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Union Calendar No. 144 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3665 
[Report No. 109–263] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans resid-
ing temporarily in housing owned by a family member and to make 
direct housing loans to Native American veterans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005 
Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. FILNER, and Mr. EVANS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
NOVEMBER 1, 2005 
Additional sponsors: Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. CASE, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. SCHIFF, and Ms. 
BERKLEY 
NOVEMBER 1, 2005 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 7, 2005] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide adaptive housing 
assistance to disabled veterans residing temporarily in
housing owned by a family member and to make direct 
housing loans to Native American veterans, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 ‘‘Vet-
erans Housing and Employment Improvement Act of 
2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 101. Adaptive housing assistance for disabled veterans residing temporarily 
in housing owned by family member. 
Sec. 102. Permanent authority to make direct housing loans to Native American 
veterans. 
Sec. 103. Extension of eligibility for direct loans for Native American veterans 
to a veteran who is the spouse of a Native American. 
Sec. 104. Terminology amendments to revise references to certain veterans in pro-
visions relating to eligibility for compensation or dependency 
and indemnity compensation. 
TITLE II—EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
Sec. 201. Extension of operation of the President’s National Hire Veterans Com-
mittee. 
Sec. 202. Additional duty for the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Em-
ployment and Training to raise awareness of skills of veterans 
and of the benefits of hiring veterans. 
Sec. 203. Modifications to the Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment and 
Training. 
TITLE III—HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PROGRAM 
Sec. 301. Reauthorization of appropriations for Homeless Veterans Reintegration 
Program. 
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL, CLARIFYING, AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 401. Technical and clarifying amendments to new traumatic injury protec-
tion coverage under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance. 
Sec. 402. Technical and clerical amendments.
TITLE I—HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 101. ADAPTIVE HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR DISABLED 
VETERANS RESIDING TEMPORARILY IN HOUS-
ING OWNED BY FAMILY MEMBER. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 21 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 2102 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2102A. Assistance for veterans residing temporarily 
in housing owned by family member 
‘‘(a) In the case of a disabled veteran who is described 
in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) of section 2101 of this title 
and who is residing, but does not intend to permanently 
reside, in a residence owned by a member of such veteran’s 
family, the Secretary may assist the veteran in acquiring 
such adaptations to such residence as are determined by 
the Secretary to be reasonably necessary because of the vet-
eran’s disability. 
‘‘(b) The assistance authorized under subsection (a) 
may not exceed— 
‘‘(1) $10,000, in the case of a veteran described 
in section 2101(a)(2) of this title; or 
‘‘(2) $2,000, in the case of a veteran described in 
section 2101(b)(2) of this title. 
‘‘(c) The assistance authorized by subsection (a) shall 
be limited in the case of any veteran to one residence.
‘‘(d) Assistance under this section shall be provided in 
accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe. 
‘‘(e) No assistance may be provided under this section 
after the end of the five-year period that begins on the date 
of the enactment of the Veterans Housing and Employment 
Improvement Act of 2005.’’. 
(b) LIMITATIONS
ON ADAPTIVE HOUSING ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 2102 of such title is amended— 
(1) in the matter in subsection (a) preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall be limited in the case 
of any veteran to one housing unit, and nec-
essary land therefor, and’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘veteran but shall not ex-
ceed $50,000 in any one case—’’ and inserting 
‘‘veteran—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d)(1) The aggregate amount of assistance available 
to a veteran under sections 2101(a) and 2102A of this title 
shall be limited to $50,000. 
‘‘(2) The aggregate amount of assistance available to 
a veteran under sections 2101(b) and 2102A of this title 
shall be limited to $10,000.
‘‘(3) No veteran may receive more than three grants 
of assistance under this chapter.’’. 
(c) COORDINATION
OF ADMINISTRATION
OF BENE-
FITS.—Chapter 21 of such title is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2107. Coordination of administration of benefits 
‘‘The Secretary shall provide for the coordination of 
the administration of programs to provide specially adapt-
ed housing that are administered by the Under Secretary 
for Health and such programs that are administered by the 
Under Secretary for Benefits under this chapter, chapter 
17, and chapter 31 of this title.’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the item relating to section 
2102 the following new item: 
‘‘2102A. Assistance for veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by family 
member.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2107. Coordination of administration of benefits.’’. 
(e) GAO REPORTS.—(1) Not later than three years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress an interim report on the 
implementation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of sec-
tion 2102A of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a).
(2) Not later than five years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
Congress a final report on the implementation of such sec-
tion. 
SEC. 102. PERMANENT AUTHORITY TO MAKE DIRECT HOUS-
ING LOANS TO NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS. 
(a) PERMANENT AUTHORITY.—Section 3761 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘establish and implement a 
pilot program under which the Secretary may’’ 
in the first sentence; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘shall establish and imple-
ment the pilot program’’ in the third sentence 
and inserting ‘‘shall make such loans’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘In carrying 
out the pilot program under this subchapter, the’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c). 
(b) REPORTS.—Section 3762(j) of such title is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(j) The Secretary shall include as part of the annual 
report required by section 529 of this title and as part of 
any annual benefits report of the Veterans Benefits Admin-