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of disabled veterans (including blind rehabilitation, care
of spinal cord dysfunction, mental illness, and long-term
care); and
‘‘(B) the programs established under section 1712A
of this title; and
‘‘(2) with respect to the programs established under section
1712A of this title, a clinician with appropriate expertise in
those programs is responsible to the Under Secretary for the
management of those programs.’’.
SEC. 345. DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL
RESIDENTS AND INTERNS.
Section 7406(c) is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘Department hospital’’ each place it
appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Department facility fur-
nishing hospital care or medical services’’;
(2) by striking out ‘‘participating hospital’’ in paragraph
(4)(C) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘participating facility’’; and
(3) by striking out ‘‘hospital’’ both places it appears in
paragraph (5) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘facility’’.
SEC. 346. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND SPECIAL PAY AGREEMENTS FOR
PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS WHO ENTER RESIDENCY
TRAINING PROGRAMS.
Section 7432(b)(2) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) The Secretary may suspend a special pay agreement
entered into under this section in the case of a physician or dentist
who, having entered into the special pay agreement, enters a resi-
dency training program. Any such suspension shall terminate when
the physician or dentist completes, withdraws from, or is no longer
a participant in the program. During the period of such a suspen-
sion, the physician or dentist is not subject to the provisions of
paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 347. REMUNERATED OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES BY
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (b) of section 7423 is amended—
(1) by striking out paragraph (1); and
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as para-
graphs (1) through (5), respectively.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c) of such section
is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking
out ‘‘subsection (b)(6)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subsection
(b)(5)’’.
SEC. 348. MODIFICATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON REAL PROPERTY,
MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
(a) MODIFICATION OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—The Secretary
of Veterans Affairs is authorized to execute such instruments as
may be necessary to modify the conditions under which the land
described in subsection (b) will revert to the United States in
order—
(1) to permit Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, to grant all
or part of such land to another party with a condition on
such grant that the grantee use such land only for civic and
recreational purposes; and
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(2) to provide that the conditions under which title to
all or any part of such land reverts to the United States
are stated so that any such reversion would occur at the option
of the United States.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land covered by this section
is the tract of 28 acres of land, more or less, conveyed to Milwaukee
County, Wisconsin, pursuant to the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing
the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to convey certain property
to Milwaukee County, Wisconsin’’, approved August 27, 1954 (68
Stat. 866).
(c) GENERAL AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary may carry out this
section subject to such terms and conditions (including reservations
of rights for the United States) as the Secretary considers necessary
to protect the interests of the United States. In carrying out this
section, the Secretary may eliminate any existing covenant or
restriction with respect to the tract of land described in subsection
(b) which the Secretary determines to be no longer necessary to
protect the interests of the United States.
SEC. 349. MODIFICATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON REAL PROPERTY,
CHEYENNE, WYOMING.
(a) MODIFICATION OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—The Secretary
of Veterans Affairs is authorized to execute such instruments as
may be necessary to modify the conditions under which the land
described in subsection (b) will revert to the United States in
order to permit the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, to grant all or
part of such land to the First Cheyenne Federal Credit Union
(formerly known as the Cheyenne VAF Federal Credit Union) with
a condition on such grant that the First Cheyenne Federal Credit
Union use such land only for the purpose of constructing a building
to house its operations.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land covered by this section
is the tract of 27 acres of land, more or less, conveyed to the
City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, pursuant to the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
authorizing the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to convey certain
property to the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming’’, approved November
8, 1965 (79 Stat. 1304).
(c) TERMS OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—In carrying out this
section, the Secretary may cause the statement of the conditions
under which title to all or any part of the land described in sub-
section (b) reverts to the United States to be revised so that any
such reversion would occur at the option of the United States.
(d) GENERAL AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary may carry out this
section subject to such terms and conditions (including reservations
of rights for the United States) as the Secretary considers necessary
to protect the interests of the United States. In carrying out this
section, the Secretary may eliminate any existing covenant or
restriction with respect to the tract of land described in subsection
(b) which the Secretary determines to be no longer necessary to
protect the interests of the United States.
SEC. 350. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL
CENTER, JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE.
(a) NAME.—The Mountain Home Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee, shall after
the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated
as the ‘‘James H. Quillen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center’’. Any reference to such medical center in any law,
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regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United
States shall be considered to be a reference to the James H. Quillen
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take effect at noon
on January 3, 1997.
SEC. 351. REPORT ON HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF VETERANS IN EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate
and House of Representatives a report on the health care needs
of veterans in east central Florida. In preparing the report, the
Secretary shall consider the needs of such veterans for psychiatric
and long-term care. The Secretary shall include in the report the
Secretary’s views, based on the Secretary’s determination of such
needs, as to the best means of meeting such needs using the
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in this Act and Public Law 103–452 for projects to meet
the health care needs of such veterans. The Secretary may, subject
to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, use an
independent contractor to assist in the determination of such health
care needs.
(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not obligate any funds,
other than for design work, for the conversion of the former Orlando
Naval Training Center Hospital in Orlando, Florida (now under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs), to a nursing
home care unit until 45 days after the date on which the report
required by subsection (a) is submitted.
SEC. 352. EVALUATION OF HEALTH STATUS OF SPOUSES AND
CHILDREN OF PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS.
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (b) of section 107
of the Persian Gulf War Veterans’ Benefits Act (title I of Public
Law 103–446; 108 Stat. 4652; 38 U.S.C. 1117 note) is amended
by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1996’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘December 31, 1998’’.
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(b) RATIFICATION
OF ACTIONS.—Any diagnostic testing and
medical examinations undertaken by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs for the purpose of the study required by subsection (a)
of such section during the period beginning on October 1, 1996,
and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act is hereby
ratified.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.