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‘‘(d) Payments under this section for losses described 
in subsection (b)(1) shall be— 
‘‘(1) made in accordance with a schedule pre-
scribed by the Secretary, in collaboration with the 
Secretary of Defense; 
‘‘(2) based on the severity of the covered condi-
tion; and 
‘‘(3) in an amount that is equal to not less than 
$25,000 and not more than $100,000. 
‘‘(e)(1) During any period in which a member is in-
sured under this section and the member is on active duty, 
there shall be deducted each month from the member’s basic 
or other pay until separation or release from active duty 
an amount determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
as the premium allocable to the pay period for providing 
traumatic injury protection under this section (which shall 
be the same for all such members) as the share of the cost 
attributable to provided coverage under this section, less 
any costs traceable to the extra hazards of such duty in the 
uniformed services. 
‘‘(2) During any month in which a member is assigned 
to the Ready Reserve of a uniformed service under condi-
tions which meet the qualifications set forth in section 
1965(5)(B) of this title and is insured under a policy of 
insurance purchased by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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under section 1966 of this title, there shall be contributed 
from the appropriation made for active duty pay of the uni-
formed service concerned an amount determined by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs (which shall be the same for all 
such members) as the share of the cost attributable to pro-
vided coverage under this section, less any costs traceable 
to the extra hazards of such duty in the uniformed services. 
Any amounts so contributed on behalf of any member shall 
be collected by the Secretary of the concerned service from 
such member (by deduction from pay or otherwise) and 
shall be credited to the appropriation from which such con-
tribution was made in advance on a monthly basis. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall determine 
the premium amounts to be charged for traumatic injury 
protection coverage provided under this section. 
‘‘(4) The premium amounts shall be determined on the 
basis of sound actuarial principles and shall include an 
amount necessary to cover the administrative costs to the 
insurer or insurers providing such insurance. 
‘‘(5) Each premium rate for the first policy year shall 
be continued for subsequent policy years, except that the 
rate may be adjusted for any such subsequent policy year 
on the basis of the experience under the policy, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in advance of 
that policy year.
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‘‘(6) The cost attributable to insuring such member 
under this section, less the premiums deducted from the pay 
of the member’s uniformed service, shall be paid by the Sec-
retary of Defense to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. This 
amount shall be paid on a monthly basis, and shall be due 
within 10 days of the notice provided by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to the Secretary of the concerned uniformed 
service. 
‘‘(7) The Secretary of Defense shall provide the amount 
of appropriations required to pay expected claims in a pol-
icy year, as determined according to sound actuarial prin-
ciples by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
‘‘(8) The Secretary of Defense shall forward an amount 
to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that is equivalent to 
half the anticipated cost of claims for the current fiscal 
year, upon the effective date of this legislation. 
‘‘(f) The Secretary of Defense shall certify whether any 
member claiming the benefit under this section is eligible. 
‘‘(g) Payment for a loss resulting from traumatic in-
jury will not be made if the member dies before the end 
of the period prescribed by the Secretary, in collaboration 
with the Secretary of Defense, which begins on the date on 
which the member sustains the injury. If the member dies 
before payment to the member can be made, the payment 
will be made according to the member’s most current bene-
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ficiary designation under Servicemembers’ Group Life In-
surance, or a by law designation, if applicable. 
‘‘(h) Coverage for loss resulting from traumatic injury 
provided under this section shall cease at midnight on the 
date of the member’s separation from the uniformed service. 
Payment will not be made for any loss resulting from in-
jury incurred after the date a member is separated from 
the uniformed services. 
‘‘(i) Insurance coverage provided under this section is 
not convertible to Veterans’ Group Life Insurance.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 19 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding after the item relating to section 1980 the following:
‘‘1980A. Traumatic injury protection.’’.
(c) RETROACTIVE PROVISION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any member who experienced 
a 
traumatic 
injury 
(as 
described 
in 
section 
1980A(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code) between 
October 7, 2001, and the effective date under sub-
section (d), is eligible for coverage provided in such 
section 1980A if the qualifying loss was a direct re-
sult of injuries incurred in Operation Enduring Free-
dom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
(2) CERTIFICATION; PAYMENT.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall—
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(A) certify to the Office of Servicemembers’ 
Group Life Insurance the names and addresses 
of those members the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines to be eligible for retroactive traumatic in-
jury benefits under such section 1980A; and 
(B) forward to the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, at the time the certification is made under 
subparagraph (A), an amount of money equal to 
the amount the Secretary of Defense determines 
to be necessary to pay all cost related to claims 
for retroactive benefits under such section 1980A. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the first day of the 
first month beginning more than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) RULEMAKING.—Before the effective date de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, in collaboration with the Secretary of De-
fense, shall issue regulations to carry out the amend-
ments made by this section. 
RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT HUNTING AND FISHING 
REGULATIONS 
SEC. 6060. STATE REGULATION OF RESIDENT AND 
NONRESIDENT
HUNTING
AND
FISHING. (a) SHORT 
TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Reaffirmation
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of State Regulation of Resident and Nonresident Hunting 
and Fishing Act of 2005’’. 
(b) DECLARATION OF POLICY AND CONSTRUCTION OF 
CONGRESSIONAL SILENCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of Congress 
that it is in the public interest for each State to con-
tinue to regulate the taking for any purpose of fish 
and wildlife within its boundaries, including by 
means of laws or regulations that differentiate be-
tween residents and nonresidents of such State with 
respect to the availability of licenses or permits for 
taking of particular species of fish or wildlife, the 
kind and numbers of fish and wildlife that may be 
taken, or the fees charged in connection with issuance 
of licenses or permits for hunting or fishing. 
(2) CONSTRUCTION
OF
CONGRESSIONAL
SI-
LENCE.—Silence on the part of Congress shall not be 
construed to impose any barrier under clause 3 of 
Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution (commonly 
referred to as the ‘‘commerce clause’’) to the regula-
tion of hunting or fishing by a State or Indian tribe. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed—