II 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6342 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 6, 2006 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain 
expiring provisions of law administered by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, to expand eligibility for the Sur-
vivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance program, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Veterans Programs Extension Act of 2006’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Extension of certain expiring provisions of law administered by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 3. Expansion of eligibility for Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational As-
sistance program. 
Sec. 4. Deadline and permanent requirement for report on educational assist-
ance program. 
Sec. 5. Reauthorization of biennial report of Advisory Committee on Women 
Veterans. 
Sec. 6. Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical centers and mul-
tiple sclerosis centers of excellence. 
Sec. 7. Authorization of major medical facility leases. 
Sec. 8. Technical and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 9. Codification of cost-of-living adjustment provided in Public Law 109– 
361. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EXPIRING PROVISIONS OF 
LAW ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR HEALTH CARE FOR PARTICIPA-
TION IN DOD CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 
TESTING.—Section 1710(e)(3)(D) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2005’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2007’’. 
(b) GRANT AND PER DIEM GRANT ASSISTANCE FOR 
HOMELESS VETERANS.—Section 2011(a)(2) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2005’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2007’’. 
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(c) TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR SERI-
OUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS.—Sec-
tion 2031(b) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2007’’. 
(d) ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR HOMELESS AND SE-
RIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL VETERANS.—Section 2033(d) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2007’’. 
(e) ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ON HOMELESS VET-
ERANS.—Section 2066(d) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2007’’. 
(f) GOVERNMENT MARKERS
IN PRIVATE CEME-
TERIES.—Section 2306(d)(3) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2007’’. 
(g) ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE ALLOW-
ANCE FOR WORK-STUDY.—Section 3485(a)(4) of such 
title is amended in subparagraphs (A), (C), and (F) by 
striking ‘‘December 27, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 
2007’’. 
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SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SURVIVORS’ AND 
DEPENDENTS’ 
EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) 
EXPANSION
OF
ELIGIBILITY.—Section 
3501(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘means—’’ and inserting ‘‘means any of 
the following:’’; 
(2) in each of subparagraphs (A) through (D), 
by capitalizing the first letter of the first word; 
(3) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘a person who’’ the 
following: ‘‘, as a result of qualifying service’’; 
(B) by striking the comma at the end of 
clause (i) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the end of clause 
(ii) and inserting a period; and 
(D) by striking clause (iii); 
(4) in subparagraph (B) by striking the comma 
at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘sustained 
during a period of qualifying service.’’; 
(5) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or child’’ after ‘‘the 
spouse’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the end and in-
serting a period; 
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(6) in subparagraph (D)— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting before the 
comma the following: ‘‘sustained during a pe-
riod of qualifying service’’; and 
(B) by striking the comma at the end and 
inserting a period; 
(7) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) The spouse or child of a person 
who— 
‘‘(i) at the time of the Secretary’s de-
termination under clause (ii), is a member 
of the Armed Forces who is hospitalized or 
receiving outpatient medical care, services, 
or treatment; 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary determines has a 
total disability permanent in nature in-
curred or aggravated in the line of duty in 
the active military, naval, or air service; 
and 
‘‘(iii) is likely to be discharged or re-
leased from such service for such dis-
ability.’’; and 
(8) by striking ‘‘arising out of’’ and all that fol-
lows through the end. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 35.— 
Chapter 35 of such title is further amended as follows: 
(1) Section 3501(a) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) The term ‘qualifying service’ means serv-
ice in the active military, naval, or air service after 
the beginning of the Spanish-American War that did 
not terminate under dishonorable conditions.’’. 
(2) Section 3511 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Each eligible person’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘Each eligible 
person, whether made eligible by one or 
more 
of 
the 
provisions 
of 
section 
3501(a)(1) of this title,’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘a period’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘an aggregate period’’; and 
(iii) by striking the second sentence; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the provisions of 
section 3501(a)(1)(A)(iii) or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
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(I) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
3501(a)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraph (D) or (E) of section 
3501(a)(1)’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the 
comma at the end; and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (3) 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) the parent or spouse from whom such eli-
gibility is derived based upon subparagraph (E) of 
section 3501(a)(1) of this title no longer meets a re-
quirement under clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of that sub-
paragraph,’’; and 
(C) by striking subsection (c). 
(3) Section 3512 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘an eligible person 
(within 
the 
meaning 
of 
section 
3501(a)(1)(A) of this title)’’ and inserting 
‘‘an eligible person whose eligibility is 
based on the death or disability of a parent 
or on a parent being listed in one of the 
categories 
referred 
to 
in 
section 
3501(a)(1)(C) of this title’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘the 
provisions of section 3501(a)(1)(A)(iii)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a parent being listed in one 
of the categories referred to in section 
3501(a)(1)(C)’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘section 
3501(a)(1) of this title’’ the following: 
‘‘or a person made eligible by the dis-
ability of a spouse under section 
3501(a)(1)(E) of this title’’; and 
(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘or 
3501(a)(1)(D)(ii) of this title’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘3501(a)(1)(D)(ii), 
or 
3501(a)(1)(E) of this title’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding at 
the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) The date on which the Secretary notifies 
the member of the Armed Forces from whom eligi-
bility is derived that the member has a total dis-
ability permanent in nature incurred or aggravated 
in the line of duty in the active military, naval, or 
air service.’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (2)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘or (D) of this 
title’’ and inserting ‘‘(D), or (E) of 
this title’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘whose eligi-
bility is based on the death or dis-
ability of a spouse or on a spouse 
being listed in one of the categories 
referred to in section 3501(a)(1)(C) of 
this title’’ after ‘‘of this title)’’; 
(C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘vet-
eran’’ and inserting ‘‘person’’; and 
(D) in subsection (e)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘based on a spouse 
being listed in one of the categories re-
ferred to in section 3501(a)(1)(C) of this 
title’’ after ‘‘of this title’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘so’’ after ‘‘the 
spouse was’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘by the Secretary’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘occurs’’. 
(4) Section 3540 is amended by striking ‘‘(as 
defined in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of sec-
tion 3501(a)(1) of this title)’’ and inserting ‘‘(other 
than a person made eligible under subparagraph (C) 
of such section by reason of a spouse being listed in 
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one of the categories referred to in that subpara-
graph)’’. 
(5) Section 3563 is amended by striking ‘‘each 
eligible person defined in section 3501(a)(1)(A) of 
this title’’ and inserting ‘‘each eligible person whose 
eligibility is based on the death or disability of a 
parent or on a parent being listed in one of the cat-
egories referred to in section 3501(a)(1)(C) of this 
title’’. 
(c) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title 
is further amended as follows: 
(1) Sections 3686(a)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘or (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(D), or (E)’’. 
(2) Section 5113(b)(3) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 3501(a)(1)’’ and all that follows through 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘subpara-
graphs (A), (B), (D), and (E) of section 
3501(a)(1) of this title.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘such veteran’s death’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the death of the person 
from whom such eligibility is derived’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘such veteran’s serv-
ice-connected total disability permanent in 
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nature’’ and inserting ‘‘the service-con-
nected total disability permanent in nature 
(or, in the case of a person made eligible 
under section 3501(a)(1)(E), the total dis-
ability permanent in nature incurred or ag-
gravated in the line of duty in the active 
military, naval, or air service) of the per-
son from whom such eligibility is derived’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to a payment of edu-
cational assistance for a course of education pursued after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. DEADLINE AND PERMANENT REQUIREMENT FOR 
REPORT ON EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) DEADLINE FOR REPORT.—Not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall each submit to Congress a report containing 
the information specified in subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 3036 of title 38, United States Code. 
(b) REPEAL OF TERMINATION.—Section 3036 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection 
(d). 
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SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION OF BIENNIAL REPORT OF ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN VETERANS. 
Section 542(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2004’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
SEC. 6. PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, 
AND 
CLINICAL 
CENTERS 
AND 
MULTIPLE 
SCLEROSIS CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CEN-
TERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sections: 
‘‘§ 7329. Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and 
clinical centers 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS.—(1) The Sec-
retary, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary 
for Health, shall designate not less than six Department 
health-care facilities as the locations for centers of Parkin-
son’s Disease research, education, and clinical activities. 
‘‘(2) Subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds 
for such purpose, the Secretary shall establish and operate 
centers of Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and 
clinical activities at the locations designated pursuant to 
paragraph (1) for such centers. 
‘‘(b) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF FACILITIES.— 
(1) In designating Department health-care facilities for 
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centers under subsection (a), the Secretary, upon the rec-
ommendation of the Under Secretary for Health, shall as-
sure appropriate geographic distribution of such facilities. 
‘‘(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Sec-
retary shall designate as the location for a center of Par-
kinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical activities 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1) each Department health- 
care facility that as of January 1, 2005, was operating 
a Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical 
center. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may not under subsection (a) des-
ignate a facility described in paragraph (2) if (on the rec-
ommendation of the Under Secretary for Health) the Sec-
retary determines that such facility— 
‘‘(A) does not meet the requirements of sub-
section (c); or 
‘‘(B) has not demonstrated— 
‘‘(i) effectiveness in carrying out the estab-
lished purposes of such center; or 
‘‘(ii) the potential to carry out such pur-
poses effectively in the reasonably foreseeable 
future. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION.—(1) The 
Secretary may not designate a Department health-care fa-
cility as a location for a center under subsection (a) unless 
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the peer review panel established under subsection (d) has 
determined under that subsection that the proposal sub-
mitted by such facility as a location for a new center under 
subsection (a) is among those proposals that meet the 
highest competitive standards of scientific and clinical 
merit. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not designate a Department 
health-care facility as a location for a center under sub-
section (a) unless the Secretary (upon the recommenda-
tion of the Under Secretary for Health) determines that 
the facility has (or may reasonably be anticipated to de-
velop) each of the following: 
‘‘(A) An arrangement with an accredited med-
ical school that provides education and training in 
neurology and with which the Department health- 
care facility is affiliated under which residents re-
ceive education and training in innovative diagnosis 
and treatment of chronic neurodegenerative diseases 
and movement disorders, including Parkinson’s Dis-
ease. 
‘‘(B) The ability to attract the participation of 
scientists who are capable of ingenuity and creativity 
in health-care research efforts. 
‘‘(C) An advisory committee composed of vet-
erans and appropriate health-care and research rep-
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resentatives of the Department health-care facility 
and of the affiliated school or schools to advise the 
directors of such facility and such center on policy 
matters pertaining to the activities of the center dur-
ing the period of the operation of such center. 
‘‘(D) The capability to conduct effectively eval-
uations of the activities of such center. 
‘‘(E) The capability to coordinate (as part of an 
integrated national system) education, clinical, and 
research activities within all facilities with such cen-
ters. 
‘‘(F) The capability to jointly develop a consor-
tium 
of 
providers 
with 
interest 
in 
treating 
neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s 
Disease and other movement disorders, at facilities 
without such centers in order to ensure better access 
to state-of-the-art diagnosis, care, and education for 
neurodegenerative disorders throughout the health 
care system of the Department. 
‘‘(G) The capability to develop a national repos-
itory in the health care system of the Department 
for the collection of data on health services delivered 
to veterans seeking care for neurodegenerative dis-
eases, including Parkinson’s Disease, and other 
movement disorders. 
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‘‘(d) PEER REVIEW PANEL.—(1) The Under Sec-
retary for Health shall establish a panel to assess the sci-
entific and clinical merit of proposals that are submitted 
to the Secretary for the establishment of centers under 
this section. 
‘‘(2)(A) The membership of the panel shall consist 
of experts in neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkin-
son’s Disease, and other movement disorders. 
‘‘(B) Members of the panel shall serve for a period 
of no longer than two years, except as specified in sub-
paragraph (C). 
‘‘(C) Of the members first appointed to the panel, 
one half shall be appointed for a period of three years and 
one half shall be appointed for a period of two years, as 
designated by the Under Secretary at the time of appoint-
ment. 
‘‘(3) The panel shall review each proposal submitted 
to the panel by the Under Secretary and shall submit its 
views on the relative scientific and clinical merit of each 
such proposal to the Under Secretary. 
‘‘(4) The panel shall not be subject to the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY
OF
FUNDING.—Before providing 
funds for the operation of a center designated under sub-
section (a) at a Department health-care facility other than 
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at a facility designated pursuant to subsection (b)(2), the 
Secretary shall ensure that each Parkinson’s Disease cen-
ter at a facility designated pursuant to subsection (b)(2) 
is receiving adequate funding to enable that center to 
function effectively in the areas of Parkinson’s Disease re-
search, education, and clinical activities. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for the support of the research and education 
activities of the centers established pursuant to subsection 
(a). The Under Secretary for Health shall allocate to such 
centers from other funds appropriated generally for the 
Department medical services account and medical and 
prosthetics research account, as appropriate, such 
amounts as the Under Secretary for Health determines 
appropriate. 
‘‘(g) AWARD COMPETITIONS.—Activities of clinical 
and scientific investigation at each center established 
under subsection (a) shall be eligible to compete for the 
award of funding from funds appropriated for the Depart-
ment medical and prosthetics research account. Such ac-
tivities shall receive priority in the award of funding from 
such account insofar as funds are awarded to projects for 
research in Parkinson’s Disease and other movement dis-
orders. 
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‘‘§ 7330. Multiple sclerosis centers of excellence 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS.—(1) The Sec-
retary, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary 
for Health, shall designate not less than two Department 
health-care facilities as the locations for multiple sclerosis 
centers of excellence. 
‘‘(2) Subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds 
for such purpose, the Secretary shall establish and operate 
multiple sclerosis centers of excellence at the locations des-
ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) for such centers. 
‘‘(b) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF FACILITIES.— 
(1) In designating Department health-care facilities for 
centers under subsection (a), the Secretary, upon the rec-
ommendation of the Under Secretary for Health, shall as-
sure appropriate geographic distribution of such facilities. 
‘‘(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Sec-
retary shall designate as the location for a multiple scle-
rosis center of excellence pursuant to subsection (a)(1) 
each Department health-care facility that as of January 
1, 2005, was operating a multiple sclerosis center of excel-
lence. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may not under subsection (a) des-
ignate a facility described in paragraph (2) if (on the rec-
ommendation of the Under Secretary for Health) the Sec-
retary determines that such facility— 
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‘‘(A) does not meet the requirements of sub-
section (c); or 
‘‘(B) has not demonstrated— 
‘‘(i) effectiveness in carrying out the estab-
lished purposes of such center; or 
‘‘(ii) the potential to carry out such pur-
poses effectively in the reasonably foreseeable 
future. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION.—(1) The 
Secretary may not designate a Department health-care fa-
cility as a location for a center under subsection (a) unless 
the peer review panel established under subsection (d) has 
determined under that subsection that the proposal sub-
mitted by such facility as a location for a new center under 
subsection (a) is among those proposals that meet the 
highest competitive standards of scientific and clinical 
merit. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not designate a Department 
health-care facility as a location for a center under sub-
section (a) unless the Secretary (upon the recommenda-
tion of the Under Secretary for Health) determines that 
the facility has (or may reasonably be anticipated to de-
velop) each of the following: 
‘‘(A) An arrangement with an accredited med-
ical school that provides education and training in 
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neurology and with which the Department health- 
care facility is affiliated under which residents re-
ceive education and training in innovative diagnosis 
and treatment of chronic neurodegenerative diseases, 
including multiple sclerosis. 
‘‘(B) The ability to attract the participation of 
scientists who are capable of ingenuity and creativity 
in health-care research efforts. 
‘‘(C) An advisory committee composed of vet-
erans and appropriate health-care and research rep-
resentatives of the Department health-care facility 
and of the affiliated school or schools to advise the 
directors of such facility and such center on policy 
matters pertaining to the activities of the center dur-
ing the period of the operation of such center. 
‘‘(D) The capability to conduct effectively eval-
uations of the activities of such center. 
‘‘(E) The capability to coordinate (as part of an 
integrated national system) education, clinical, and 
research activities within all facilities with such cen-
ters. 
‘‘(F) The capability to jointly develop a consor-
tium of providers with interest in treating multiple 
sclerosis at facilities without such centers in order to 
ensure better access to state-of-the-art diagnosis, 
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care, and education for autoimmune disease affect-
ing the central nervous system throughout the health 
care system of the Department. 
‘‘(G) The capability to develop a national repos-
itory in the health care system of the Department 
for the collection of data on health services delivered 
to veterans seeking care for autoimmune disease af-
fecting the central nervous system. 
‘‘(d) PEER REVIEW PANEL.—(1) The Under Sec-
retary for Health shall establish a panel to assess the sci-
entific and clinical merit of proposals that are submitted 
to the Secretary for the establishment of centers under 
this section. 
‘‘(2)(A) The membership of the panel shall consist 
of experts in autoimmune disease affecting the central 
nervous system. 
‘‘(B) Members of the panel shall serve for a period 
of no longer than two years, except as specified in sub-
paragraph (C). 
‘‘(C) Of the members first appointed to the panel, 
one half shall be appointed for a period of three years and 
one half shall be appointed for a period of two years, as 
designated by the Under Secretary at the time of appoint-
ment. 
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‘‘(3) The panel shall review each proposal submitted 
to the panel by the Under Secretary and shall submit its 
views on the relative scientific and clinical merit of each 
such proposal to the Under Secretary. 
‘‘(4) The panel shall not be subject to the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY
OF
FUNDING.—Before providing 
funds for the operation of a center designated under sub-
section (a) at a Department health-care facility other than 
at a facility designated pursuant to subsection (b)(2), the 
Secretary shall ensure that each multiple sclerosis center 
at a facility designated pursuant to subsection (b)(2) is 
receiving adequate funding to enable that center to func-
tion effectively in the areas of multiple sclerosis research, 
education, and clinical activities. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for the support of the research and education 
activities of the centers established pursuant to subsection 
(a). The Under Secretary for Health shall allocate to such 
centers from other funds appropriated generally for the 
Department medical services account and medical and 
prosthetics research account, as appropriate, such 
amounts as the Under Secretary for Health determines 
appropriate. 
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‘‘(g) AWARD COMPETITIONS.—Activities of clinical 
and scientific investigation at each center established 
under subsection (a) shall be eligible to compete for the 
award of funding from funds appropriated for the Depart-
ment medical and prosthetics research account. Such ac-
tivities shall receive priority in the award of funding from 
such account insofar as funds are awarded to projects for 
research in multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative 
disorders.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 7328 
the following new items: 
‘‘7329. Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical centers. 
‘‘7330. Multiple sclerosis centers of excellence.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 7329 and 7330 of 
title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
shall take effect at the end of the 30-day period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 
LEASES. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2006 LEASES.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major med-
ical facility leases in fiscal year 2006 at the locations spec-
ified, in an amount for each lease not to exceed the 
amount specified for that location: 
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(1) For an outpatient clinic, Baltimore, Mary-
land, $10,908,000. 
(2) For an outpatient clinic, Evansville, Indi-
ana, $8,989,000. 
(3) For an outpatient clinic, Smith County, 
Texas, $5,093,000. 
(b) FISCAL YEAR 2007 LEASES.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major med-
ical facility leases in fiscal year 2007 at the locations spec-
ified, in an amount for each lease not to exceed the 
amount specified for that location: 
(1) For an outpatient and specialty care clinic, 
Austin, Texas, $6,163,000. 
(2) For an outpatient clinic, Lowell, Massachu-
setts, $2,520,000. 
(3) For an outpatient clinic, Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, $4,409,000. 
(4) For up to four outpatient clinics, Las 
Vegas, Nevada, $8,518,000. 
(5) For an outpatient clinic, Parma, Ohio, 
$5,032,000. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 
MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES.— 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2006 LEASES.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Secretary of Vet-
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erans Affairs for fiscal year 2006 for the Medical 
Care account, $24,990,000 for the leases authorized 
in subsection (a). 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2007 LEASES.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2007 for the Medical 
Care account, $26,642,000 for the leases authorized 
in subsection (b). 
SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 38, 
United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) 
CITATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
1718(c)(2) is amended by inserting ‘‘of 1938’’ after 
‘‘Act’’. 
(2) 
CITATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
1785(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘Robert B.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Robert T.’’. 
(3) 
PUNCTUATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
2002(1) is amended by inserting a closing paren-
thesis before the period at the end. 
(4) 
PUNCTUATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
2011(a)(1)(C) is amended by inserting a period at 
the end. 
(5) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTION.—Section 
2041(a)(3)(A)(i) is amended by striking ‘‘under this 
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chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘established under section 
3722 of this title’’. 
(6) 
CITATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
8111(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘into the stra-
tegic’’ and all that follows through ‘‘and Results Act 
of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘into the strategic plan of 
each Department under section 306 of title 5 and 
the performance plan of each Department under sec-
tion 1115 of title 31’’. 
(7) REPEAL
OF
OBSOLETE
TEXT.—Section 
8111 is further amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘effec-
tive October 1, 2003,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(i) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘shall be implemented no later than Octo-
ber 1, 2003, and’’; and 
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘, following implementation of the sched-
ule,’’. 
(8) 
CITATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
8111A(a)(2)(B)(i) is amended by striking ‘‘Robert 
B.’’ and inserting ‘‘Robert T.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 107–296.—Effective as of Novem-
ber 25, 2002, section 1704(d) of the Homeland Security 
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Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2315) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘101(25)(d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘101(25)(D)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘3011(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘3011(a)(1)(A)(ii)(III)’’. 
SEC. 9. CODIFICATION OF COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT 
PROVIDED IN PUBLIC LAW 109–361. 
(a) VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION.—Sec-
tion 1114 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$112’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$115’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$218’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$225’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$337’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$348’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$485’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$501’’; 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$690’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$712’’; 
(6) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$873’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$901’’; 
(7) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘$1,099’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,135’’; 
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(8) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘$1,277’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,319’’; 
(9) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘$1,436’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,483’’; 
(10) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘$2,393’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$2,471’’; 
(11) in subsection (k)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$87’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘$89’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$2,977’’ and ‘‘$4,176’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$3,075’’ and ‘‘$4,313’’, respec-
tively; 
(12) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘$2,977’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$3,075’’; 
(13) in subsection (m), by striking ‘‘$3,284’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$3,392’’; 
(14) in subsection (n), by striking ‘‘$3,737’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$3,860’’; 
(15) in subsections (o) and (p), by striking 
‘‘$4,176’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘$4,313’’; 
(16) in subsection (r)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$1,792’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$1,851’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2,669’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2,757’’; and 
(17) in subsection (s), by striking ‘‘$2,678’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$2,766’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL
COMPENSATION
FOR
DEPEND-
ENTS.—Section 1115(1) of such title is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$135’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$139’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘$233’’ 
and ‘‘$68’’ and inserting ‘‘$240’’ and ‘‘$70’’, respec-
tively; 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘$91’’ and 
‘‘$68’’ and inserting ‘‘$94’’ and ‘‘$70’’, respectively; 
(4) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘$109’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$112’’; 
(5) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘$257’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$265’’; and 
(6) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘$215’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$222’’. 
(c) CLOTHING ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN DISABLED 
VETERANS.—Section 1162 of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘$641’’ and inserting ‘‘$662’’. 
(d) DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION 
FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES.— 
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(1) NEW LAW DIC.—Subsection (a) of section 
1311 of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$1,033’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$1,067’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$221’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$228’’. 
(2) OLD LAW DIC.—The table in paragraph (3) 
of such subsection is amended to read as follows: 
Pay grade 
Monthly rate 
Pay grade 
Monthly rate 
E–1 ............................
$1,067 
W–4 ..........................
$1,276 
E–2 ............................
$1,067 
O–1 ...........................
$1,128 
E–3 ............................
$1,067 
O–2 ...........................
$1,165 
E–4 ............................
$1,067 
O–3 ...........................
$1,246 
E–5 ............................
$1,067 
O–4 ...........................
$1,319 
E–6 ............................
$1,067 
O–5 ...........................
$1,452 
E–7 ............................
$1,104 
O–6 ...........................
$1,637 
E–8 ............................
$1,165 
O–7 ...........................
$1,768 
E–9 ............................
$1,2151 
O–8 ...........................
$1,941 
W–1 ............................
$1,128 
O–9 ...........................
$2,076 
W–2 ............................
$1,172 
O–10 .........................
$2,2762 
W–3 ............................
$1,207 
...................................
........................
1 If the veteran served as Sergeant Major of the Army, Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Navy, 
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, or Master Chief 
Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, at the applicable time designated by section 1302 of this title, 
the surviving spouse’s rate shall be $1,312. 
2 If the veteran served as Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of 
Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the 
Marine Corps, or Commandant of the Coast Guard, at the applicable time designated by section 
1302 of this title, the surviving spouse’s rate shall be $2,443. 
(3) ADDITIONAL DIC FOR CHILDREN OR DIS-
ABILITY.—Such section is further amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$257’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$265’’; 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$257’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$265’’; and 
(C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$122’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$126’’. 
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(e) DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION 
FOR CHILDREN.— 
(1) DIC WHEN NO SURVIVING SPOUSE.—Sec-
tion 1313(a) of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$438’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$452’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$629’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$649’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$819’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$846’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘$819’’ 
and ‘‘$157’’ and inserting ‘‘$846’’ and ‘‘$162’’, 
respectively. 
(2) SUPPLEMENTAL
DIC
FOR
CERTAIN
CHIL-
DREN.—Section 1314 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$257’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$265’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$438’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$452’’; and 
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(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$218’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$225’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 6, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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