SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act 
of 2016’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. 
Sec. 3. Scoring of budgetary effects. 
TITLE I—EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO HEALTH 
CARE 
Sec. 101. Extension of authority for collection of copayments for hospital care 
and nursing home care. 
Sec. 102. Extension of requirement to provide nursing home care to certain vet-
erans with service-connected disabilities. 
Sec. 103. Extension of authorization of appropriations for assistance and sup-
port services for caregivers. 
Sec. 104. Extension of authority for recovery from third parties of cost of care 
and services furnished to veterans with health-plan contracts 
for non-service-connected disability. 
Sec. 105. Extension of authority for pilot program on assistance for child care 
for certain veterans receiving health care. 
Sec. 106. Extension of authority to make grants to veterans service organiza-
tions for transportation of highly rural veterans. 
Sec. 107. Extension of authority for pilot program on counseling in retreat set-
tings for women veterans newly separated from service. 
Sec. 108. Extension of deadline for report on pilot program on use of commu-
nity-based organizations and local and State government enti-
ties to ensure that veterans receive care and benefits for which 
they are eligible. 
TITLE II—EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO BENEFITS 
Sec. 201. Extension of authority for the Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Edu-
cation. 
Sec. 202. Extension of authority for calculating net value of real property at 
time of foreclosure. 
Sec. 203. Extension of authority relating to vendee loans. 
Sec. 204. Extension of authority to provide rehabilitation and vocational bene-
fits to members of the Armed Forces with severe injuries or 
illnesses. 
TITLE III—EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO 
HOMELESS VETERANS 
Sec. 301. Extension of authority for homeless veterans reintegration programs. 
Sec. 302. Extension of authority for homeless women veterans and homeless 
veterans with children reintegration program.
Sec. 303. Extension of authority for referral and counseling services for vet-
erans at risk of homelessness transitioning from certain institu-
tions. 
Sec. 304. Extension of authority to provide housing assistance for homeless vet-
erans. 
Sec. 305. Extension and modification of authority to provide financial assist-
ance for supportive services for very low-income veteran fami-
lies in permanent housing. 
Sec. 306. Extension of authority for grant program for homeless veterans with 
special needs. 
Sec. 307. Extension of authority for the Advisory Committee on Homeless Vet-
erans. 
Sec. 308. Extension of authority for treatment and rehabilitation services for 
seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans. 
TITLE IV—OTHER EXTENSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF 
AUTHORITY AND OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 401. Extension of authority for transportation of individuals to and from 
Department facilities. 
Sec. 402. Extension of authority for operation of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs regional office in Manila, the Republic of the Phil-
ippines. 
Sec. 403. Extension of authority for monthly assistance allowances under the 
Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special 
Events. 
Sec. 404. Extension of requirement to provide reports to Congress regarding 
equitable relief in the case of administrative error. 
Sec. 405. Extension of authorization of appropriations for adaptive sports pro-
grams for disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 406. Extension of authority for Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans. 
Sec. 407. Modification to authorization of appropriations for comprehensive 
service programs for homeless veterans. 
Sec. 408. Extension of authority for temporary expansion of eligibility for spe-
cially adapted housing assistance for certain veterans with dis-
abilities causing difficulty ambulating. 
Sec. 409. Extension of authority for specially adapted housing assistive tech-
nology grant program. 
Sec. 410. Extension of authority to guarantee payment of principal and interest 
on certificates or other securities. 
Sec. 411. Extension of authority to enter into agreement with the National 
Academy of Sciences regarding associations between diseases 
and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbi-
cides. 
Sec. 412. Extension of authority for performance of medical disabilities exami-
nations by contract physicians. 
Sec. 413. Restoration of prior reporting fee multipliers. 
Sec. 414. Extension of requirement for annual report on Department of De-
fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Of-
fice. 
Sec. 415. Extension of authority to approve courses of education in cases of 
withdrawal of recognition of accrediting agency by Secretary of 
Education.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
section or other provision of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. SCORING OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
TITLE I—EXTENSIONS OF AU-
THORITY 
RELATING 
TO 
HEALTH CARE 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR COLLECTION OF 
COPAYMENTS 
FOR 
HOSPITAL 
CARE 
AND 
NURSING HOME CARE. 
Section 1710(f)(2)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2017’’.
SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE 
NURSING HOME CARE TO CERTAIN VET-
ERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABIL-
ITIES. 
Section 1710A(d) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2017’’. 
SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERV-
ICES FOR CAREGIVERS. 
Section 1720G(e) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) $734,628,000 for fiscal year 2017.’’. 
SEC. 104. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR RECOVERY FROM 
THIRD PARTIES OF COST OF CARE AND SERV-
ICES 
FURNISHED 
TO 
VETERANS 
WITH 
HEALTH-PLAN CONTRACTS FOR NON-SERV-
ICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY. 
Section 1729(a)(2)(E) is amended, in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘October 1, 2016’’ and in-
serting ‘‘October 1, 2017’’.
SEC. 105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM 
ON ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD CARE FOR CER-
TAIN VETERANS RECEIVING HEALTH CARE. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (e) of 
section 205 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus 
Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 
Stat. 1144; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2017’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
section (h) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘and 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2016, and 2017’’. 
SEC. 106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO 
VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS FOR 
TRANSPORTATION OF HIGHLY RURAL VET-
ERANS. 
Section 307(d) of the Caregivers and Veterans Omni-
bus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 
124 Stat. 1154; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM 
ON COUNSELING IN RETREAT SETTINGS FOR 
WOMEN VETERANS NEWLY SEPARATED FROM 
SERVICE. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (d) of section 203 of 
the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act
of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1143; 38 U.S.C. 
1712A) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2016’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2017’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
section (f) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘and 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2016, and 2017’’. 
SEC. 108. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR REPORT ON PILOT 
PROGRAM ON USE OF COMMUNITY-BASED 
ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL AND STATE 
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO ENSURE THAT 
VETERANS RECEIVE CARE AND BENEFITS 
FOR WHICH THEY ARE ELIGIBLE. 
Section 506(g)(1) of the Caregivers and Veterans 
Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 
163; 38 U.S.C. 523 note) is amended by striking ‘‘180 
days after the completion of the pilot program’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
TITLE II—EXTENSIONS OF AU-
THORITY RELATING TO BENE-
FITS 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE VETERANS’ 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. 
Section 3692(c) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2017’’.