IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3665 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 10, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To provide adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans 
residing temporarily in housing owned by a family mem-
ber, to make certain improvements in veterans employ-
ment assistance programs, 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 Housing and Employment Improvement Act of 
2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 101. Adaptive housing assistance for disabled veterans residing tempo-
rarily in housing owned by family member. 
Sec. 102. Permanent authority to make direct housing loans to Native Amer-
ican veterans. 
Sec. 103. Extension of eligibility for direct loans for Native American veterans 
to a veteran who is the spouse of a Native American. 
Sec. 104. Terminology amendments to revise references to certain veterans in 
provisions relating to eligibility for compensation or dependency 
and indemnity compensation. 
TITLE II—EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
Sec. 201. Extension of operation of the President’s National Hire Veterans 
Committee. 
Sec. 202. Additional duty for the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ 
Employment and Training to raise awareness of skills of vet-
erans and of the benefits of hiring veterans. 
Sec. 203. Modifications to the Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment 
and Training. 
TITLE III—HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PROGRAM 
Sec. 301. Reauthorization of appropriations for Homeless Veterans Reintegra-
tion Program. 
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL, CLARIFYING, AND CLERICAL 
AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 401. Technical and clarifying amendments to new traumatic injury protec-
tion coverage under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance. 
Sec. 402. Technical and clerical amendments.
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TITLE I—HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 101. ADAPTIVE HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR DISABLED 
VETERANS 
RESIDING 
TEMPORARILY 
IN 
HOUSING OWNED BY FAMILY MEMBER. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 21 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 2102 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2102A. Assistance for veterans residing tempo-
rarily in housing owned by family mem-
ber 
‘‘(a) In the case of a disabled veteran who is de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) of section 2101 of 
this title and who is residing, but does not intend to per-
manently reside, in a residence owned by a member of 
such veteran’s family, the Secretary may assist the veteran 
in acquiring such adaptations to such residence as are de-
termined by the Secretary to be reasonably necessary be-
cause of the veteran’s disability. 
‘‘(b) The assistance authorized under subsection (a) 
may not exceed— 
‘‘(1) $10,000, in the case of a veteran described 
in section 2101(a)(2) of this title; or 
‘‘(2) $2,000, in the case of a veteran described 
in section 2101(b)(2) of this title.
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‘‘(c) The assistance authorized by subsection (a) shall 
be limited in the case of any veteran to one residence. 
‘‘(d) Assistance under this section shall be provided 
in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe. 
‘‘(e) No assistance may be provided under this section 
after the end of the five-year period that begins on the 
date of the enactment of the Veterans Housing and Em-
ployment Improvement Act of 2005.’’. 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON ADAPTIVE HOUSING ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 2102 of such title is amended— 
(1) in the matter in subsection (a) preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall be limited in the 
case of any veteran to one housing unit, and 
necessary land therefor, and’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘veteran but shall not ex-
ceed $50,000 in any one case—’’ and inserting 
‘‘veteran—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d)(1) The aggregate amount of assistance available 
to a veteran under sections 2101(a) and 2102A of this 
title shall be limited to $50,000.
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‘‘(2) The aggregate amount of assistance available to 
a veteran under sections 2101(b) and 2102A of this title 
shall be limited to $10,000. 
‘‘(3) No veteran may receive more than three grants 
of assistance under this chapter.’’. 
(c) COORDINATION OF ADMINISTRATION OF BENE-
FITS.—Chapter 21 of such title is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2107. Coordination of administration of benefits 
‘‘The Secretary shall provide for the coordination of 
the administration of programs to provide specially adapt-
ed housing that are administered by the Under Secretary 
for Health and such programs that are administered by 
the Under Secretary for Benefits under this chapter, chap-
ter 17, and chapter 31 of this title.’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter of such title is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 2102 the following new item: 
‘‘2102A. Assistance for veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by fam-
ily member.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘2107. Coordination of administration of benefits.’’.
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(e) GAO REPORTS.—(1) Not later than three years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to Congress an interim report 
on the implementation by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs of section 2102A of title 38, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a). 
(2) Not later than five years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall sub-
mit to Congress a final report on the implementation of 
such section. 
SEC. 102. PERMANENT AUTHORITY TO MAKE DIRECT HOUS-
ING LOANS TO NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS. 
(a) PERMANENT AUTHORITY.—Section 3761 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘establish and implement a 
pilot program under which the Secretary may’’ 
in the first sentence; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘shall establish and imple-
ment the pilot program’’ in the third sentence 
and inserting ‘‘shall make such loans’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘In carrying 
out the pilot program under this subchapter, the’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c).
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(b) REPORTS.—Section 3762(j) of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(j) The Secretary shall include as part of the annual 
report required by section 529 of this title and as part 
of any annual benefits report of the Veterans Benefits Ad-
ministration information concerning the cost and number 
of loans provided under this subchapter for each fiscal 
year.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 3762 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘under 
this subchapter’’ after ‘‘to a Native American 
veteran’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(E), by striking 
‘‘the pilot program established under this sub-
chapter is implemented’’ and inserting ‘‘loans 
under this subchapter are made’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking 
‘‘carry out the pilot program under this sub-
chapter in a manner that demonstrates the ad-
visability of making direct housing loans’’ in the 
second sentence and inserting ‘‘make direct 
housing loans under this subchapter’’; 
(D) in subsection (i)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘the pilot program pro-
vided for under this subchapter and’’ in 
paragraph (1); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘under the pilot pro-
gram and in assisting such organizations 
and veterans in participating in the pilot 
program’’ in paragraph (2)(A) and insert-
ing ‘‘under this subchapter and in assisting 
such organizations and veterans with re-
spect to such housing benefits’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘in participating in 
the pilot program’’ in paragraph (2)(E) 
and inserting ‘‘with respect to such bene-
fits’’. 
(2) Section 8(b) of the Veterans Home Loan 
Program Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102– 
547; 38 U.S.C. 3761 note) is repealed. 
(d) ESTABLISHMENT
OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT
OF 
LOANS.—Section 3762(c)(1)(B) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(B) The’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)(i) 
Subject to clause (ii), the’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
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‘‘(ii) The amount of a loan made by the Secretary 
under this subchapter may not exceed the maximum loan 
amount authorized for loans guaranteed under section 
3703(a)(1)(C) of this title.’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c)(1)(A) 
of section 3762 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘vet-
eran’’ after ‘‘Native American’’. 
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SUBCHAPTER HEADING.—The heading for 
subchapter V of chapter 37 of such title is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—DIRECT HOUSING LOANS 
FOR NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS’’. 
(2) SECTION HEADING.—The heading for sec-
tion 3761 of such title is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 3761. Direct housing loans to Native American vet-
erans; program authority’’. 
(3) SECTION HEADING.—The heading for sec-
tion 3762 of such title is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 3762. Direct housing loans to Native American vet-
erans; program administration’’. 
(4) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 37 of such title is
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amended by striking the items relating to subchapter 
V and sections 3761 and 3762 and inserting the fol-
lowing new items: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—DIRECT HOUSING LOANS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS 
‘‘3761. Direct housing loans to Native American veterans; program authority. 
‘‘3762. Direct housing loans to Native American veterans; program administra-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DIRECT LOANS 
FOR NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS TO A VET-
ERAN WHO IS THE SPOUSE OF A NATIVE 
AMERICAN. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 3764 as section 
3765; and 
(2) by inserting after section 3763 the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 3764. Qualified non-Native American veterans 
‘‘(a) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this sec-
tion, for purposes of this subchapter— 
‘‘(1) a qualified non-Native American veteran is 
deemed to be a Native American veteran; and 
‘‘(2) for purposes of applicability to a non-Na-
tive American veteran, any reference in this sub-
chapter to the jurisdiction of a tribal organization 
over a Native American veteran is deemed to be a 
reference to jurisdiction of a tribal organization over
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the Native American spouse of the qualified non-Na-
tive American veteran. 
‘‘(b) In making direct loans under this subchapter to 
a qualified non-Native American veteran by reason of eli-
gibility under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure 
that the tribal organization permits, and the qualified non- 
Native American veteran actually holds, possesses, or pur-
chases, using the proceeds of the loan, jointly with the Na-
tive American spouse of the qualified non-Native American 
veteran, a meaningful interest in the lot, dwelling, or both, 
that is located on trust land. 
‘‘(c) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be construed as 
precluding a tribal organization from imposing reasonable 
restrictions on the right of the qualified non-Native Amer-
ican veteran to convey, assign, or otherwise dispose of such 
interest in the lot or dwelling, or both, if such restrictions 
are designed to ensure the continuation in trust status of 
the lot or dwelling, or both. Such requirements may in-
clude the termination of the interest of the qualified non- 
Native American veteran in the lot or dwelling, or both, 
upon the dissolution of the marriage of the qualified non- 
Native American veteran to the Native American spouse.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3765 of 
such title, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(5) The term ‘qualified non-Native American 
veteran’ means a veteran who— 
‘‘(A) is the spouse of a Native American, 
but 
‘‘(B) is not a Native American.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 37 of such title is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 3764 and inserting 
the following new items: 
‘‘3764. Qualified non-Native American veterans. 
‘‘3765. Definitions.’’. 
SEC. 104. TERMINOLOGY AMENDMENTS TO REVISE REF-
ERENCES TO CERTAIN VETERANS IN PROVI-
SIONS RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR COM-
PENSATION OR DEPENDENCY AND INDEM-
NITY COMPENSATION. 
Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 1114(l) is amended by striking ‘‘so 
helpless’’ and inserting ‘‘with such significant dis-
abilities’’. 
(2) Section 1114(m) is amended by striking ‘‘so 
helpless’’ and inserting ‘‘so significantly disabled’’. 
(3) 
Sections 
1115(1)(E)(ii), 
1122(b)(2), 
1311(c)(2), 1315(g)(2), and 1502(b)(2) are amend-
ed by striking ‘‘helpless or blind, or so nearly help-
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less or blind as to’’ and inserting ‘‘blind, or so near-
ly blind or significantly disabled as to’’. 
TITLE II—EMPLOYMENT 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF OPERATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S 
NATIONAL HIRE VETERANS COMMITTEE. 
(a) ONE-YEAR EXTENSION.—Subsection (f) of sec-
tion 6 of the Jobs for Veterans Act (Public Law 107–288; 
116 Stat. 2048) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘not 
later than 60 days’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘on December 31, 2005’’ and 
inserting ‘‘not later than December 31, 2006’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Subsection (g) of such section is amended by 
striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Subsection (e) of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘and 2005,’’ and inserting 
‘‘2005, and 2006,’’.
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SEC. 202. ADDITIONAL DUTY FOR THE ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY OF LABOR FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOY-
MENT AND TRAINING TO RAISE AWARENESS 
OF SKILLS OF VETERANS AND OF THE BENE-
FITS OF HIRING VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 4102A 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) With advice and assistance from the Advi-
sory Committee on Veterans Employment, Training, 
and Employer Outreach established under section 
4110 of this title, furnish information to employers 
(through meetings in person with hiring executives 
of corporations and otherwise) with respect to the 
training and skills of veterans and disabled veterans, 
and the advantages afforded employers by hiring 
veterans with such training and skills, and to facili-
tate employment of veterans and disabled veterans 
through participation in labor exchanges (Internet- 
based and otherwise), and other means.’’. 
(b) TRANSITION PLAN.—(1) The Secretary of Labor, 
acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Vet-
erans’ Employment and Training, shall develop a plan for 
the transition of the assumption of certain duties and 
functions of the President’s National Hire Veterans Com-
mittee by the Assistant Secretary in carrying out section
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4102A(b)(8) of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a). Such plan shall include the identification 
of the activities and operations of the Committee that the 
Assistant Secretary determines should be continued or ex-
panded. 
(2) Not later than July 1, 2006, the Secretary shall 
transmit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
Senate and House of Representatives the transition plan 
developed under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 203. MODIFICATIONS TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
ON VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING. 
(a) COMMITTEE NAME.—(1) Subsection (a)(1) of 
section 4110 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘Advisory Committee on Veterans Employ-
ment and Training’’ and inserting ‘‘Advisory Committee 
on Veterans Employment, Training, and Employer Out-
reach’’. 
(2) The heading of such section is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 4110. Advisory Committee on Veterans Employ-
ment, Training, and Employer Outreach’’. 
(3) The item relating to section 4110 in the table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 41 of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘4110. Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment, Training, and Employer 
Outreach.’’.
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(4) Any reference to the Advisory Committee estab-
lished under section 4110 of such title in any law, regula-
tion, map, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States shall be considered to be a reference to the Advisory 
Committee on Veterans Employment, Training, and Em-
ployer Outreach. 
(b) EXPANSION OF DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE.— 
Subsection (a)(2) of such section is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and 
their integration into the workforce’’ after ‘‘vet-
erans’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (E); and 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) assist the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Veterans Employment and Training in carrying out 
outreach activities to employers with respect to the 
training and skills of veterans and the advantages 
afforded employers by hiring veterans; 
‘‘(D) make recommendations to the Secretary, 
through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Vet-
erans Employment and Training, with respect to
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outreach activities and the employment and training 
of veterans; and’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary of Labor shall appoint at least 
12, but no more than 15, individuals to serve as members 
of the advisory committee as follows: 
‘‘(A) Six individuals, one each from among rep-
resentatives nominated by each of the following or-
ganizations: 
‘‘(i) The National Society of Human Re-
source Managers. 
‘‘(ii) The Business Roundtable. 
‘‘(iii) The National Association of State 
Workforce Agencies. 
‘‘(iv) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce. 
‘‘(v) The National Federation of Inde-
pendent Business. 
‘‘(vi) A nationally recognized labor union 
or organization. 
‘‘(B) Not more than five individuals from 
among representatives nominated by veterans service 
organizations that have a national employment pro-
gram.
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‘‘(C) Not more than five individuals who are 
recognized authorities in the fields of business, em-
ployment, training, rehabilitation, or labor and who 
are not employees of the Department of Labor.’’. 
(2) Subsection (d) of such section is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (3), (4), (8), (10), 
(11), and (12); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (7), 
and (9) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), respec-
tively. 
(d) REINSTATEMENT
AND MODIFICATION
OF RE-
PORTING REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (f)(1) of such sec-
tion is amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 3003 of 
Public Law 104–66, not later than December 31 of 
each year, the advisory committee shall submit to 
the Secretary and to the Committees on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives 
a report on the employment and training needs of 
veterans, with special emphasis on disabled veterans, 
for the previous fiscal year.’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and 
their integration into the workforce’’ after ‘‘vet-
erans’’;
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(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); 
(4) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) as subparagraphs (C) and (F), respectively; 
(5) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) an assessment of the outreach activities 
carried out by the Secretary of Labor to employers 
with respect to the training and skills of veterans 
and the advantages afforded employers by hiring 
veterans; ’’; and 
(6) by inserting after subparagraph (C), as so 
redesignated, the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) a description of the activities of the advi-
sory committee during that fiscal year; 
‘‘(E) a description of activities that the advisory 
committee proposes to undertake in the succeeding 
fiscal year; and’’.
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TITLE 
III—HOMELESS 
VET-
ERANS REINTEGRATION PRO-
GRAM 
SEC. 301. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PRO-
GRAM. 
Subsection (e)(1) of section 2021 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2009.’’. 
TITLE 
IV—TECHNICAL, 
CLARI-
FYING, 
AND 
CLERICAL 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 401. TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO 
NEW TRAUMATIC INJURY PROTECTION COV-
ERAGE UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP 
LIFE INSURANCE. 
(a) SECTION 1980A.—Section 1980A of title 38, 
United States Code, as enacted by section 1032(a)(2) of 
Public Law 109–13 (119 Stat. 257), is amended as fol-
lows: 
(1) Subsection (a) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
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‘‘(a)(1) A member of the uniformed services who is 
insured under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 
shall automatically be insured for traumatic injury in ac-
cordance with this section. Insurance benefits under this 
section shall be payable if the member, while so insured, 
sustains a traumatic injury that results in a qualifying loss 
specified pursuant to subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) If a member suffers more than one such quali-
fying loss as a result of traumatic injury from the same 
traumatic event, payment shall be made under this section 
in accordance with the schedule prescribed pursuant to 
subsection (d) for the single loss providing the highest 
payment.’’. 
(2) Subsection (b) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘issued a’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘limited to—’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘insured against traumatic injury 
under this section is insured against such 
losses due to traumatic injury (in this sec-
tion referred to as ‘qualifying losses’) as 
are prescribed by the Secretary by regula-
tion. Qualifying losses so prescribed shall 
include the following:’’;
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(ii) by capitalizing the first letter of 
the first word of each of subparagraphs 
(A) through (H); 
(iii) by striking the semicolon at the 
end of each of subparagraphs (A) through 
(F) and inserting a period; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (G) and inserting a period; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection—’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection:’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the’’ at the beginning 
of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) and in-
serting ‘‘The’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘4 limbs;’’ and inserting ‘‘four limbs.’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting a period; 
(v) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘1 side’’ and inserting ‘‘one side’’; and 
(vi) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) The term ‘inability to carry out the activi-
ties of daily living’ means the inability to independ-
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ently perform two or more of the following six func-
tions: 
‘‘(i) Bathing. 
‘‘(ii) Continence. 
‘‘(iii) Dressing. 
‘‘(iv) Eating. 
‘‘(v) Toileting. 
‘‘(vi) Transferring.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘, in collaboration with 
the Secretary of Defense,’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘shall prescribe’’ and 
inserting ‘‘may prescribe’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘the conditions under 
which coverage against loss will not be pro-
vided’’; and inserting ‘‘conditions under 
which coverage otherwise provided under 
this section is excluded’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) A member shall not be considered for the pur-
poses of this section to be a member insured under 
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance if the member is 
insured under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance only 
as an insurable dependent of another member pursuant
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to subparagraph (A)(ii) or (C)(ii) of section 1967(a)(1) 
of this title.’’. 
(3) Subsection (c) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c)(1) A payment may be made to a member under 
this section only for a qualifying loss that results directly 
from a traumatic injury sustained while the member is 
covered against loss under this section and from no other 
cause. 
‘‘(2)(A) A payment may be made to a member under 
this section for a qualifying loss resulting from a trau-
matic injury only for a loss that is incurred during the 
applicable period of time specified pursuant to subpara-
graph (B). 
‘‘(B) For each qualifying loss, the Secretary shall 
prescribe, by regulation, a period of time to be the period 
of time within which a loss of that type must be incurred, 
determined from the date on which the member sustains 
the traumatic injury resulting in that loss, in order for 
that loss to be covered under this section. For quadri-
plegia, paraplegia, and hemiplegia, the period of time so 
prescribed shall be 365 days.’’. 
(4) Subsection (d) is amended by striking 
‘‘losses described in subsection (b)(1) shall be—’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘qualifying losses
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shall be made in accordance with a schedule pre-
scribed by the Secretary, by regulation, specifying 
the amount of payment to be made for each type of 
qualifying loss, to be based on the severity of the 
qualifying loss. The minimum payment that may be 
prescribed for a qualifying loss is $25,000, and the 
maximum payment that may be prescribed for a 
qualifying loss is $100,000.’’. 
(5) Subsection (e) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘of Veterans Affairs’’ each 
place it appears; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘as the 
premium allocable’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘protection under this section’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of the concerned service’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary concerned’’; and 
(D) by striking paragraphs (6), (7), and 
(8) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(6) The cost attributable to insuring members under 
this section for any month or other period specified by 
the Secretary, less the premiums paid by the members, 
shall be paid by the Secretary concerned to the Secretary. 
The Secretary shall allocate the amount payable among 
the uniformed services using such methods and data as
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the Secretary determines to be reasonable and practicable. 
Payments under this paragraph shall be made on a month-
ly basis or at such other intervals as may be specified by 
the Secretary and shall be made within 10 days of the 
date on which the Secretary provides notice to the Sec-
retary concerned of the amount required. 
‘‘(7) For each period for which a payment by a Sec-
retary concerned is required under paragraph (6), the Sec-
retary concerned shall contribute such amount from ap-
propriations available for active duty pay of the uniformed 
service concerned. 
‘‘(8) The sums withheld from the basic or other pay 
of members, or collected from them by the Secretary con-
cerned, under this subsection, and the sums contributed 
from appropriations under this subsection, together with 
the income derived from any dividends or premium rate 
adjustments received from insurers shall be deposited to 
the credit of the revolving fund established in the Treasury 
of the United States under section 1869(d)(1) of this 
title.’’. 
(6) Subsection (f) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(f) When a claim for benefits is submitted under this 
section, the Secretary of Defense or, in the case of a mem-
ber not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense,
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the Secretary concerned shall certify to the Secretary 
whether the member with respect to whom the claim is 
submitted— 
‘‘(1) was at the time of the injury giving rise 
to the claim insured under Servicemembers’ Group 
Life Insurance for the purposes of this section; and 
‘‘(2) has sustained a qualifying loss.’’. 
(7) Subsection (g) of such section is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(g)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘will not be made’’ and in-
serting ‘‘may not be made under the insurance 
coverage under this section’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘the period’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘the date’’ and inserting ‘‘a pe-
riod prescribed by the Secretary, by regulation, 
for such purpose that begins on the date’’; 
(D) by designating the second sentence as 
paragraph (2); 
(E) by striking ‘‘If the member’’ and in-
serting ‘‘If a member eligible for a payment 
under this section’’ ; 
(F) by striking ‘‘will be’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall be’’; and 
(G) by striking ‘‘according to’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘to the beneficiary or
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beneficiaries to whom the payment would be 
made if the payment were life insurance under 
section 1967(a) of this title.’’. 
(8) Subsection (h) of such section is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘member’s separation from the uniformed serv-
ices’’ and inserting ‘‘termination of the mem-
ber’s duty status in the uniformed services that 
established 
eligibility 
for 
Servicemembers’ 
Group Life Insurance’’; 
(B) by striking the second sentence; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘The termination of coverage under 
this section is effective in accordance with the 
preceding sentence, notwithstanding any con-
tinuation after the date specified in that sen-
tence of Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 
coverage pursuant to 1968(a) of this title for a 
period specified in that section.’’. 
(9) Such section is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) Regulations under this section shall be prescribed 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1980A of title 38, 
United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), shall
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take effect on December 1, 2005, and (except as provided 
in subsection (d)) shall apply with respect to losses result-
ing from traumatic injuries incurred on or after that date. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.— 
Regulations to carry out section 1980A of title 38, United 
States Code, as amended by subsection (a), shall be pre-
scribed not later than December 1, 2005. 
(d) APPLICABILITY TO PRIOR QUALIFYING LOSSES 
INCURRED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND OP-
ERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—A member of the uniformed 
services who during the period beginning on October 
7, 2001, and ending at the close of November 30, 
2005, sustains a traumatic injury resulting in a 
qualifying loss is eligible for coverage for that loss 
under section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, 
as amended by subsection (a), if, as determined by 
the Secretary concerned, that loss was a direct result 
of a traumatic injury incurred in the theater of oper-
ations for Operation Enduring Freedom or Oper-
ation Iraqi Freedom. 
(2) CERTIFICATION OF PERSONS ENTITLED TO 
PAYMENT.—The Secretary concerned shall certify to 
the life insurance company issuing the policy of life 
insurance for Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
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under chapter 19 of title 38, United States Code, 
the name and address of each person who the Sec-
retary concerned determines to be entitled by reason 
of paragraph (1) to a payment under section 1980A 
of title 38, United States Code, as amended by sub-
section (a), plus such additional information as the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs may require. 
(3) FUNDING.—At the time a certification is 
made under paragraph (2), the Secretary concerned, 
from funds then available to that Secretary for the 
pay of members of the uniformed services under the 
jurisdiction of that Secretary, shall pay to the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs the amount of funds the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines to be nec-
essary to pay all costs related to payments to be 
made under that certification. Amounts received by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under this para-
graph shall be deposited to the credit of the revolv-
ing fund in the Treasury of the United States estab-
lished under section 1969(d) of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(4) QUALIFYING LOSS.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘‘qualifying loss’’ means— 
(A) a loss specified in the second sentence 
of subsection (b)(1) of section 1980A of title
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38, United States Code, as amended by sub-
section (a); and 
(B) any other loss specified by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the first 
sentence of that subsection. 
(e) FUNDING
FOR FIRST YEAR
OF BENEFITS.— 
Upon the date specified in subsection (b), the Secretary 
concerned shall pay to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
an amount that is equivalent to one-half the amount an-
ticipated to be necessary to pay all costs related to pay-
ments to be made under section 1980A of title 38, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2006, effective December 1, 
2005. The amount received by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs under this subsection shall be deposited to the 
credit of the revolving fund in the Treasury of the United 
States established under section 1969(d) of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning given that 
term in paragraph (25) of section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1032 of 
Public Law 109–13 (119 Stat. 257) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1), 
including the amendment that would be made by 
that paragraph effective December 1, 2005; and 
(2) by striking subsections (c) and (d). 
SEC. 402. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) 
TYPOGRAPHICAL
ERROR.—Section 
1117(h)(1) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘nothwithstanding’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘notwith-
standing’’. 
(2) INSERTION
OF
MISSING
WORD.—Section 
1513(a) is amended by inserting ‘‘section’’ after 
‘‘prescribed by’’. 
(3) DELETION
OF
EXTRA
WORDS.—Section 
3012(a)(1)(C)(ii) is amended by striking ‘‘on or’’. 
(4) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTION.—Section 
3017(b)(1)(D) is amended by striking ‘‘3011(c)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘3011(e)’’. 
(5) STYLISTIC AMENDMENTS.—Section 3018A 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘of this section’’ in sub-
sections (b) and (c); 
(B) by striking ‘‘of this subsection’’ in sub-
sections (a)(4), (a)(5), (d)(1) (both places it ap-
pears), and (d)(3); and
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(C) by striking ‘‘of this chapter’’ in sub-
section (d)(3) and inserting ‘‘of this title’’. 
(6) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTION.—Section 
3117(b)(1) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 8’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 4(b)(1)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘633(b)’’ and inserting 
‘‘633(b)(1)’’. 
(7) INSERTION
OF
MISSING
WORD.—Section 
3511(a)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘sections’’ after 
‘‘under both’’. 
(8) SUBSECTION HEADINGS.— 
(A) Sections 3461, 3462, 3481, 3565, 
3680, and 3690 are each amended by revising 
each subsection heading for a subsection therein 
(appearing as a centered heading immediately 
before the text of the subsection) so that such 
heading appears immediately after the sub-
section designation and is set forth in capitals- 
and-small-capitals typeface, followed by a period 
and a one-em dash. 
(B) Section 3461(c) is amended by insert-
ing after the subsection designation the fol-
lowing: ‘‘DURATION OF ENTITLEMENT.—’’. 
(C) Section 3462 is amended—
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(i) in subsection (d), by inserting after 
the subsection designation the following: 
‘‘PRISONERS OF WAR.—’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by inserting 
after the subsection designation the fol-
lowing: ‘‘TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.— 
’’. 
(9) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTION.—Section 
3732(c)(10)(D) is amended by striking ‘‘clause (B) 
of paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8) of this sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (5)(B), (6), 
(7)(B), and (8)(B)’’. 
(10) DATE OF ENACTMENT REFERENCE.—Sec-
tion 3733(a)(7) is amended by striking ‘‘the date of 
the enactment of the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 
2003’’ and inserting ‘‘December 16, 2003’’. 
(11) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.—Sec-
tion 4102A is amended 
(A) in subsection (c)(7)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘With respect to pro-
gram years beginning during or after fiscal 
year 2004, one percent of’’ and inserting 
‘‘Of’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘for the program 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘for any program 
year, one percent’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘By 
not later than May 7, 2003, the’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’. 
(12) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.—Sec-
tion 4105(b) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall provide,’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘Affairs with’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘shall, on the 15th day of each month, pro-
vide the Secretary and the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs with updated information regard-
ing’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and shall’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘regarding the list’’. 
(13) CITATION CORRECTION.—Section 4110B is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(29 U.S.C. 2822(b))’’ be-
fore the period at the end. 
(14) CROSS-REFERENCE CORRECTION.—Section 
4331(b)(2)(C) is amended by striking ‘‘section
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2303(a)(2)(C)(ii)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
2302(a)(2)(C)(ii)’’. 
(15) CAPITALIZATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
7253(d)(5) is amended by striking ‘‘court’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Court’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 10, 
2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.