was conceived after the parent performed such serv-
ice.’’.
(b) HEALTH CARE.—Section 1803(a) of such title is
amended by striking ‘‘a child of a Vietnam veteran who
is suffering from spina bifida’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible
child’’.
(c) VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND REHABILITATION.—
Section 1804(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘a
child of a Vietnam veteran who is suffering from spina
bifida’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible child’’.
(d) MONETARY ALLOWANCE.—Section 1805(a) of
such title is amended by striking ‘‘any child of a Vietnam
veteran’’ and inserting ‘‘any eligible child’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 18 of
such title is amended as follows:
(1) The heading of the chapter is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘CHAPTER 18—DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR
CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS
AND OTHER VETERANS EXPOSED TO
HERBICIDE AGENTS’’.
(2) The heading of subchapter I is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—CHILDREN BORN WITH SPINA
BIFIDA’’.
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of the
chapter is amended—
(A) by striking the item relating to sub-
chapter I and inserting the following:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—CHILDREN BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA’’;
and
(B) by inserting before the item relating to
section 1802 the following new item:
‘‘1801. Persons eligible for benefits.’’.
(f) TABLES OF CHAPTERS.—The items relating to
chapter 18 in the tables of chapters at the beginning of
title 38, United States Code, and at the beginning of part
II of such title, are amended to read as follows:
‘‘18. Disability Benefits for Children of Vietnam Veterans and Other
Veterans Exposed to Herbicide Agents ......................... 1801’’.
SEC. 13. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR HOUSING LOANS
FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE.
Section 3702(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘For the period’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’.
SEC. 14. ADJUSTMENT TO HOME LOAN FEES AND UNI-
FORMITY OF FEES FOR QUALIFYING RE-
SERVE MEMBERS WITH FEES FOR ACTIVE
DUTY VETERANS.
(a) REVISED LOAD FEE TABLE.—Paragraph (2) of
section 3729(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(2) The loan fee table referred to in paragraph (1)
is as follows:
‘‘LOAN FEE TABLE
Type of loan
Veteran
Other obligor
(A)(i) Initial loan described in section 3710(a) to purchase or
construct a dwelling with 0-down, or any other initial loan
described in section 3710(a) other than with 5-down or 10-
down (closed before October 1, 2003) ....................................
2.00
NA
(A)(ii) Initial loan described in section 3710(a) to purchase or
construct a dwelling with 0-down, or any other initial loan
described in section 3710(a) other than with 5-down or 10-
down (closed on or after October 1, 2003, and before Octo-
ber 1, 2011) ...........................................................................
2.15
NA
(A)(iii) Initial loan described in section 3710(a) to purchase or
construct a dwelling with 0-down, or any other initial loan
described in section 3710(a) other than with 5-down or 10-
down (closed on or after October 1, 2011) ............................
1.40
NA
(B)(i) Subsequent loan described in section 3710(a) to pur-
chase or construct a dwelling with 0-down, or any other sub-
sequent loan described in section 3710(a) (closed before Oc-
tober 1, 2011) ........................................................................
3.30
NA
(B)(ii) Subsequent loan described in section 3710(a) to pur-
chase or construct a dwelling with 0-down, or any other sub-
sequent loan described in section 3710(a) (closed on or after
October 1, 2011 and before October 1, 2013) .......................
2.15
NA
(B)(iii) Subsequent loan described in section 3710(a) to pur-
chase or construct a dwelling with 0-down, or any other sub-
sequent loan described in section 3710(a) (closed on or after
October 1, 2013) ....................................................................
1.25
NA
(C)(i) Loan described in section 3710(a) to purchase or con-
struct a dwelling with 5-down (closed before October 1,
2011) ......................................................................................
1.50
NA
(C)(ii) Loan described in section 3710(a) to purchase or con-
struct a dwelling with 5-down (closed on or after October 1,
2011) ......................................................................................
0.75
NA
(D)(i) Initial loan described in section 3710(a) to purchase or
construct a dwelling with 10-down (closed before October 1,
2011) ......................................................................................
1.25
NA
‘‘LOAN FEE TABLE—Continued
Type of loan
Veteran
Other obligor
(D)(ii) Initial loan described in section 3710(a) to purchase or
construct a dwelling with 10-down (closed on or after Octo-
ber 1, 2011) ...........................................................................
0.50
NA
(E) Interest rate reduction refinancing loan .............................
0.50
NA
(F) Direct loan under section 3711 ...........................................
1.00
NA
(G) Manufactured home loan under section 3712 (other than
an interest rate reduction refinancing loan) ..........................
1.00
NA
(H) Loan to Native American veteran under section 3762
(other than an interest rate reduction refinancing loan) .......
1.25
NA
(I) Loan assumption under section 3714 ..................................
0.50
0.50
(J) Loan under section 3733(a) ................................................
2.25
2.25
(K) Hybrid loan under section 3707A .......................................
1.25
NA’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subparagraph
(A) of paragraph (4) of such section is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(A) The term ‘veteran’ means any veteran eli-
gible for the benefits of this chapter.’’.
(2) Such paragraph is further amended by striking
subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraphs (C),
(D), (E), (F), (G), (H), and (I) as subparagraphs (B),
(C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H), respectively.
SEC. 15. REINSTATEMENT OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
FOR SALE OF VENDEE LOANS.
(a) REINSTATEMENT.—Subsection (a) of section
3733 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing paragraph (2).
(b) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE.—Para-
graph (1) of such subsection is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘65 percent’’ in the first sen-
tence and inserting ‘‘85 percent’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘may be financed’’ and inserting
‘‘shall be financed’’; and
(3) by striking the second sentence.
(c) STYLISTIC AMENDMENTS.—Such section is fur-
ther amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘of this subsection’’ after—
(A) 
‘‘paragraph 
(1)’’ 
in 
subsections
(a)(4)(A), (a)(5), (a)(6), and (c)(2); and
(B) 
‘‘paragraph 
(5)’’ 
in 
subsection
(a)(4)(B)(i); and
(2) by striking ‘‘of this paragraph’’ each place
it appears in subsection (a)(4).
SEC. 16. RATE OF PAYMENT OF BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN
FILIPINO VETERANS AND THEIR SURVIVORS
RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) RATE OF PAYMENT.—Section 107 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (b), by
striking ‘‘Payments’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
vided in subsection (c), payments’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and subchapter II of
chapter 13 (except section 1312(a)) of this
title’’ after ‘‘chapter 11 of this title’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘in subsection (a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in subsection (a) or (b)’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘of subsection (a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘of the applicable subsection’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply to benefits paid for months be-
ginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 17. BURIAL BENEFITS FOR NEW PHILIPPINE SCOUTS
RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY.—Section 107 of title 38,
United States Code, as amended by section 16, is further
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting a
comma; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, 23, and 24 (to the ex-
tent provided for in section 2402(8))’’ after
‘‘(except section 1312(a))’’;
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (b), as
amended by section 16(a)(1), by inserting ‘‘or (d)’’
after ‘‘subsection (c)’’;
(3) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘or (b), as
otherwise applicable,’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and
(4) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘or whose
service is described in subsection (b) and who dies
after the date of the enactment of the Veterans Ben-
efits Act of 2003,’’ after ‘‘November 1, 2000,’’.
(b) NATIONAL
CEMETERY
INTERMENT.—Section
2402(8) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘section
107(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of section
107’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to deaths
occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 18. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN RE-
GIONAL OFFICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES.
Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2003’’ and inserting
‘‘December 31, 2009’’.
SEC. 19. OUTSTATIONING OF TRANSITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM PERSONNEL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 41 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 4113. Outstationing of Transition Assistance Pro-
gram personnel
‘‘(a) STATIONING OF TAP PERSONNEL AT OVERSEAS
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—(1) The Secretary—
‘‘(A) shall station employees of the Veterans’
Employment and Training Service, or contractors
under subsection (c), at each veterans assistance of-
fice described in paragraph (2); and
‘‘(B) may station such employees or contractors
at such other military installations outside the
United States as the Secretary, after consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, determines to be ap-
propriate or desirable to carry out the purposes of
this chapter.
‘‘(2) Veterans assistance offices referred to in para-
graph (1)(A) are those offices that are established by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs on military installations pur-
suant to the second sentence of section 7723(a) of this
title.
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—Employees (or contractors) sta-
tioned at military installations pursuant to subsection (a)
shall provide, in person, counseling, assistance in identi-
fying employment and training opportunities, help in ob-
taining such employment and training, and other related
information and services to members of the Armed Forces
who are being separated from active duty, and the spouses
of such members, under the Transition Assistance Pro-
gram and Disabled Transition Assistance Program estab-
lished in section 1144 of title 10.
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE EN-
TITIES.—The Secretary, consistent with such section
1144, may enter into contracts with public or private enti-
ties to provide, in person, some or all of the counseling,
assistance, information and services under the Transition
Assistance Program required under subsection (a).’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘4113. Outstationing of Transition Assistance Program personnel.’’.
(b) DEADLINE
FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later
than the date that is 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall implement
section 4113 of title 38, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a), and shall have employees of the Veterans’
Employment and Training Service, or contractors, to
carry out that section at the military installations involved
by such date.
SEC. 20. FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS FOR SUBVERSIVE AC-
TIVITIES.
(a) ADDITION OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.—Paragraph
(2) of section 6105(b) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘175, 229,’’ after ‘‘sections’’;
and
(2) by inserting ‘‘831, 1091, 2332a, 2332b,’’
after ‘‘798,’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply to claims filed after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 21. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATED TO JOBS FOR
VETERANS ACT.
(a) JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT FUNCTIONS OF
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
LABOR.—(1) 
Subsection
(c)(2)(B)(ii) of section 4102A of such title is amended by
striking ‘‘October 1, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1,
2003’’.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 4(a)
of the Jobs for Veterans Act (Public Law 107–288; 116
Stat. 2038).
(b) OTHER TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) Such
subsection is further amended by striking ‘‘, as amended
by the Jobs for Veterans Act’’.
(2) Subsection (f)(1) of such section is amended by
striking ‘‘6 months after the date of the enactment of this
section,’’ and inserting ‘‘May 7, 2003,’’.