H. R. 1627 
One Hundred Twelfth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twelve 
An Act 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services 
to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the 
water was contaminated at Camp Lejeune, to improve the provision of housing 
assistance to veterans and their families, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honoring 
America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act 
of 2012’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. 
Sec. 3. Scoring of budgetary effects. 
TITLE I—HEALTH CARE MATTERS 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Hospital care and medical services for veterans stationed at Camp 
Lejeune, North Carolina. 
Sec. 103. Authority to waive collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedi-
cine visits of veterans. 
Sec. 104. Temporary expansion of payments and allowances for beneficiary travel 
in connection with veterans receiving care from Vet Centers. 
Sec. 105. Contracts and agreements for nursing home care. 
Sec. 106. Comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assault incidents 
and other safety incidents. 
Sec. 107. Rehabilitative services for veterans with traumatic brain injury. 
Sec. 108. Teleconsultation and telemedicine. 
Sec. 109. Use of service dogs on property of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 110. Recognition of rural health resource centers in Office of Rural Health. 
Sec. 111. Improvements for recovery and collection of amounts for Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund. 
Sec. 112. Extension of authority for copayments. 
Sec. 113. Extension of authority for recovery of cost of certain care and services. 
TITLE II—HOUSING MATTERS 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Temporary expansion of eligibility for specially adapted housing assist-
ance for certain veterans with disabilities causing difficulty with ambu-
lating. 
Sec. 203. Expansion of eligibility for specially adapted housing assistance for vet-
erans with vision impairment. 
Sec. 204. Revised limitations on assistance furnished for acquisition and adaptation 
of housing for disabled veterans. 
Sec. 205. Improvements to assistance for disabled veterans residing in housing 
owned by a family member. 
Sec. 206. Department of Veterans Affairs housing loan guarantees for surviving 
spouses of certain totally disabled veterans.
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Sec. 207. Occupancy of property by dependent child of veteran for purposes of meet-
ing occupancy requirement for Department of Veterans Affairs housing 
loans. 
Sec. 208. Making permanent project for guaranteeing of adjustable rate mortgages. 
Sec. 209. Making permanent project for insuring hybrid adjustable rate mortgages. 
Sec. 210. Waiver of loan fee for individuals with disability ratings issued during 
pre-discharge programs. 
Sec. 211. Modification of authorities for enhanced-use leases of real property. 
TITLE III—HOMELESS MATTERS 
Sec. 301. Enhancement of comprehensive service programs. 
Sec. 302. Modification of authority for provision of treatment and rehabilitation to 
certain veterans to include provision of treatment and rehabilitation to 
homeless veterans who are not seriously mentally ill. 
Sec. 303. Modification of grant program for homeless veterans with special needs. 
Sec. 304. Collaboration in provision of case management services to homeless vet-
erans in supported housing program. 
Sec. 305. Extensions of previously fully funded authorities affecting homeless vet-
erans. 
TITLE IV—EDUCATION MATTERS 
Sec. 401. Aggregate amount of educational assistance available to individuals who 
receive both survivors’ and dependents’ educational assistance and other 
veterans and related educational assistance. 
Sec. 402. Annual reports on Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program and Sur-
vivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program. 
TITLE V—BENEFITS MATTERS 
Sec. 501. Automatic waiver of agency of original jurisdiction review of new evi-
dence. 
Sec. 502. Authority for certain persons to sign claims filed with Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs on behalf of claimants. 
Sec. 503. Improvement of process for filing jointly for social security and depend-
ency and indemnity compensation. 
Sec. 504. Authorization of use of electronic communication to provide notice to 
claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
Sec. 505. Duty to assist claimants in obtaining private records. 
Sec. 506. Authority for retroactive effective date for awards of disability compensa-
tion in connection with applications that are fully-developed at sub-
mittal. 
Sec. 507. Modification of month of death benefit for surviving spouses of veterans 
who die while entitled to compensation or pension. 
Sec. 508. Increase in rate of pension for disabled veterans married to one another 
and both of whom require regular aid and attendance. 
Sec. 509. Exclusion of certain reimbursements of expenses from determination of 
annual income with respect to pensions for veterans and surviving 
spouses and children of veterans. 
TITLE VI—MEMORIAL, BURIAL, AND CEMETERY MATTERS 
Sec. 601. Prohibition on disruptions of funerals of members or former members of 
the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 602. Codification of prohibition against reservation of gravesites at Arlington 
National Cemetery. 
Sec. 603. Expansion of eligibility for presidential memorial certificates to persons 
who died in the active military, naval, or air service. 
Sec. 604. Requirements for the placement of monuments in Arlington National 
Cemetery. 
TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 701. Assistance to veterans affected by natural disasters. 
Sec. 702. Extension of certain expiring provisions of law. 
Sec. 703. Requirement for plan for regular assessment of employees of Veterans 
Benefits Administration who handle processing of claims for compensa-
tion and pension. 
Sec. 704. Modification of provision relating to reimbursement rate for ambulance 
services. 
Sec. 705. Change in collection and verification of veteran income. 
Sec. 706. Department of Veterans Affairs enforcement penalties for misrepresenta-
tion of a business concern as a small business concern owned and con-
trolled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled 
by service-disabled veterans.
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Sec. 707. Quarterly reports to Congress on conferences sponsored by the Depart-
ment. 
Sec. 708. Publication of data on employment of certain veterans by Federal contrac-
tors. 
Sec. 709. VetStar Award Program. 
Sec. 710. Extended period of protections for members of uniformed services relating 
to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE. 
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. 
SEC. 3. SCORING OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The 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 Com-
mittee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 
to the vote on passage. 
TITLE I—HEALTH CARE MATTERS 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Janey Ensminger Act’’. 
SEC. 102. HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES FOR VETERANS 
STATIONED AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA. 
(a) HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES FOR VETERANS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 1710(e) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) Subject to paragraph (2), a veteran who served on active 
duty in the Armed Forces at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for 
not fewer than 30 days during the period beginning on January 
1, 1957, and ending on December 31, 1987, is eligible for hospital 
care and medical services under subsection (a)(2)(F) for any of 
the following illnesses or conditions, notwithstanding that there 
is insufficient medical evidence to conclude that such illnesses or 
conditions are attributable to such service: 
‘‘(i) Esophageal cancer. 
‘‘(ii) Lung cancer. 
‘‘(iii) Breast cancer. 
‘‘(iv) Bladder cancer. 
‘‘(v) Kidney cancer. 
‘‘(vi) Leukemia. 
‘‘(vii) Multiple myeloma. 
‘‘(viii) Myleodysplasic syndromes. 
‘‘(ix) Renal toxicity. 
‘‘(x) Hepatic steatosis. 
‘‘(xi) Female infertility. 
‘‘(xii) Miscarriage. 
‘‘(xiii) Scleroderma. 
‘‘(xiv) Neurobehavioral effects. 
‘‘(xv) Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.’’. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Paragraph (2)(B) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘or (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E), or (F)’’.