SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF OUTREACH ACTIVITIES OF VET CEN-
TERS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL OUTREACH WORKERS.—The Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall employ not more than 250 
veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation 
Iraqi Freedom for the purpose of providing outreach to 
veterans on the availability of readjustment counseling 
and related mental health services for veterans under sec-
tion 1712A of title 38, United States Code. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION
WITH
CURRENT
OUTREACH 
PROGRAM.—The veterans employed under subsection (a) 
are in addition to any veterans employed by the Secretary 
for the purpose described in that subsection under the 
February 2004 program of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to provide outreach described in that subsection. 
(c) ASSIGNMENT TO VET CENTERS.—The Secretary 
may assign any veteran employed under subsection (a) to 
any Vet Center that the Secretary considers appropriate 
in order to meet the purpose described in that subsection. 
(d) INAPPLICABILITY AND TERMINATION OF LIMITA-
TION ON DURATION OF EMPLOYMENT.—Any limitation on 
the duration of employment of veterans under the program 
described in subsection (b) is hereby terminated and shall 
not apply to a veteran employed under that program or 
under this section. 
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(e) EMPLOYMENT STATUS.—A veteran employed 
under subsection (a) shall be employed in career condi-
tional status, which is the employment status in which vet-
erans are employed under the program described in sub-
section (b). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) VET
CENTER.—The term ‘‘Vet Center’’ 
means a center operated by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs for the provision of readjustment coun-
seling and related mental health services under sec-
tion 1712A of title 38, United States Code. 
(2) VETERAN OF OPERATION ENDURING FREE-
DOM
OR
OPERATION
IRAQI
FREEDOM.—The term 
‘‘veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom or Oper-
ation Iraqi Freedom’’ means a veteran who served in 
the Southwest Asia theater of operations during Op-
eration Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Free-
dom. 
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF BEREAVE-
MENT COUNSELING. 
(a) CLARIFICATION
OF MEMBERS
OF IMMEDIATE 
FAMILY ELIGIBLE FOR COUNSELING.—Subsection (b) of 
section 1783 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’; 
and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the members 
of the immediate family of a member of the Armed Forces 
described in paragraph (1) include the parents of such 
member.’’. 
(b) PROVISION OF COUNSELING THROUGH VET CEN-
TERS.—Such section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) PROVISION
OF COUNSELING THROUGH VET 
CENTERS.—Bereavement counseling may be provided 
under this section through the facilities and personnel of 
centers for the provision of readjustment counseling and 
related mental health services under section 1712A of this 
title.’’. 
SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR VET CENTER PROGRAM. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2007, 
$180,000,000 for the provision of readjustment counseling 
and related mental health services through centers under 
section 1712A of title 38, United States Code. 
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