IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2297
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 14, 2003
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits 
under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Veterans Benefits Act of 2003’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Expansion of Montgomery GI Bill education benefits for certain self-em-
ployment training. 
Sec. 3. Extension in period of eligibility for survivors’ and dependents’ edu-
cation benefits for individuals who are involuntarily ordered to 
full-time National Guard duty. 
Sec. 4. Extension of Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Education. 
Sec. 5. Repeal of provisions relating to obsolete education loan program. 
Sec. 6. Retention of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for surviving 
spouses remarrying after age 55. 
Sec. 7. Eligibility of surviving spouses who remarry for burial in national ceme-
teries. 
Sec. 8. Permanent authority for State cemetery grants. 
Sec. 9. Reinstatement of veterans vocational training program for certain pen-
sion recipients. 
Sec. 10. Increase in amounts for certain adaptive benefits for disabled veterans. 
Sec. 11. Presumptions of service-connection relating to diseases and disabilities 
of former prisoners of war. 
Sec. 12. Extension of spina bifida benefits for children of Vietnam-era veterans. 
Sec. 13. Permanent authority for housing loans for members of the Selected 
Reserve. 
Sec. 14. Adjustment to home loan fees and uniformity of fees for qualifying Re-
serve members with fees for active duty veterans. 
Sec. 15. Reinstatement of minimum requirements for sale of vendee loans. 
Sec. 16. Rate of payment of benefits for certain Filipino veterans and their sur-
vivors residing in the United States. 
Sec. 17. Burial benefits for new Philippine scouts residing in the United States. 
Sec. 18. Extension of authority to maintain regional office in the Republic of 
the Philippines. 
Sec. 19. Outstationing of transition assistance program personnel. 
Sec. 20. Forfeiture of benefits for subversive activities. 
Sec. 21. Technical amendments related to Jobs for Veterans Act. 
Sec. 22. Technical and conforming relating to establishment of Social Security 
Administration as an independent agency.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF MONTGOMERY GI BILL EDUCATION 
BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN SELF-EMPLOYMENT 
TRAINING. 
(a) DEFINITION OF TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT.—
Section 3452(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
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ed by striking ‘‘means any’’ and all that follows and insert-
ing ‘‘means any of the following: 
‘‘(1) An establishment providing apprentice or 
other training on the job, including those under the 
supervision of a college or university or any State 
department of education. 
‘‘(2) An establishment providing self-employ-
ment on-job training consisting of full-time training 
for a period of less than six months that is needed 
or accepted for purposes of obtaining licensure to 
engage in a self-employment occupation or required 
for ownership and operation of a franchise that is 
the objective of the training. 
‘‘(3) A State board of vocational education. 
‘‘(4) A Federal or State apprenticeship registra-
tion agency. 
‘‘(5) A joint apprenticeship committee estab-
lished pursuant to the Act of August 16, 1937, pop-
ularly known as the ‘National Apprenticeship Act’ 
(29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 
‘‘(6) An agency of the Federal Government au-
thorized to supervise such training.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act and
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shall apply to self-employment on-job training approved 
and pursued on or after that date. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION IN PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SUR-
VIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATION BEN-
EFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLUN-
TARILY ORDERED TO FULL-TIME NATIONAL 
GUARD DUTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3512(h) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or is invol-
untarily ordered to full-time National Guard duty under 
section 502(f) of title 32,’’ after ‘‘title 10,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as of September 11, 2001.
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF VETERANS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
ON EDUCATION. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (c) of section 3692 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION
OF
MEMBERSHIP
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The second sentence of subsection (a) of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘World War II, the Korean 
conflict era, the post-Korean conflict era,’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Such section is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘chapter 106’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘chapter 1606’’.
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SEC. 5. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO OBSOLETE 
EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM. 
(a) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—Subchapter III of 
chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is repealed. 
(b) TRANSFER OF LOAN FUND BALANCE.—Any bal-
ance as of the date of the enactment of this Act in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Education Loan Fund 
shall be transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Readjustment Benefits Account. 
(c) DISCHARGE
OF LIABILITY.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall discharge any outstanding liability 
of a veteran under such subchapter. Any overpayment de-
clared under section 3698(e)(1) of that subchapter shall 
be waived without further process on the date on which 
funds are transferred under subsection (b). 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 36 of such title is amended 
by striking the items relating to subchapter III and sec-
tions 3698 and 3699. 
(e) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section 
3462(a) of such title is amended by striking paragraph 
(2). 
(2) Section 3485(e)(1) of such title by striking 
‘‘(other than an education loan under subchapter III)’’. 
(3) Section 3512 of such title is amended by striking 
subsection (f).
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SEC. 6. RETENTION OF DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY 
COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES 
REMARRYING AFTER AGE 55. 
(a) EXCEPTION
TO TERMINATION
OF BENEFITS 
UPON REMARRIAGE.—Section 103(d)(2)(B) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘1311 or’’ 
after ‘‘under section’’. 
(b) COORDINATION OF BENEFITS.—Section 1311 of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) In the case of an individual who is eligible for 
dependency and indemnity compensation under this sec-
tion by reason of section 103(d)(2)(B) of this title who 
is also eligible for benefits under another provision of law 
by reason of such individual’s status as the surviving 
spouse of a veteran, then, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law (other than section 5304(b)3 of this title), 
no reduction in benefits under such other provision of law 
shall be made by reason of such individual’s eligibility for 
benefits under this section.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on—
(1) the first day of the first month that begins 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; or
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(2) the first day of the fiscal year that begins 
in the calendar year in which this Act is enacted, if 
later than the date specified in paragraph (1). 
(d) RETROACTIVE BENEFITS PROHIBITED.—No ben-
efit may be paid to any person by reason of the amend-
ment made by subsections (a) and (b) for any period be-
fore the effective date specified in subsection (c). 
(e) APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS.—In the case of an 
individual who but for having remarried would be eligible 
for dependency and indemnity compensation under section 
1311 of title 38, United States Code, and whose remar-
riage was before the date of the enactment of this Act 
and after the individual had attained age 55, the indi-
vidual shall be eligible for such compensation by reason 
of the amendment made by subsection (a) only if the indi-
vidual submits an application for such compensation to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs not later than the end of 
the one-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(f) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 101(b) of the 
Veterans Benefits Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–330; 116 
Stat. 2821; 38 U.S.C. 103 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘during the 1–year period’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘before the end of the one-year period
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beginning on the date of the enactment of the Veterans 
Benefits Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 7. ELIGIBILITY OF SURVIVING SPOUSES WHO RE-
MARRY FOR BURIAL IN NATIONAL CEME-
TERIES. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 2402(5) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(which for 
purposes of this chapter includes an unremarried surviving 
spouse who had a subsequent remarriage which was termi-
nated by death or divorce)’’ and inserting ‘‘(which for pur-
poses of this chapter includes a surviving spouse who had 
a subsequent remarriage)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to deaths occurring 
on or after January 1, 2000. 
SEC. 8. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR STATE CEMETERY 
GRANTS. 
Paragraph (2) of section 2408(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 1999 and for 
each succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 
2004’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Funds appropriated under the preceding sen-
tence shall remain available until expended.’’.
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SEC. 9. REINSTATEMENT OF VETERANS VOCATIONAL 
TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN PENSION 
RECIPIENTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW PROGRAM PERIOD.—
Subsection (a)(3) of section 1524 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the period beginning 
on February 1, 1985, and ending on December 31, 1995’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the five-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b)(4) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
1995’’ and inserting ‘‘the end of the program period’’. 
(c) OUTREACH.—Such section is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) The Secretary shall ensure that the availability 
of vocational training under this section is made known 
through a variety of means, including the Internet and an-
nouncements in Department publications and other vet-
erans’ publications.’’. 
(d) REPORTS.—Such section, as amended by sub-
section (c), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) Not later than two years after the date of the 
enactment of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003, and each 
year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep-
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resentatives a report on the operation of this section. The 
report shall set forth an evaluation of the vocational train-
ing provided under this section for the period involved, and 
shall include an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of the 
vocational training provided under this section as well as 
data on the entered-employment rate of veterans pursuing 
such vocational training.’’. 
(e) STYLISTIC AMENDMENTS.—Such section is fur-
ther amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘of Veterans Affairs’’ in sub-
section (a)(1); and 
(2) by striking ‘‘of this section’’ in subsections 
(a)(2), (b)(1), (b)(4) (both places it appears), (c), 
(d), and (e).
SEC. 10. INCREASE IN AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN ADAPTIVE 
BENEFITS FOR DISABLED VETERANS. 
(a) INCREASE IN ASSISTANCE AMOUNT FOR SPE-
CIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING.—Section 2102 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of 
subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$48,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$50,000’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘$9,250’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’.
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(b) INCREASE
IN AMOUNT
OF ASSISTANCE
FOR 
AUTOMOBILE AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN 
DISABLED VETERANS.—Section 3902(a) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘$9,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$11,000’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to assist-
ance furnished on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
SEC. 11. PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE-CONNECTION RELAT-
ING TO DISEASES AND DISABILITIES OF 
FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR. 
Subsection (b) of section 1112 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b)(1) For the purposes of section 1110 of this title 
and subject to the provisions of section 1113 of this title, 
in the case of a veteran who is a former prisoner of war—
‘‘(A) a disease specified in paragraph (2) shall 
be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated 
by such service, notwithstanding that there is no 
record of such disease during the period of service; 
and 
‘‘(B) if the veteran was detained or interned as 
a prisoner of war for not less than thirty days, a dis-
ease specified in paragraph (3) which became mani-
fest to a degree of 10 percent or more after active
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military, naval, or air service shall be considered to 
have been incurred in or aggravated by such service, 
notwithstanding that there is no record of such dis-
ease during the period of service. 
‘‘(2) The diseases specified in this paragraph are the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Psychosis. 
‘‘(B) Any of the anxiety states. 
‘‘(C) Dysthymic disorder (or depressive neu-
rosis). 
‘‘(D) Organic residuals of frostbite, if the Sec-
retary determines that the veteran was interned in 
climatic conditions consistent with the occurrence of 
frostbite. 
‘‘(E) Post-traumatic osteoarthritis. 
‘‘(3) The diseases specified in this paragraph are the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Avitaminosis. 
‘‘(B) Beriberi (including beriberi heart disease). 
‘‘(C) Chronic dysentery. 
‘‘(D) Helminthiasis. 
‘‘(E) Malnutrition (including optic atrophy as-
sociated with malnutrition). 
‘‘(F) Pellagra. 
‘‘(G) Any other nutritional deficiency.
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‘‘(H) Cirrhosis of the liver. 
‘‘(I) Peripheral neuropathy except where di-
rectly related to infectious causes. 
‘‘(J) Irritable bowel syndrome. 
‘‘(K) Peptic ulcer disease.’’.
SEC. 12. EXTENSION OF SPINA BIFIDA BENEFITS FOR CHIL-
DREN OF VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS. 
(a) ELIGIBLE CHILDREN.—Subchapter I of chapter 
18 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
before section 1802 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1801. Persons eligible for benefits 
‘‘An individual is an eligible child for purposes of this 
subchapter if the individual is suffering from spina bifida 
and is—
‘‘(1) a child as defined in section 1821(1) of 
this title; or 
‘‘(2) the natural child, regardless of age or mar-
ital status, of a parent who during the period begin-
ning on October 1 1967, and ending on May 7 1975, 
performed active military, naval, or air service in the 
Republic of Korea in the area between the south line 
of the Demilitarized Zone and a line five miles south 
of the Civilian Control Line established with respect 
to the Demilitarized Zone, but only if the individual
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was conceived after the parent performed such serv-
ice.’’. 
(b) HEALTH CARE.—Section 1803(a) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘a child of a Vietnam veteran who 
is suffering from spina bifida’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible 
child’’. 
(c) VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND REHABILITATION.—
Section 1804(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘a 
child of a Vietnam veteran who is suffering from spina 
bifida’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible child’’. 
(d) MONETARY ALLOWANCE.—Section 1805(a) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘any child of a Vietnam 
veteran’’ and inserting ‘‘any eligible child’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 18 of 
such title is amended as follows: 
(1) The heading of the chapter is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 18—DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR 
CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS 
AND OTHER VETERANS EXPOSED TO 
HERBICIDE AGENTS’’. 
(2) The heading of subchapter I is amended to 
read as follows:
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‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—CHILDREN BORN WITH SPINA 
BIFIDA’’. 
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of the 
chapter is amended—
(A) by striking the item relating to sub-
chapter I and inserting the following:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—CHILDREN BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA’’;
and 
(B) by inserting before the item relating to 
section 1802 the following new item:
‘‘1801. Persons eligible for benefits.’’.
(f) TABLES OF CHAPTERS.—The items relating to 
chapter 18 in the tables of chapters at the beginning of 
title 38, United States Code, and at the beginning of part 
II of such title, are amended to read as follows:
‘‘18. Disability Benefits for Children of Vietnam Veterans and Other 
Veterans Exposed to Herbicide Agents ......................... 1801’’.
SEC. 13. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR HOUSING LOANS 
FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE. 
Section 3702(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘For the period’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’.
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‘‘LOAN FEE TABLE—Continued
Type of loan 
Veteran 
Other obligor 
(D)(ii) Initial loan described in section 3710(a) to purchase or 
construct a dwelling with 10-down (closed on or after Octo-
ber 1, 2011) ...........................................................................
0.50
NA
(E) Interest rate reduction refinancing loan .............................
0.50
NA
(F) Direct loan under section 3711 ...........................................
1.00
NA
(G) Manufactured home loan under section 3712 (other than 
an interest rate reduction refinancing loan) ..........................
1.00
NA
(H) Loan to Native American veteran under section 3762 
(other than an interest rate reduction refinancing loan) .......
1.25
NA
(I) Loan assumption under section 3714 ..................................
0.50
0.50
(J) Loan under section 3733(a) ................................................
2.25
2.25
(K) Hybrid loan under section 3707A .......................................
1.25
NA’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (4) of such section is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘veteran’ means any veteran eli-
gible for the benefits of this chapter.’’. 
(2) Such paragraph is further amended by striking 
subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraphs (C), 
(D), (E), (F), (G), (H), and (I) as subparagraphs (B), 
(C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H), respectively. 
SEC. 15. REINSTATEMENT OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 
FOR SALE OF VENDEE LOANS. 
(a) REINSTATEMENT.—Subsection (a) of section 
3733 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing paragraph (2). 
(b) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE.—Para-
graph (1) of such subsection is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘65 percent’’ in the first sen-
tence and inserting ‘‘85 percent’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘may be financed’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall be financed’’; and 
(3) by striking the second sentence. 
(c) STYLISTIC AMENDMENTS.—Such section is fur-
ther amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘of this subsection’’ after—
(A) 
‘‘paragraph 
(1)’’ 
in 
subsections 
(a)(4)(A), (a)(5), (a)(6), and (c)(2); and 
(B) 
‘‘paragraph 
(5)’’ 
in 
subsection 
(a)(4)(B)(i); and 
(2) by striking ‘‘of this paragraph’’ each place 
it appears in subsection (a)(4). 
SEC. 16. RATE OF PAYMENT OF BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN 
FILIPINO VETERANS AND THEIR SURVIVORS 
RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) RATE OF PAYMENT.—Section 107 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (b), by 
striking ‘‘Payments’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
vided in subsection (c), payments’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)—
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(A) by inserting ‘‘and subchapter II of 
chapter 13 (except section 1312(a)) of this 
title’’ after ‘‘chapter 11 of this title’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘in subsection (a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in subsection (a) or (b)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘of subsection (a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘of the applicable subsection’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to benefits paid for months be-
ginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 17. BURIAL BENEFITS FOR NEW PHILIPPINE SCOUTS 
RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY.—Section 107 of title 38, 
United States Code, as amended by section 16, is further 
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting a 
comma; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, 23, and 24 (to the ex-
tent provided for in section 2402(8))’’ after 
‘‘(except section 1312(a))’’; 
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (b), as 
amended by section 16(a)(1), by inserting ‘‘or (d)’’ 
after ‘‘subsection (c)’’;
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(3) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘or (b), as 
otherwise applicable,’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘or whose 
service is described in subsection (b) and who dies 
after the date of the enactment of the Veterans Ben-
efits Act of 2003,’’ after ‘‘November 1, 2000,’’. 
(b) NATIONAL
CEMETERY
INTERMENT.—Section 
2402(8) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘section 
107(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of section 
107’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to deaths 
occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 18. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN RE-
GIONAL OFFICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE 
PHILIPPINES. 
Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2003’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
SEC. 19. OUTSTATIONING OF TRANSITION ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 41 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
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‘‘§ 4113. Outstationing of Transition Assistance Pro-
gram personnel 
‘‘(a) STATIONING OF TAP PERSONNEL AT OVERSEAS 
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—(1) The Secretary—
‘‘(A) shall station employees of the Veterans’ 
Employment and Training Service, or contractors 
under subsection (c), at each veterans assistance of-
fice described in paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(B) may station such employees or contractors 
at such other military installations outside the 
United States as the Secretary, after consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense, determines to be ap-
propriate or desirable to carry out the purposes of 
this chapter. 
‘‘(2) Veterans assistance offices referred to in para-
graph (1)(A) are those offices that are established by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs on military installations pur-
suant to the second sentence of section 7723(a) of this 
title. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—Employees (or contractors) sta-
tioned at military installations pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall provide, in person, counseling, assistance in identi-
fying employment and training opportunities, help in ob-
taining such employment and training, and other related 
information and services to members of the Armed Forces 
who are being separated from active duty, and the spouses