking the
close quotation marks and period at the end of the table in
paragraph (2) of the matter inserted by the amendment made that
section.
(c) Public Law 102-590.--Section 3(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans
Comprehensive Service Programs Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. 7721 note) is
amended by striking ``, during,''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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