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(d) RULEMAKING.—
(1) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—The Secretary
of Defense shall prescribe regulations to ensure that a
person is not interred in any military cemetery under
the authority of the Secretary or provided funeral
honors under section 1491 of title 10, United States
Code, unless a good faith effort has been made to de-
termine whether such person is described in section
2411(b) of title 38, United States Code, or is other-
wise ineligible for such interment or honors under
Federal law.
(2) DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—The
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe regula-
tions to ensure that a person is not interred in any
cemetery in the National Cemetery System unless a
good faith effort has been made to determine whether
such person is described in section 2411(b) of title 38,
United States Code, or is otherwise ineligible for such
interment under Federal law.
(e) SAVINGS PROVISION.—The amendments made by
subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall not apply to any person
whose sentence for a Federal capital crime or a State cap-
ital crime (as such terms are defined in section 2411(d)
of title 38, United States Code) was commuted by the Presi-
dent or the Governor of a State.
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SEC. 679. VETERANS PREFERENCE ELIGIBILITY FOR MILI-
TARY RESERVISTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Reservist Access to Veterans Preference Act’’.
(b) VETERANS PREFERENCE ELIGIBILITY.—Section
2108(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘separated from’’ and inserting ‘‘discharged or released
from active duty in’’.
(c) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in the amendment
made by subsection (b) may be construed to affect a deter-
mination made before the date of enactment of this Act that
an individual is preference eligible (as defined in section
2108(3) of title 5, United States Code).
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE
Subtitle A—Benefits Matters
SEC. 701. CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE OF-
FICERS FOR HEALTH CARE PENDING ACTIVE
DUTY FOLLOWING ISSUANCE OF ORDERS TO
ACTIVE DUTY.
Section 1074(a)(2)(B)(iii) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, or the orders have been issued but the member
has not entered on active duty’’.
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SEC. 702. LIMITATION ON DEDUCTIBLE AND COPAYMENT
REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSING HOME RESI-
DENTS UNDER THE PHARMACY BENEFITS
PROGRAM.
Section 1074g(a)(6) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(C) In the case of a beneficiary who is a resident of
a nursing home and who is required, by State law, to use
nursing home pharmacy services utilizing pre-packaged
pharmaceuticals, any deductible or copayment require-
ments for such pharmaceuticals under the cost sharing re-
quirements may not exceed such deductible or copayment
requirements as are applicable under the cost sharing re-
quirements to a beneficiary who uses a network provider
pharmacy under the pharmacy benefits program.’’.
SEC. 
703. 
ELIGIBILITY 
OF 
SURVIVING 
ACTIVE 
DUTY
SPOUSES OF DECEASED MEMBERS FOR EN-
ROLLMENT AS DEPENDENTS IN A TRICARE
DENTAL PLAN.
Section 1076a(k)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘under subsection (f), or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘under subsection (f),’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘is not enrolled because the
dependent is a child under the minimum age for en-