(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 37 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 3764 and inserting the 
following new items: 
‘‘3764. Qualified non-Native American veterans. 
‘‘3765. Definitions.’’. 
SEC. 104. TERMINOLOGY AMENDMENTS TO REVISE REF-
ERENCES TO CERTAIN VETERANS IN PROVI-
SIONS RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR COM-
PENSATION OR DEPENDENCY AND INDEM-
NITY COMPENSATION. 
Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 1114(l) is amended by striking ‘‘so 
helpless’’ and inserting ‘‘with such significant disabil-
ities’’. 
(2) Section 1114(m) is amended by striking ‘‘so 
helpless’’ and inserting ‘‘so significantly disabled’’. 
(3) 
Sections 
1115(1)(E)(ii), 
1122(b)(2), 
1311(c)(2), 1315(g)(2), and 1502(b)(2) are amended 
by striking ‘‘helpless or blind, or so nearly helpless or 
blind as to’’ and inserting ‘‘blind, or so nearly blind 
or significantly disabled as to’’.
TITLE II—EMPLOYMENT 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF OPERATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S 
NATIONAL HIRE VETERANS COMMITTEE. 
(a) ONE-YEAR EXTENSION.—Subsection (f) of section 
6 of the Jobs for Veterans Act (Public Law 107–288; 116 
Stat. 2048) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘not 
later than 60 days’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘on December 31, 2005’’ and in-
serting ‘‘not later than December 31, 2006’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Subsection (g) of such section is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Subsection (e) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking ‘‘and 2005,’’ and inserting 
‘‘2005, and 2006,’’. 
SEC. 202. ADDITIONAL DUTY FOR THE ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY OF LABOR FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOY-
MENT AND TRAINING TO RAISE AWARENESS 
OF SKILLS OF VETERANS AND OF THE BENE-
FITS OF HIRING VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 4102A of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(8) With advice and assistance from the Advi-
sory Committee on Veterans Employment, Training, 
and Employer Outreach established under section 
4110 of this title, furnish information to employers 
(through meetings in person with hiring executives of 
corporations and otherwise) with respect to the train-
ing and skills of veterans and disabled veterans, and 
the advantages afforded employers by hiring veterans 
with such training and skills, and to facilitate em-
ployment of veterans and disabled veterans through 
participation in labor exchanges (Internet-based and 
otherwise), and other means.’’. 
(b) TRANSITION PLAN.—(1) The Secretary of Labor, 
acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Vet-
erans’ Employment and Training, shall develop a plan for 
the transition of the assumption of certain duties and func-
tions of the President’s National Hire Veterans Committee 
by the Assistant Secretary in carrying out section 
4102A(b)(8) of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a). Such plan shall include the identification 
of the activities and operations of the Committee that the 
Assistant Secretary determines should be continued or ex-
panded. 
(2) Not later than July 1, 2006, the Secretary shall 
transmit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives the transition plan devel-
oped under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 203. MODIFICATIONS TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
ON VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING. 
(a) COMMITTEE NAME.—(1) Subsection (a)(1) of sec-
tion 4110 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment 
and Training’’ and inserting ‘‘Advisory Committee on Vet-
erans Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach’’. 
(2) The heading of such section is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 4110. Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment, 
Training, and Employer Outreach’’. 
(3) The item relating to section 4110 in the table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 41 of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘4110. Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment, Training, and Employer 
Outreach.’’. 
(4) Any reference to the Advisory Committee estab-
lished under section 4110 of such title in any law, regula-
tion, map, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States shall be considered to be a reference to the Advisory 
Committee on Veterans Employment, Training, and Em-
ployer Outreach. 
(b) EXPANSION OF DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE.— 
Subsection (a)(2) of such section is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and their 
integration into the workforce’’ after ‘‘veterans’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (E); and 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) assist the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Veterans Employment and Training in carrying out 
outreach activities to employers with respect to the 
training and skills of veterans and the advantages af-
forded employers by hiring veterans; 
‘‘(D) make recommendations to the Secretary, 
through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans 
Employment and Training, with respect to outreach 
activities and the employment and training of vet-
erans; and’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP.—(1) 
Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary of Labor shall appoint at least 
12, but no more than 15, individuals to serve as members 
of the advisory committee as follows: