103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3313

AMENDMENTS
In the Senate of the United States,

June 8 (legislative day, June 7), 1994.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 3313) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 38, United

States Code, to improve health care services of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to women veterans, to extend and expand authority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide priority health care to veterans who were exposed to ionizing radiation or to Agent Orange, to expand the

scope of services that may be provided to veterans through

Vet Centers, and for other purposes’’ do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Benefits and

3 Services Amendments of 1994’’.

4 SEC. 2. REVISION IN COMPUTATION OF AGGREGATE GUAR5 ANTY FOR HOME LOANS.

6 Section 3702(b) of title 38, United States Code, is

7 amended—

8 (1) by striking out paragraph (1) and inserting

9 in lieu thereof the following new paragraph (1):

10 ‘‘(1) the loan has been repaid in full, or the Sec11 retary has been released from liability as to the loan,
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1 or if the Secretary has suffered a loss on the loan, the

2 loss has been paid in full; or’’;

3 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘; or’’ and

4 inserting in lieu thereof a period; and

5 (3) by striking out paragraph (3).

6 SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO GUARANTEE HOME REFINANCE

7 LOANS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVE8 MENTS.

9 (a) LOANS.—Section 3710(a) of title 38, United States

10 Code, is amended by adding after paragraph (10) the fol11 lowing:

12 ‘‘(11) To refinance in accordance with subsection

13 (e) of this section an existing loan guaranteed, in14 sured, or made under this chapter, and to improve the

15 dwelling securing such loan through energy efficiency

16 improvements, as provided in subsection (d) of this

17 section.’’.

18 (b) AMOUNT OF GUARANTY.—Section 3710(e)(1) of

19 such title is amended—

20 (1) in the matter above subparagraph (A), by in21 serting ‘‘or subsection (a)(11)’’ after ‘‘subsection

22 (a)(8)’’; and

23 (2) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as

24 follows:

25 ‘‘(C) the amount of the loan may not exceed—
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1 ‘‘(i) an amount equal to the sum of the bal2 ance of the loan being refinanced and such clos3 ing costs (including any discount permitted pur4 suant to section 3703(c)(3)(A) of this title) as

5 may be authorized by the Secretary, under regu6 lations which the Secretary shall prescribe, to be

7 included in such loan; or

8 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a loan for a purpose

9 specified in such subsection (a)(11), an amount

10 equal to the sum of the amount referred to with

11 respect to the loan under clause (i) of this sub12 paragraph and the amount specified under sub13 section (d)(2) of this section;’’.

14 (c) FEE.—Section 3729(a)(2)(E) of such title is

15 amended by inserting ‘‘3710(a)(11),’’ after

16 ‘‘3710(a)(9)(B)(i),’’.

17 SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF PERIOD OF VIETNAM ERA FOR CER18 TAIN VETERANS.

19 (a) EXPANSION OF ERA.—Section 101(29) of title 38,

20 United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

21 ‘‘(29) The term ‘Vietnam era’ means—

22 ‘‘(A) the period beginning February 28, 1961,

23 and ending on May 7, 1975, in the case of a veteran

24 who served in the Republic of Vietnam during such

25 period; and
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1 ‘‘(B) the period beginning August 5, 1964, and

2 ending on May 7, 1975, in all other cases.’’.

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub4 section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1994. No person

5 shall be entitled to receive by reason of the amendment made

6 by subsection (a) any benefits for any period before such

7 date.

8 SEC. 5. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO ALASKA NA9 TIVES FROM DETERMINATION OF ANNUAL IN10 COME FOR PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR

11 PENSION.

12 Section 1503(a) of title 38, United States Code, is

13 amended—

14 (1) by striking out ‘‘and’’ at the end of para15 graph (9);

16 (2) by striking out the period at the end of para17 graph (10)(B) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’;

18 and

19 (3) by adding at the end the following new para20 graph:

21 ‘‘(11) cash, stock, land, or other interest referred

22 to in subparagraphs (A) through (E) below para23 graph (3) of section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims

24 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1626(c)), whether attrib25 utable to the disposition of real property, profits from
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1 the operation of real property, or otherwise, that is re2 ceived from a Native Corporation under such Act (43

3 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).’’.

4 SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT FOR USE

5 OF PROPERTY AT EDWARD HINES, JR., DE6 PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL

7 CENTER.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs

9 may enter into a long-term lease or similar agreement with

10 the organization known as the The Caring Place at Loyola,

11 Inc., a not-for-profit organization operating under the laws

12 of the State of Illinois, to permit that organization to estab13 lish on the grounds of the Edward Hines, Jr., Department

14 of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Hines, Illinois, a facil15 ity to provide temporary accommodations for family mem16 bers of severely ill children who are being treated at the

17 Loyola University of Chicago Medical Center.

18 (b) TERMS OF AGREEMENT.—An agreement under

19 subsection (a)—

20 (1) shall ensure that there shall be no cost to the

21 Federal Government as a result of the property use

22 authorized under that subsection;

23 (2) may permit the use of the property without

24 rent; and
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1 (3) shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that

2 one room of the facility is available for the use of a

3 veteran (at no cost to the veteran) as temporary ac4 commodations for the veteran while the veteran’s se5 verely ill child is treated at the Loyola University of

6 Chicago Medical Center.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend

title 38, United States Code, to permit home loan guaranties for energy efficiency improvements, to extend the

period of the Vietnam era, to exclude certain payments

to Alaska natives from annual income determinations for

pension purposes, and for other purposes.’’.

Attest:

Secretary.