‘‘(A) Six individuals, one each from among rep-
resentatives nominated by each of the following orga-
nizations: 
‘‘(i) The National Society of Human Re-
source Managers. 
‘‘(ii) The Business Roundtable. 
‘‘(iii) The National Association of State 
Workforce Agencies. 
‘‘(iv) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce. 
‘‘(v) The National Federation of Inde-
pendent Business. 
‘‘(vi) A nationally recognized labor union 
or organization. 
‘‘(B) Not more than five individuals from among 
representatives nominated by veterans service organi-
zations that have a national employment program. 
‘‘(C) Not more than five individuals who are rec-
ognized authorities in the fields of business, employ-
ment, training, rehabilitation, or labor and who are 
not employees of the Department of Labor.’’. 
(2) Subsection (d) of such section is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (3), (4), (8), (10), 
(11), and (12); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (7), 
and (9) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), respec-
tively. 
(d) REINSTATEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF REPORT-
ING REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (f)(1) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 3003 of Pub-
lic Law 104–66, not later than December 31 of each 
year, the advisory committee shall submit to the Sec-
retary and to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate and House of Representatives a report on 
the employment and training needs of veterans, with 
special emphasis on disabled veterans, for the pre-
vious fiscal year.’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and their 
integration into the workforce’’ after ‘‘veterans’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); 
(4) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) 
as subparagraphs (C) and (F), respectively; 
(5) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) an assessment of the outreach activities car-
ried out by the Secretary of Labor to employers with
respect to the training and skills of veterans and the 
advantages afforded employers by hiring veterans; ’’; 
and 
(6) by inserting after subparagraph (C), as so 
redesignated, the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) a description of the activities of the advi-
sory committee during that fiscal year; 
‘‘(E) a description of activities that the advisory 
committee proposes to undertake in the succeeding fis-
cal year; and’’. 
TITLE III—HOMELESS VETERANS 
REINTEGRATION PROGRAM 
SEC. 301. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PRO-
GRAM. 
Subsection (e)(1) of section 2021 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2009.’’.
TITLE 
IV—TECHNICAL, 
CLARI-
FYING, 
AND 
CLERICAL 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 401. TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO 
NEW TRAUMATIC INJURY PROTECTION COV-
ERAGE 
UNDER 
SERVICEMEMBERS’ 
GROUP 
LIFE INSURANCE. 
(a) SECTION 1980A.—Section 1980A of title 38, 
United States Code, as enacted by section 1032(a)(2) of 
Public Law 109–13 (119 Stat. 257), is amended as follows: 
(1) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a)(1) A member of the uniformed services who is in-
sured under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance shall 
automatically be insured for traumatic injury in accord-
ance with this section. Insurance benefits under this section 
shall be payable if the member, while so insured, sustains 
a traumatic injury that results in a qualifying loss speci-
fied pursuant to subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) If a member suffers more than one such qualifying 
loss as a result of traumatic injury from the same trau-
matic event, payment shall be made under this section in 
accordance with the schedule prescribed pursuant to sub-
section (d) for the single loss providing the highest pay-
ment.’’. 
(2) Subsection (b) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘issued a’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘limited to—’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘insured against traumatic injury 
under this section is insured against such 
losses due to traumatic injury (in this sec-
tion referred to as ‘qualifying losses’) as are 
prescribed by the Secretary by regulation. 
Qualifying losses so prescribed shall include 
the following:’’; 
(ii) by capitalizing the first letter of 
the first word of each of subparagraphs (A) 
through (H); 
(iii) by striking the semicolon at the 
end of each of subparagraphs (A) through 
(F) and inserting a period; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (G) and inserting a period; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection—’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection:’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the’’ at the beginning 
of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) and in-
serting ‘‘The’’;
(iii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘4 limbs;’’ and inserting ‘‘four limbs.’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting a period; 
(v) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘1 side’’ and inserting ‘‘one side’’; and 
(vi) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) The term ‘inability to carry out the activi-
ties of daily living’ means the inability to independ-
ently perform two or more of the following six func-
tions: 
‘‘(i) Bathing. 
‘‘(ii) Continence. 
‘‘(iii) Dressing. 
‘‘(iv) Eating. 
‘‘(v) Toileting. 
‘‘(vi) Transferring.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘, in collaboration with 
the Secretary of Defense,’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘shall prescribe’’ and 
inserting ‘‘may prescribe’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘the conditions under 
which coverage against loss will not be pro-
vided’’; and inserting ‘‘conditions under 
which coverage otherwise provided under 
this section is excluded’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) A member shall not be considered for the purposes 
of 
this 
section 
to 
be 
a 
member 
insured 
under 
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance if the member is in-
sured under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance only as 
an insurable dependent of another member pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) or (C)(ii) of section 1967(a)(1) of this 
title.’’. 
(3) Subsection (c) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c)(1) A payment may be made to a member under 
this section only for a qualifying loss that results directly 
from a traumatic injury sustained while the member is cov-
ered against loss under this section and from no other cause. 
‘‘(2)(A) A payment may be made to a member under 
this section for a qualifying loss resulting from a traumatic 
injury only for a loss that is incurred during the applicable 
period of time specified pursuant to subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) For each qualifying loss, the Secretary shall pre-
scribe, by regulation, a period of time to be the period of 
time within which a loss of that type must be incurred, 
determined from the date on which the member sustains the
traumatic injury resulting in that loss, in order for that 
loss to be covered under this section. For quadriplegia, par-
aplegia, and hemiplegia, the period of time so prescribed 
shall be 365 days.’’. 
(4) Subsection (d) is amended by striking ‘‘losses 
described in subsection (b)(1) shall be—’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘qualifying losses shall be made 
in accordance with a schedule prescribed by the Sec-
retary, by regulation, specifying the amount of pay-
ment to be made for each type of qualifying loss, to 
be based on the severity of the qualifying loss. The 
minimum payment that may be prescribed for a 
qualifying loss is $25,000, and the maximum pay-
ment that may be prescribed for a qualifying loss is 
$100,000.’’. 
(5) Subsection (e) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘of Veterans Affairs’’ each 
place it appears; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘as the 
premium allocable’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘protection under this section’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of the concerned service’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary concerned’’; and
(D) by striking paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(6) The cost attributable to insuring members under 
this section for any month or other period specified by the 
Secretary, less the premiums paid by the members, shall 
be paid by the Secretary concerned to the Secretary. The 
Secretary shall allocate the amount payable among the uni-
formed services using such methods and data as the Sec-
retary determines to be reasonable and practicable. Pay-
ments under this paragraph shall be made on a monthly 
basis or at such other intervals as may be specified by the 
Secretary and shall be made within 10 days of the date 
on which the Secretary provides notice to the Secretary con-
cerned of the amount required. 
‘‘(7) For each period for which a payment by a Sec-
retary concerned is required under paragraph (6), the Sec-
retary concerned shall contribute such amount from appro-
priations available for active duty pay of the uniformed 
service concerned. 
‘‘(8) The sums withheld from the basic or other pay 
of members, or collected from them by the Secretary con-
cerned, under this subsection, and the sums contributed 
from appropriations under this subsection, together with the 
income derived from any dividends or premium rate adjust-
ments received from insurers shall be deposited to the credit
of the revolving fund established in the Treasury of the 
United States under section 1869(d)(1) of this title.’’. 
(6) Subsection (f) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) When a claim for benefits is submitted under this 
section, the Secretary of Defense or, in the case of a member 
not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary concerned shall certify to the Secretary whether 
the member with respect to whom the claim is submitted— 
‘‘(1) was at the time of the injury giving rise to 
the claim insured under Servicemembers’ Group Life 
Insurance for the purposes of this section; and 
‘‘(2) has sustained a qualifying loss.’’. 
(7) Subsection (g) of such section is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(g)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘will not be made’’ and in-
serting ‘‘may not be made under the insurance 
coverage under this section’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘the period’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘the date’’ and inserting ‘‘a pe-
riod prescribed by the Secretary, by regulation, 
for such purpose that begins on the date’’; 
(D) by designating the second sentence as 
paragraph (2);
(E) by striking ‘‘If the member’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘If a member eligible for a payment under 
this section’’ ; 
(F) by striking ‘‘will be’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall be’’; and 
(G) by striking ‘‘according to’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘to the beneficiary or bene-
ficiaries to whom the payment would be made if 
the payment were life insurance under section 
1967(a) of this title.’’. 
(8) Subsection (h) of such section is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘mem-
ber’s separation from the uniformed services’’ 
and inserting ‘‘termination of the member’s duty 
status in the uniformed services that established 
eligibility for Servicemembers’ Group Life Insur-
ance’’; 
(B) by striking the second sentence; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘The termination of coverage under 
this section is effective in accordance with the 
preceding sentence, notwithstanding any con-
tinuation after the date specified in that sentence 
of Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance cov-
erage pursuant to 1968(a) of this title for a pe-
riod specified in that section.’’. 
(9) Such section is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) Regulations under this section shall be prescribed 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1980A of title 38, 
United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), shall 
take effect on December 1, 2005, and (except as provided 
in subsection (d)) shall apply with respect to losses resulting 
from traumatic injuries incurred on or after that date. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.— 
Regulations to carry out section 1980A of title 38, United 
States Code, as amended by subsection (a), shall be pre-
scribed not later than December 1, 2005. 
(d) APPLICABILITY TO PRIOR QUALIFYING LOSSES IN-
CURRED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND OPER-
ATION IRAQI FREEDOM.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—A member of the uniformed 
services who during the period beginning on October 
7, 2001, and ending at the close of November 30, 
2005, sustains a traumatic injury resulting in a 
qualifying loss is eligible for coverage for that loss 
under section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, 
as amended by subsection (a), if, as determined by the
Secretary concerned, that loss was a direct result of 
a traumatic injury incurred in the theater of oper-
ations for Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation 
Iraqi Freedom. 
(2) CERTIFICATION OF PERSONS ENTITLED TO 
PAYMENT.—The Secretary concerned shall certify to 
the life insurance company issuing the policy of life 
insurance for Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 
under chapter 19 of title 38, United States Code, the 
name and address of each person who the Secretary 
concerned determines to be entitled by reason of para-
graph (1) to a payment under section 1980A of title 
38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), 
plus such additional information as the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs may require. 
(3) FUNDING.—At the time a certification is 
made under paragraph (2), the Secretary concerned, 
from funds then available to that Secretary for the 
pay of members of the uniformed services under the 
jurisdiction of that Secretary, shall pay to the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs the amount of funds the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines to be nec-
essary to pay all costs related to payments to be made 
under that certification. Amounts received by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs under this paragraph shall
be deposited to the credit of the revolving fund in the 
Treasury of the United States established under sec-
tion 1969(d) of title 38, United States Code. 
(4) QUALIFYING LOSS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘qualifying loss’’ means— 
(A) a loss specified in the second sentence of 
subsection (b)(1) of section 1980A of title 38, 
United States Code, as amended by subsection 
(a); and 
(B) any other loss specified by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the first sentence 
of that subsection. 
(e) FUNDING FOR FIRST YEAR OF BENEFITS.—Upon 
the date specified in subsection (b), the Secretary concerned 
shall pay to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs an amount 
that is equivalent to one-half the amount anticipated to be 
necessary to pay all costs related to payments to be made 
under section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, for fis-
cal year 2006, effective December 1, 2005. The amount re-
ceived by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under this sub-
section shall be deposited to the credit of the revolving fund 
in the Treasury of the United States established under sec-
tion 1969(d) of title 38, United States Code. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning given that
term in paragraph (25) of section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1032 of 
Public Law 109–13 (119 Stat. 257) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1), 
including the amendment that would be made by that 
paragraph effective December 1, 2005; and 
(2) by striking subsections (c) and (d). 
SEC. 402. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.—Section 1117(h)(1) 
is amended by striking ‘‘nothwithstanding’’ and in-
serting ‘‘notwithstanding’’. 
(2) INSERTION
OF
MISSING
WORD.—Section 
1513(a) is amended by inserting ‘‘section’’ after ‘‘pre-
scribed by’’. 
(3) DELETION
OF
EXTRA
WORDS.—Section 
3012(a)(1)(C)(ii) is amended by striking ‘‘on or’’. 
(4) CROSS
REFERENCE
CORRECTION.—Section 
3017(b)(1)(D) is amended by striking ‘‘3011(c)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘3011(e)’’. 
(5) STYLISTIC AMENDMENTS.—Section 3018A is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘of this section’’ in sub-
sections (b) and (c);
(B) by striking ‘‘of this subsection’’ in sub-
sections (a)(4), (a)(5), (d)(1) (both places it ap-
pears), and (d)(3); and 
(C) by striking ‘‘of this chapter’’ in sub-
section (d)(3) and inserting ‘‘of this title’’. 
(6) CROSS
REFERENCE
CORRECTION.—Section 
3117(b)(1) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 8’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 4(b)(1)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘633(b)’’ and inserting 
‘‘633(b)(1)’’. 
(7) INSERTION
OF
MISSING
WORD.—Section 
3511(a)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘sections’’ after 
‘‘under both’’. 
(8) SUBSECTION HEADINGS.— 
(A) Sections 3461, 3462, 3481, 3565, 3680, 
and 3690 are each amended by revising each 
subsection heading for a subsection therein (ap-
pearing as a centered heading immediately be-
fore the text of the subsection) so that such head-
ing appears immediately after the subsection des-
ignation and is set forth in capitals-and-small- 
capitals typeface, followed by a period and a 
one-em dash.
(B) Section 3461(c) is amended by insert-
ing after the subsection designation the following: 
‘‘DURATION OF ENTITLEMENT.—’’. 
(C) Section 3462 is amended— 
(i) in subsection (d), by inserting after 
the subsection designation the following: 
‘‘PRISONERS OF WAR.—’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by inserting after 
the subsection designation the following: 
‘‘TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—’’. 
(9) CROSS
REFERENCE
CORRECTION.—Section 
3732(c)(10)(D) is amended by striking ‘‘clause (B) of 
paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8) of this subsection’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (5)(B), (6), (7)(B), and 
(8)(B)’’. 
(10) DATE
OF
ENACTMENT
REFERENCE.—Sec-
tion 3733(a)(7) is amended by striking ‘‘the date of 
the enactment of the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 2003’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 16, 2003’’. 
(11) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.—Sec-
tion 4102A is amended 
(A) in subsection (c)(7)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘With respect to pro-
gram years beginning during or after fiscal
year 2004, one percent of’’ and inserting 
‘‘Of’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘for the program year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for any program year, one 
percent’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘By not 
later than May 7, 2003, the’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’. 
(12) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.—Sec-
tion 4105(b) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall provide,’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘Affairs with’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall, on the 15th day of each month, provide 
the Secretary and the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs with updated information regarding’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and shall’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘regarding the list’’. 
(13) CITATION CORRECTION.—Section 4110B is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(29 U.S.C. 2822(b))’’ be-
fore the period at the end. 
(14) CROSS-REFERENCE
CORRECTION.—Section 
4331(b)(2)(C) is amended by striking ‘‘section
2303(a)(2)(C)(ii)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
2302(a)(2)(C)(ii)’’. 
(15) 
CAPITALIZATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
7253(d)(5) is amended by striking ‘‘court’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Court’’. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to provide 
adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans residing 
temporarily in housing owned by a family member, to 
make certain improvements in veterans employment as-
sistance programs, and for other purposes.’’.
Union Calendar No. 144 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3665 
[Report No. 109–263] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to author-
ize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide 
adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans 
residing temporarily in housing owned by a fam-
ily member and to make direct housing loans to 
Native American veterans, and for other pur-
poses. 
NOVEMBER 1, 2005 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed