(C) The item relating to section 7298 is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘7298. Retirement Fund.’’.
(4)(A) The heading of chapter 72 is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘CHAPTER 72—UNITED STATES COURT OF
APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS’’.
(B) The item relating to chapter 72 in the table
of chapters at the beginning of title 38 and the item
relating to such chapter in the table of chapters at
the beginning of part V are amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘72. United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ....................... 7251’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS.—
(1) The following provisions of law are amended
by striking out ‘‘Court of Veterans Appeals’’ each
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Court
of Appeals for Veterans Claims’’:
(A) Section 8440d of title 5, United States
Code.
(B) Section 2412 of title 28, United States
Code.
(C) Section 906 of title 44, United States
Code.
(D) Section 109 of the Ethics in Govern-
ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
(2)(A) The heading of section 8440d of title 5,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 8440d. Judges of the United States Court of Ap-
peals for Veterans Claims’’.
(B) The item relating to such section in the
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 84 of
such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘8440d. Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.’’.
(c) OTHER LEGAL REFERENCES.—Any reference in
a law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the
United States to the United States Court of Veterans Ap-
peals shall be deemed to be a reference to the United
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
SEC. 323. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This subtitle, and the amendments made by this sub-
title, shall take effect on the first day of the first month
beginning more than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
TITLE IV—OTHER MATTERS
SEC. 401. APPLICABILITY OF PROCUREMENT LAW TO CER-
TAIN CONTRACTS OF DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3720(b) is amended by
striking out ‘‘; however’’ and all that follows and inserting
in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘, except that title III of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) shall apply to any contract for
services or supplies on account of any property acquired
pursuant to this section.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contracts entered
into under section 3720 of title 38, United States Code,
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 402. PERMANENT ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF SE-
LECTED RESERVE FOR VETERANS HOUSING
LOANS.
Section 3702(a)(2)(E) is amended by striking out
‘‘For the period beginning on October 28, 1992, and end-
ing on October 27, 1999, each veteran’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Each veteran’’.
SEC. 403. FURNISHING OF BURIAL FLAGS FOR DECEASED
MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE
SELECTED RESERVE.
Section 2301 is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary shall furnish a flag to drape
the casket of each deceased member or former member
of the Selected Reserve (as described in section 10143 of
title 10) who is not otherwise eligible for a flag under this
section or section 1482(a) of title 10—
‘‘(A) who completed at least one enlistment as
a member of the Selected Reserve or, in the case of
an officer, completed the period of initial obligated
service as a member of the Selected Reserve;
‘‘(B) who was discharged before completion of
the person’s initial enlistment as a member of the
Selected Reserve or, in the case of an officer, period
of initial obligated service as a member of the Se-
lected Reserve, for a disability incurred or aggra-
vated in line of duty; or
‘‘(C) who died while a member of the Selected
Reserve.
‘‘(2) A flag may not be furnished under subpara-
graphs (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) in the case of a person
whose last discharge from service in the Armed Forces was
under conditions less favorable than honorable.
‘‘(3) After the burial, a flag furnished under para-
graph (1) shall be given to the next of kin or to such other
person as the Secretary considers appropriate.’’.
SEC. 404. STATE CEMETERY GRANTS PROGRAM.
(a) AMOUNT
OF GRANT RELATIVE
TO PROJECT
COST.—(1) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2408(b) are
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) The amount of a grant under this section
may not exceed—
‘‘(A) in the case of the establishment of a
new cemetery, the sum of (i) the cost of im-
provements to be made on the land to be con-
verted into a cemetery, and (ii) the cost of ini-
tial equipment necessary to operate the ceme-
tery; and
‘‘(B) in the case of the expansion or im-
provement of an existing cemetery, the sum of
(i) the cost of improvements to be made on any
land to be added to the cemetery, and (ii) the
cost of any improvements to be made to the ex-
isting cemetery.
‘‘(2) If the amount of a grant under this sec-
tion is less than the amount of costs referred to in
subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), the State
receiving the grant shall contribute the excess of
such costs over the grant. Costs of land acquired or
dedicated by the State for such cemetery shall not
be taken into account for purposes of the preceding
sentence.’’.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall
apply with respect to grants under section 2408 of title
38, United States Code, made after the end of the 60-
day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS WITHOUT
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—The first sentence of section
2408(e) is amended by striking out ‘‘shall remain available
until the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal
year for which they are appropriated’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘shall remain available until expended’’.
(c) EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR GRANT PROGRAM.—Paragraph (2) of section
2408(a) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) There is authorized to be appropriated
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and for each succeeding
fiscal year through fiscal year 2004 for the purpose of
making grants under paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 405. DISABLED VETERANS OUTREACH PROGRAM SPE-
CIALISTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—section 4103A(a)(1) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘for
each 6,900 veterans residing in such State’’ through
the period and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘for each
7,400 veterans who are between the ages of 20 and
64 residing in such State.’’;
(2) in the third sentence, by striking out ‘‘of
the Vietnam era’’; and
(3) by striking out the fourth sentence.