(2) Section 3511 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Each eligible person’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘Each eligible 
person, whether made eligible by one or 
more 
of 
the 
provisions 
of 
section 
3501(a)(1) of this title,’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘a period’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘an aggregate period’’; and 
(iii) by striking the second sentence; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the provisions of 
section 3501(a)(1)(A)(iii) or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
3501(a)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraph (D) or (E) of section 
3501(a)(1)’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the 
comma at the end; and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (3) 
the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(4) the parent or spouse from whom such eli-
gibility is derived based upon subparagraph (E) of 
section 3501(a)(1) of this title no longer meets a re-
quirement under clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of that sub-
paragraph,’’; and 
(C) by striking subsection (c). 
(3) Section 3512 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘an eligible person 
(within 
the 
meaning 
of 
section 
3501(a)(1)(A) of this title)’’ and inserting 
‘‘an eligible person whose eligibility is 
based on the death or disability of a parent 
or on a parent being listed in one of the 
categories 
referred 
to 
in 
section 
3501(a)(1)(C) of this title’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘the 
provisions of section 3501(a)(1)(A)(iii)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a parent being listed in one 
of the categories referred to in section 
3501(a)(1)(C)’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘section 
3501(a)(1) of this title’’ the following: 
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‘‘or a person made eligible by the dis-
ability of a spouse under section 
3501(a)(1)(E) of this title’’; and 
(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘or 
3501(a)(1)(D)(ii) of this title’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘3501(a)(1)(D)(ii), 
or 
3501(a)(1)(E) of this title’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding at 
the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) The date on which the Secretary notifies 
the member of the Armed Forces from whom eligi-
bility is derived that the member has a total dis-
ability permanent in nature incurred or aggravated 
in the line of duty in the active military, naval, or 
air service.’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘or (D) of this 
title’’ and inserting ‘‘(D), or (E) of 
this title’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘whose eligi-
bility is based on the death or dis-
ability of a spouse or on a spouse 
being listed in one of the categories 
referred to in section 3501(a)(1)(C) of 
this title’’ after ‘‘of this title)’’; 
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(C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘vet-
eran’’ and inserting ‘‘person’’; and 
(D) in subsection (e)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘based on a spouse 
being listed in one of the categories re-
ferred to in section 3501(a)(1)(C) of this 
title’’ after ‘‘of this title’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘so’’ after ‘‘the 
spouse was’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘by the Secretary’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘occurs’’. 
(4) Section 3540 is amended by striking ‘‘(as 
defined in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of sec-
tion 3501(a)(1) of this title)’’ and inserting ‘‘(other 
than a person made eligible under subparagraph (C) 
of such section by reason of a spouse being listed in 
one of the categories referred to in that subpara-
graph)’’. 
(5) Section 3563 is amended by striking ‘‘each 
eligible person defined in section 3501(a)(1)(A) of 
this title’’ and inserting ‘‘each eligible person whose 
eligibility is based on the death or disability of a 
parent or on a parent being listed in one of the cat-
egories referred to in section 3501(a)(1)(C) of this 
title’’. 
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(c) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title 
is further amended as follows: 
(1) Sections 3686(a)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘or (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(D), or (E)’’. 
(2) Section 5113(b)(3) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 3501(a)(1)’’ and all that follows through 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘subpara-
graphs (A), (B), (D), and (E) of section 
3501(a)(1) of this title.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘such veteran’s death’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the death of the person 
from whom such eligibility is derived’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘such veteran’s serv-
ice-connected total disability permanent in 
nature’’ and inserting ‘‘the service-con-
nected total disability permanent in nature 
(or, in the case of a person made eligible 
under section 3501(a)(1)(E), the total dis-
ability permanent in nature incurred or ag-
gravated in the line of duty in the active 
military, naval, or air service) of the per-
son from whom such eligibility is derived’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to a payment of edu-
cational assistance for a course of education pursued after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. DEADLINE AND PERMANENT REQUIREMENT FOR 
REPORT ON EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) DEADLINE FOR REPORT.—Not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall each submit to Congress a report containing 
the information specified in subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 3036 of title 38, United States Code. 
(b) REPEAL OF TERMINATION.—Section 3036 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection 
(d). 
SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION OF BIENNIAL REPORT OF ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN VETERANS. 
Section 542(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2004’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
SEC. 6. PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, 
AND 
CLINICAL 
CENTERS 
AND 
MULTIPLE 
SCLEROSIS CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CEN-
TERS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sections: 
‘‘§ 7329. Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and 
clinical centers 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS.—(1) The Sec-
retary, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary 
for Health, shall designate not less than six Department 
health-care facilities as the locations for centers of Parkin-
son’s Disease research, education, and clinical activities. 
‘‘(2) Subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds 
for such purpose, the Secretary shall establish and operate 
centers of Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and 
clinical activities at the locations designated pursuant to 
paragraph (1) for such centers. 
‘‘(b) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF FACILITIES.— 
(1) In designating Department health-care facilities for 
centers under subsection (a), the Secretary, upon the rec-
ommendation of the Under Secretary for Health, shall as-
sure appropriate geographic distribution of such facilities. 
‘‘(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Sec-
retary shall designate as the location for a center of Par-
kinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical activities 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1) each Department health- 
care facility that as of January 1, 2005, was operating 
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a Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical 
center. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may not under subsection (a) des-
ignate a facility described in paragraph (2) if (on the rec-
ommendation of the Under Secretary for Health) the Sec-
retary determines that such facility— 
‘‘(A) does not meet the requirements of sub-
section (c); or 
‘‘(B) has not demonstrated— 
‘‘(i) effectiveness in carrying out the estab-
lished purposes of such center; or 
‘‘(ii) the potential to carry out such pur-
poses effectively in the reasonably foreseeable 
future. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION.—(1) The 
Secretary may not designate a Department health-care fa-
cility as a location for a center under subsection (a) unless 
the peer review panel established under subsection (d) has 
determined under that subsection that the proposal sub-
mitted by such facility as a location for a new center under 
subsection (a) is among those proposals that meet the 
highest competitive standards of scientific and clinical 
merit. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not designate a Department 
health-care facility as a location for a center under sub-
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section (a) unless the Secretary (upon the recommenda-
tion of the Under Secretary for Health) determines that 
the facility has (or may reasonably be anticipated to de-
velop) each of the following: 
‘‘(A) An arrangement with an accredited med-
ical school that provides education and training in 
neurology and with which the Department health- 
care facility is affiliated under which residents re-
ceive education and training in innovative diagnosis 
and treatment of chronic neurodegenerative diseases 
and movement disorders, including Parkinson’s Dis-
ease. 
‘‘(B) The ability to attract the participation of 
scientists who are capable of ingenuity and creativity 
in health-care research efforts. 
‘‘(C) An advisory committee composed of vet-
erans and appropriate health-care and research rep-
resentatives of the Department health-care facility 
and of the affiliated school or schools to advise the 
directors of such facility and such center on policy 
matters pertaining to the activities of the center dur-
ing the period of the operation of such center. 
‘‘(D) The capability to conduct effectively eval-
uations of the activities of such center. 
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‘‘(E) The capability to coordinate (as part of an 
integrated national system) education, clinical, and 
research activities within all facilities with such cen-
ters. 
‘‘(F) The capability to jointly develop a consor-
tium 
of 
providers 
with 
interest 
in 
treating 
neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s 
Disease and other movement disorders, at facilities 
without such centers in order to ensure better access 
to state-of-the-art diagnosis, care, and education for 
neurodegenerative disorders throughout the health 
care system of the Department. 
‘‘(G) The capability to develop a national repos-
itory in the health care system of the Department 
for the collection of data on health services delivered 
to veterans seeking care for neurodegenerative dis-
eases, including Parkinson’s Disease, and other 
movement disorders. 
‘‘(d) PEER REVIEW PANEL.—(1) The Under Sec-
retary for Health shall establish a panel to assess the sci-
entific and clinical merit of proposals that are submitted 
to the Secretary for the establishment of centers under 
this section. 
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‘‘(2)(A) The membership of the panel shall consist 
of experts in neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkin-
son’s Disease, and other movement disorders. 
‘‘(B) Members of the panel shall serve for a period 
of no longer than two years, except as specified in sub-
paragraph (C). 
‘‘(C) Of the members first appointed to the panel, 
one half shall be appointed for a period of three years and 
one half shall be appointed for a period of two years, as 
designated by the Under Secretary at the time of appoint-
ment. 
‘‘(3) The panel shall review each proposal submitted 
to the panel by the Under Secretary and shall submit its 
views on the relative scientific and clinical merit of each 
such proposal to the Under Secretary. 
‘‘(4) The panel shall not be subject to the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY
OF
FUNDING.—Before providing 
funds for the operation of a center designated under sub-
section (a) at a Department health-care facility other than 
at a facility designated pursuant to subsection (b)(2), the 
Secretary shall ensure that each Parkinson’s Disease cen-
ter at a facility designated pursuant to subsection (b)(2) 
is receiving adequate funding to enable that center to 
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function effectively in the areas of Parkinson’s Disease re-
search, education, and clinical activities. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for the support of the research and education 
activities of the centers established pursuant to subsection 
(a). The Under Secretary for Health shall allocate to such 
centers from other funds appropriated generally for the 
Department medical services account and medical and 
prosthetics research account, as appropriate, such 
amounts as the Under Secretary for Health determines 
appropriate. 
‘‘(g) AWARD COMPETITIONS.—Activities of clinical 
and scientific investigation at each center established 
under subsection (a) shall be eligible to compete for the 
award of funding from funds appropriated for the Depart-
ment medical and prosthetics research account. Such ac-
tivities shall receive priority in the award of funding from 
such account insofar as funds are awarded to projects for 
research in Parkinson’s Disease and other movement dis-
orders. 
‘‘§ 7330. Multiple sclerosis centers of excellence 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS.—(1) The Sec-
retary, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary 
for Health, shall designate not less than two Department 
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health-care facilities as the locations for multiple sclerosis 
centers of excellence. 
‘‘(2) Subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds 
for such purpose, the Secretary shall establish and operate 
multiple sclerosis centers of excellence at the locations des-
ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) for such centers. 
‘‘(b) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF FACILITIES.— 
(1) In designating Department health-care facilities for 
centers under subsection (a), the Secretary, upon the rec-
ommendation of the Under Secretary for Health, shall as-
sure appropriate geographic distribution of such facilities. 
‘‘(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Sec-
retary shall designate as the location for a multiple scle-
rosis center of excellence pursuant to subsection (a)(1) 
each Department health-care facility that as of January 
1, 2005, was operating a multiple sclerosis center of excel-
lence. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may not under subsection (a) des-
ignate a facility described in paragraph (2) if (on the rec-
ommendation of the Under Secretary for Health) the Sec-
retary determines that such facility— 
‘‘(A) does not meet the requirements of sub-
section (c); or 
‘‘(B) has not demonstrated— 
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‘‘(i) effectiveness in carrying out the estab-
lished purposes of such center; or 
‘‘(ii) the potential to carry out such pur-
poses effectively in the reasonably foreseeable 
future. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION.—(1) The 
Secretary may not designate a Department health-care fa-
cility as a location for a center under subsection (a) unless 
the peer review panel established under subsection (d) has 
determined under that subsection that the proposal sub-
mitted by such facility as a location for a new center under 
subsection (a) is among those proposals that meet the 
highest competitive standards of scientific and clinical 
merit. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not designate a Department 
health-care facility as a location for a center under sub-
section (a) unless the Secretary (upon the recommenda-
tion of the Under Secretary for Health) determines that 
the facility has (or may reasonably be anticipated to de-
velop) each of the following: 
‘‘(A) An arrangement with an accredited med-
ical school that provides education and training in 
neurology and with which the Department health- 
care facility is affiliated under which residents re-
ceive education and training in innovative diagnosis 
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and treatment of chronic neurodegenerative diseases, 
including multiple sclerosis. 
‘‘(B) The ability to attract the participation of 
scientists who are capable of ingenuity and creativity 
in health-care research efforts. 
‘‘(C) An advisory committee composed of vet-
erans and appropriate health-care and research rep-
resentatives of the Department health-care facility 
and of the affiliated school or schools to advise the 
directors of such facility and such center on policy 
matters pertaining to the activities of the center dur-
ing the period of the operation of such center. 
‘‘(D) The capability to conduct effectively eval-
uations of the activities of such center. 
‘‘(E) The capability to coordinate (as part of an 
integrated national system) education, clinical, and 
research activities within all facilities with such cen-
ters. 
‘‘(F) The capability to jointly develop a consor-
tium of providers with interest in treating multiple 
sclerosis at facilities without such centers in order to 
ensure better access to state-of-the-art diagnosis, 
care, and education for autoimmune disease affect-
ing the central nervous system throughout the health 
care system of the Department. 
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