proceeds from any enhanced-use lease to reimburse
applicable appropriations of the Department for any
expenses incurred in the development of additional
enhanced-use leases.’’; and
(3) by striking subsection (c).
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of
section 8163 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 8163. Hearing and notice requirements regarding
proposed leases’’.
(2) The item relating to section 8163 in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 81 is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘8163. Hearing and notice requirements regarding proposed leases.’’.
SEC. 5. ELIGIBILITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS HEALTH CARE OF CERTAIN ADDI-
TIONAL FILIPINO WORLD WAR II VETERANS
RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE.—The text of
section 1734 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall furnish hospital and nursing
home care and medical services to any individual described
in subsection (b) in the same manner, and subject to the
same terms and conditions, as apply to the furnishing of
such care and services to individuals who are veterans as
defined in section 101(2) of this title. Any disability of
an individual described in subsection (b) that is a service-
connected disability for purposes of this subchapter (as
provided for under section 1735(2) of this title) shall be
considered to be a service-connected disability for purposes
of furnishing care and services under the preceding sen-
tence.
‘‘(b) Subsection (a) applies to any individual who is
a Commonwealth Army veteran or new Philippine Scout
and who—
‘‘(1) is residing in the United States; and
‘‘(2) is a citizen of the United States or an
alien lawfully admitted to the United States for per-
manent residence.’’.
(b) LIMITATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date on which the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on
Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives and publishes in the Federal Register a certification
that sufficient resources are available for the fiscal year
during which the certification is submitted to carry out
section 1734 of title 38, United States Code, as amended
by such amendment, during that fiscal year at those facili-
ties of the Department of Veterans Affairs where the ma-
jority of veterans described in subsection (b) of such sec-
tion will receive hospital and nursing home care and med-
ical services authorized by subsection (a) of such section.
SEC. 6. OUTPATIENT DENTAL CARE FOR ALL FORMER
PRISONERS OF WAR.
Section 1712(a)(1)(F) is amended by striking ‘‘and
who was detained or interned for a period of not less than
90 days’’.
SEC. 7. IMPROVED ACCOUNTABILITY OF RESEARCH COR-
PORATIONS ESTABLISHED AT DEPARTMENT
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTERS.
(a) AUDITS AND IMPROVED ANNUAL REPORT.—Sub-
section (b) of section 7366 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b)(1) Not later than March 1 each year, each such
corporation shall submit to the Secretary a report con-
cerning the preceding calendar year. Each such annual re-
port shall include the following:
‘‘(A) A detailed statement of the corporation’s
operations, activities, and accomplishments during
the preceding calendar year.
‘‘(B) A description of each research project or
activity for which funds were provided by the cor-
poration during that year or for which funds were
provided by the corporation during a preceding year
and that is ongoing during the year covered by the
report, including, for each such project or activity,
the title of the project or activity and a description
of the purpose of the project or activity.
‘‘(C) A statement of the amount of funds con-
trolled by the corporation as of the first day, and as
of the last day, of the year covered by the report and
a statement of the amount of funds received, shown
by source, during the year.
‘‘(D) An itemized accounting of all disburse-
ments made during the year.
‘‘(E) The most recent audit of the corporation
under paragraph (2).
‘‘(F) Such other information as may be nec-
essary to enable the Secretary to prepare the annual
report to congressional committees required under
section 7367 of this title.
‘‘(2) A corporation with a balance of funds under its
control in excess of $300,000 at any time during a cal-
endar year shall obtain an audit of the corporation for that
year. Any other corporation shall obtain an independent
audit of the corporation at least once every three years.
The report on any such audit shall specifically state
whether the corporation audited made any payment, or
provided any travel, during the period covered by the audit
to a member of the board of directors of the corporation
and, if so, the amount and recipient of any such payment
or travel.
‘‘(3) Any audit under paragraph (2) shall be per-
formed by an independent auditor and shall be performed
in accordance with generally accepted Government audit-
ing standards and in accordance with Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A–133.
‘‘(4) The Inspector General of the Department shall
each year review the most recent audit under paragraph
(2) of not less than 10 percent of the corporations de-
scribed in the first sentence of paragraph (2) and not less
than 10 percent of the corporations described in the sec-
ond sentence of that paragraph. As part of such review,
the Inspector General shall determine whether the audit
was carried out in accordance with generally accepted
Government auditing standards, as required by paragraph
(3).’’.
(b) ANNUAL REPORT
OF SECRETARY.—(1) Sub-
chapter IV of chapter 73 is amended—
(A) by inserting after subsection (c) of section
7366 the following:
‘‘§ 7367. Annual report to congressional committees’’;
and
(B) in the text immediately following the sec-
tion heading inserted by subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)’’;
(ii) by inserting after the first sentence the
following new sentence: ‘‘Each such report shall
be based on the annual reports submitted by
the corporations to the Secretary under section
7366(b) of this title and shall be submitted not
later than May 1 of the year following the year
covered by such reports.’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘The report shall’’ and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(b) Each such report shall’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 7366 the following new item:
‘‘7367. Annual report to congressional committees.’’.
(c) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RE-
SEARCH CORPORATIONS.—Section 7368 is amended by
striking ‘‘December 31, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘December
31, 2006’’.
SEC. 8. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN RE-
VOLVING SUPPLY FUND PURCHASES.
(a) ENHANCEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
PARTICIPATION.—Section 8121 is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) and (c) as
subsections (d) and (e), respectively;
(2) by designating the last sentence of sub-
section (a) as subsection (c); and