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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF QUOTA AND PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR PEANUTS.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation may not
provide loans, purchases, payments, or other operations or take any
other action to support the price, or adjust or control the production,
of peanuts by using the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation or
under the authority of any law.
(b) Marketing Quotas.--
(1) In general.--Part VI of subtitle B of title III of the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1357 et seq.) is
repealed.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Definitions.--Section 301(b) of the Act (7
U.S.C. 1301(b)) is amended--
(i) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking
''corn, rice, and peanuts'' and inserting
''corn and rice'';
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking
subparagraph (C);
(iii) in paragraph (10)(A)--
(I) by striking ''wheat, and
peanuts'' and inserting ''and wheat'';
and
(II) by striking ''; 20 per centum
in the case of wheat; and 15 per centum
in the case of peanuts'' and inserting
''; and 20 percent in the case of
wheat'';
(iv) in paragraph (13)--
(I) by striking subparagraphs (B)
and (C); and
(II) in subparagraph (G), by
striking ''or peanuts'' both places it
appears; and
(v) in paragraph (16)(A), by striking
''rice, and peanuts'' and inserting ''and
rice''.
(B) Administrative provisions.--Section 361 of the
Act (7 U.S.C. 1361) is amended by striking
''peanuts,''.
(C) Adjustment of quotas.--Section 371 of the Act
(7 U.S.C. 1371) is amended--
(i) in the first sentence of subsection
(a), by striking ''peanuts,''; and
(ii) in the first sentence of subsection
(b), by striking ''peanuts''.
(D) Reports and records.--Section 373 of the Act (7
U.S.C. 1373) is amended--
(i) in subsection (a), by striking the
first sentence and inserting the following new
sentence: ''This subsection shall apply to
warehousemen, processors, and common carriers
of corn, wheat, cotton, rice, or tobacco, and
all ginners of cotton, all persons engaged in
the business of purchasing corn, wheat, cotton,
rice, or tobacco from producers, and all
persons engaged in the business of redrying,
prizing, or stemming tobacco for producers.'';
and
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking
''peanuts,''.
(E) Regulations.--Section 375(a) of the Act (7
U.S.C. 1375(a)) is amended by striking ''peanuts,''.
(F) Eminent domain.--The first sentence of section
378(c) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1378(c)) is amended by
striking ''cotton, tobacco, and peanuts,'' and
inserting ''cotton and tobacco,''.
(c) Price Support Program.--
(1) Permanent price support.--Section 101(b) of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.) is amended by
striking ''and peanuts''.
(2) Temporary price support.--Sections 108, 108A, and 108B
of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1445c through 1445c-3) are repealed.
(3) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 301 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1447) is
amended by inserting after ''nonbasic agricultural
commodity'' the following: ''(other than peanuts)''.
(B) Section 408(c) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1428(c)) is
amended by striking ''peanuts,''.
(C) Section 5(a) of the Commodity Credit
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(a)) is amended
by inserting after ''agricultural commodities'' the
following: ''(other than peanuts)''.
(c) Liability.--A provision of this section or an amendment made by
this section shall not affect the liability of any person under any
provision of law as in effect before the application of the provision
of this section or the amendment in accordance with subsection (d).
(d) Application.--This section and the amendments made by this
section shall apply beginning with the 1996 crop of peanuts.
[EX A]: Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal respective peanut quota and price support programs.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to
Save Lives Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO FEDERAL CIGARETTE AND LABELING ADVERTISING ACT.

(a) Amendment.--The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
(15 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by striking section 4 and inserting
the following:

''SEC. 4. LABELING.

''(a) Label.--
''(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for any person to
manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within
the United States any cigarettes the package of which fails to
bear, in accordance with the requirements of this section, a
warning label.
''(2) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate
regulations describing the warning label required by paragraph
(1).
''(3) Content of label.--The regulations promulgated under
paragraph (2) shall ensure that the text of each warning label
addresses one of the following:
''(A) Diseases or fatal health conditions caused by
cigarette smoking.
''(B) Any physical addiction that results from
cigarette smoking.
''(C) The influence that cigarette smoking by
adults has on young children and teenagers and the
consequences of such use.
''(D) The health hazards of secondhand smoke from
cigarettes.
''(4) Graphics.--
''(A) In general.--The regulations promulgated
under paragraph (2) shall ensure that each warning
label contains a color graphic or picture that
illustrates or emphasizes to the greatest practicable
extent the message of the text of the corresponding
warning label.
''(B) Contents.--The graphics described in
subparagraph (A) shall enhance the message of the text
of the warning label and may include a color picture of
one of the following:
''(i) A diseased lung, heart, or mouth.
''(ii) An individual suffering from
addiction.
''(iii) Children watching an adult smoke a
cigarette.
''(iv) An individual adversely affected by
secondhand smoke from a cigarette, including
pregnant women or infants.
''(b) Advertising.--It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or
importer of cigarettes to advertise or cause to be advertised within
the United States any cigarette unless the advertising bears, in
accordance with the requirements of this section, one of the warning
label statements required by subsection (a).
''(c) Requirements for Labeling.--
''(1) Location.--Each label statement required by
subsection (a) shall be located on the upper portion of the
front and back panels of the cigarette package (or carton) and
occupy not less than 50 percent of each panel.
''(2) Type and color.--Each label statement required by
subsection (a) shall be printed in at least 17 point type with
adjustments as determined appropriate by the Secretary. All the
letters in the label shall appear in conspicuous and legible
type, in contrast by typography, layout, or color with all
other printed material on the package, and be printed in a
black-on-white or white-on-black format as determined
appropriate by the Secretary.
''(d) Requirements for Advertising.--
''(1) Location.--Each label statement required by
subsection (b) shall occupy not less than 50 percent of the
area of the advertisement involved.
''(2) Type and color.--
''(A) Type.--Each label statement required by
subsection (b) shall be printed in a point type that is
not less than the following types:
''(i) With respect to whole page
advertisements on broadsheet newspaper--45
point type.
''(ii) With respect to half page
advertisements on broadsheet newspaper--39
point type.
''(iii) With respect to whole page
advertisements on tabloid newspaper--39 point
type.
''(iv) With respect to half page
advertisements on tabloid newspaper--27 point
type.
''(v) With respect to DPS magazine
advertisements--31.5 point type.
''(vi) With respect to whole page magazine
advertisements--31.5 point type.
''(vii) With respect to 28cm x 3 column
advertisements--22.5 point type.
''(viii) With respect to 20cm x 2 column
advertisements--15 point type.
The Secretary may revise the required type sizes as the
Secretary determines appropriate within the 50 percent
requirement.
''(B) Color.--All the letters in the label under
this paragraph shall appear in conspicuous and legible
type, in contrast by typography, layout, or color with
all other printed material and be printed in an
alternating black-on-white and white-on-black format as
determined appropriate by the Secretary.
''(e) Rotation of Label Statements.--
''(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
label statements specified in subsections (a) and (b) shall be
rotated by each manufacturer or importer of cigarettes
quarterly in alternating sequence on packages of each brand of
cigarettes manufactured by the manufacturer or importer and in
the advertisements for each such brand of cigarettes in
accordance with a plan submitted by the manufacturer or
importer and approved by the Federal Trade Commission. The
Federal Trade Commission shall approve a plan submitted by a
manufacturer or importer of cigarettes which will provide the
rotation required by this subsection and which assures that all
of the labels required by subsections (a) and (b) will be
displayed by the manufacturer or importer at the same time.
''(2) Application of other rotation requirements.--
''(A) In general.--A manufacturer or importer of
cigarettes may apply to the Federal Trade Commission to
have the label rotation described in subparagraph (C)
apply with respect to a brand style of cigarettes
manufactured or imported by such manufacturer or
importer if--
''(i) the number of cigarettes of such
brand style sold in the fiscal year by the
manufacturer or importer preceding the
submission of the application is less than /
4\ of 1 percent of all the cigarettes sold in
the United States in such year; and
''(ii) more than /2\ of the cigarettes
manufactured or imported by such manufacturer
or importer for sale in the United States are
packaged into brand styles which meet the
requirements of clause (i).
If an application is approved by the Commission, the
label rotation described in subparagraph (C) shall
apply with respect to the applicant during the 1-year
period beginning on the date of the application
approval.
''(B) Plan.--An applicant under subparagraph (A)
shall include in its application a plan under which the
label statements specified in subsection (a) will be
rotated by the applicant manufacturer or importer in
accordance with the label rotation described in
subparagraph (C).
''(C) Other rotation requirements.--Under the label
rotation which the manufacturer or importer with an
approved application may put into effect, each of the
labels specified in subsection (a) shall appear on the
packages of each brand style of cigarettes with respect
to which the application was approved an equal number
of times within the 12-month period beginning on the
date of the approval by the Commission of the
application.
''(f) Application of Requirement.--Subsection (a) does not apply to
a distributor or a retailer of cigarettes who does not manufacture,
package, or import cigarettes for sale or distribution within the
United States.
''(g) Cigars; Pipe Tobacco.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall promulgate such
regulations as may be necessary to establish warning labels for
cigars and pipe tobacco. Such regulations shall require
content-specific messages regarding health hazards posed by
cigars and pipe tobacco, include graphic illustrations of such
content messages, as is required under subsection (a), and be
formatted in a clear and unambiguous manner, as is required
under subsection (a).
''(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
''(A) Cigar.--The term 'cigar' means any roll of
tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or in any substance
containing tobacco (other than any roll of tobacco that
is a cigarette or cigarillo).
''(B) Pipe tobacco.--The term 'pipe tobacco' means
any loose tobacco that, because of the appearance,
type, packaging or labeling of such tobacco, is likely
to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a
tobacco to be smoked in a pipe.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this section.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE SMOKELESS TOBACCO HEALTH
EDUCATION ACT OF 1986.

(a) Amendment.--The Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health
Education Act of 1986 (15 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.) is amended by striking
section 3 and inserting the following:

''SEC. 3. SMOKELESS TOBACCO WARNING.

''(a) General Rule.--
''(1) Label on package.--It shall be unlawful for any
person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or
distribution within the United States any smokeless tobacco
product unless the product package bears, in accordance with
the requirements of this section, a warning label.
''(2) Label in advertisements.--It shall be unlawful for
any manufacturer, packager, or importer of smokeless tobacco
products to advertise or cause to be advertised within the
United States any smokeless tobacco product unless the
advertising bears, in accordance with the requirements of this
Act, one of the labels required by paragraph (1).
''(b) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations
describing the warning labels required under subsection (a).
''(c) Content of Label.--The regulations promulgated under
subsection (b) shall ensure that the text of each warning label
addresses one of the following:
''(1) Diseases resulting from use of smokeless tobacco
products.
''(2) Any physical addiction that results from using
smokeless tobacco products.
''(3) The influence that use of smokeless tobacco products
by adults has on young children and teenagers and the
consequences of such use.
''(d) Number of Labels.--The regulations promulgated under
subsection (b) shall ensure that not less than 2 warning labels are
created for each subject matter described in paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3) of subsection (c). Such regulations shall also require that each
package of smokeless tobacco bear 1 warning label that shall be rotated
in accordance with subsection (g).
''(e) Graphics.--
''(1) In general.--The regulations promulgated under
subsection (b) shall ensure that each warning label required by
subsection (a) contains a color graphic or picture that
illustrates or emphasizes to the greatest practicable extent
the message of the text of the corresponding warning label.
''(2) Contents.--The graphics described in paragraph (1)
shall enhance the message of the text of the warning label and
may include a color picture of one of the following:
''(A) A diseased mouth or other physical effect of
using smokeless tobacco products.
''(B) An individual using a smokeless tobacco
product.
''(C) Children watching an adult use a smokeless
tobacco product.
''(f) Format.--
''(1) Location.--Each label statement required by
subsection (a)(1) shall be located on the principal display
panel of the product and occupy not less than 50 percent of
such panel.
''(2) Type and color.--Each label statement required by
subsection (a)(1) shall be printed in 17 point type with
adjustments as determined appropriate by the Secretary to
reflect the length of the required statement. All the letters
in the label shall appear in conspicuous and legible type in
contrast by typography, layout, or color with all other printed
material on the package and be printed in an alternating black
on white and white on black format as determined appropriate by
the Secretary.
''(g) Advertising and Rotation.--The provisions of sections (d) and
(e)(1) of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (as
amended by the Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act) shall
apply to advertisements for smokeless tobacco products required under
subsection (a)(2) and the rotation of the label statements required
under subsection (a)(1) on such products.
''(h) Application of Requirement.--Subsection (a) does not apply to
a distributor or a retailer of smokeless tobacco products who does not
manufacture, package, or import such products for sale or distribution
within the United States.
''(i) Television and Radio Advertising.--It shall be unlawful to
advertise smokeless tobacco or cigars on any medium of electronic
communications subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal
Communications Commission.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this section.
[EX A]: Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act - Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within the United States any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products unless the product package bears, in accordance with the specified requirements of this Act, a warning label on the upper portion of the front and back panels of the cigarette package or carton. Specifies label requirements for advertisements. Requires the rotation of labels for both packages and advertisements in accordance with a Federal Trade Commission approved plan.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Troops' Soft Landing, Employment,
and Rural Transportation Act''.

SEC. 2. RETENTION ON ACTIVE DUTY AFTER DEMOBILIZATION OF RESERVES
FOLLOWING EXTENDED DEPLOYMENTS IN CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS
OR HOMELAND DEFENSE MISSIONS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 1209 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

''SEC. 12323. RESERVES: RETENTION ON ACTIVE DUTY AFTER DEMOBILIZATION
FOLLOWING EXTENDED DEPLOYMENTS IN CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS
OR HOMELAND DEFENSE MISSIONS.

''(a) In General.--A member of a reserve component of the Armed
Forces described in subsection (b) shall be retained on active duty in
the Armed Forces for a period of 90 days following the conclusion of
the member's demobilization from a deployment as described in that
subsection, and shall be authorized the use of any accrued leave.
''(b) Covered Members.--A member of a reserve component of the
Armed Forces described in this subsection is any member of a reserve
component of the Armed Forces who was deployed for more than 179 days
under the following:
''(1) A contingency operation.
''(2) A homeland defense mission (as specified by the
Secretary of Defense for purposes of this section).
''(c) Pay and Allowances.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, a member on active duty under subsection (a) shall be paid pay and
allowances as follows:
''(1) For the first 30 days during which the member is so
retained on active duty--
''(A) the basic pay payable to a member of the
Armed Forces under section 204 of title 37 in the same
pay grade as the member;
''(B) the basic allowance for subsistence payable
under section 402 of title 37; and
''(C) the basic allowance for housing payable under
section 403 of title 37 for a member in the same pay
grade, geographic location, and number of dependents as
the member.
''(2) For the second 30 days during which the member is so
retained on active duty, basic pay, basic allowance for
subsistence, and basic allowance for housing as described in
paragraph (1) but at rates equal to 75 percent of the rates
otherwise payable as described in that paragraph.
''(3) For the third 30 days during which the member is so
retained on active duty, basic pay, basic allowance for
subsistence, and basic allowance for housing as described in
paragraph (1) but at rates equal to 50 percent of the rates
otherwise payable as described in that paragraph.
''(d) Release From Active Duty.--(1) A member retained on active
duty under subsection (a) may be released from active duty at the
request of the member at any time following the end of the 15-day
period commencing on the date the member is retained on active duty
under subsection (a).
''(2) The request of a member for release from active duty under
this subsection shall be subject to the approval of the officer in the
chain of command of the member in grade O-5.
''(e) Reintegration Counseling and Services.--(1) The Secretary of
the military department concerned shall provide each member retained on
active duty under subsection (a), while the member is so retained on
active duty, counseling and services to assist the member in
reintegrating into civilian life.
''(2) The counseling and services provided members under this
subsection shall include the following:
''(A) Physical and mental health evaluations.
''(B) Employment counseling and assistance.
''(C) Marriage and family counseling and assistance.
''(D) Financial management counseling.
''(E) Education counseling.
''(F) Counseling and assistance on benefits available to
the member through the Department of Defense and the Department
of Veterans Affairs.
''(3) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall
provide, to the extent practicable, for the participation of
appropriate family members of members retained on active duty under
subsection (a) in the counseling and services provided such members
under this subsection.
''(4) The counseling and services provided to members under this
subsection shall, to the extent practicable, be provided at National
Guard armories and similar facilities close the residences of such
members.
''(5) Counseling and services provided a member under this
subsection shall, to the extent practicable, be provided in
coordination with the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program of the State
concerned under section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 10101 note)''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 1209 of such title is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:

''12323. Reserves: retention on active duty after demobilization
following extended deployments in
contingency operations or homeland defense
missions.''.

SEC. 3. WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT.

(a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 51 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
''(15) Special rule for veterans residing in high
unemployment counties.--
''(A) In general.--In the case of an unemployed
veteran who is treated as a member of a targeted group
under subparagraph (B) and who has performed at least
800 hours of service for the employer--
''(i) subsection (a) shall be applied by
substituting '50 percent' for '40 percent', and
''(ii) subsection (b)(3) shall be applied
by substituting '$10,000' for '$6,000'.
''(B) Treatment as member of targeted group.--An
unemployed veteran who is certified by the designated
local agency as having his principal place of abode
within a county that, at any time during the 6-month
period ending on the hiring date, is a high
unemployment county shall be treated as a member of a
targeted group for purposes of this subpart.
''(C) Unemployed veteran.--For purposes of this
paragraph, the term 'unemployed veteran' has the
meaning given such term by paragraph (14)(B)(i) without
regard to subclause (II) thereof.
''(D) High unemployment county.--The term 'high
unemployment county' means a county for which the
unemployment rate for the preceding month equals or
exceeds the national unemployment threshold for such
month.
''(E) National unemployment threshold.--
''(i) In general.--The national
unemployment threshold is 12 percent.
''(ii) Threshold indexed.--For any month
beginning after the month in which this
subparagraph is enacted, the national
unemployment threshold in subclause (I) shall
be the percentage in clause (i) (determined
without regard to the application of this
clause) multiplied by the ratio which the
national unemployment rate for such month bears
to 9.5 percent.
''(F) Unemployment rates.--The national
unemployment rate and the unemployment rate for a
county for any month shall be the unadjusted rates for
such month determined by the Current Population Survey
conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after the date of
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR ELIGIBLE ENTITIES PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR
VETERANS LIVING IN RURAL AREAS.

(a) Grants Authorized.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
establish a grant program to award grants on a competitive
basis to eligible entities for the purpose of providing
transportation options to veterans residing in rural areas.
(2) Eligible entities.--For purposes of the grant program
under this section, an eligible entity is a government entity
and non-profit service provider, including a State veterans'
service agency, a veterans service organization, a local
governmental authority, and a private non-profit organization.
(3) Use of funds.--The recipient of a grant under this
section shall use the grant to assist veterans in rural areas
to travel to Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.
(4) Maximum amount.--The amount of a grant under this
section may not exceed $100,000 for any fiscal year.
(5) No matching requirement.--The recipient of a grant
under this section shall not be required to provide matching
funds as a condition for receiving such grant.
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for--
(1) evaluating grant applications under this section;
(2) directing Department of Veterans Affairs medical
facilities to coordinate with recipients of such grants to
ensure maximum use of transportation service at the least cost;
and
(3) coordinating transportation services provided under
this section with existing local transportation services.
(c) Definitions and Special Rule.--In this section:
(1) The term ''veterans service organization'' means any
organization recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
for the representation of veterans under section 5902 of title
38, United States Code.
(2) The term ''local governmental authority'' means a local
governmental authority as defined in 5302(a)(6) of title 49,
United States Code, that provides public transportation as
defined in 5302(a)(10) of title 49, United States Code.
(3) A veteran is residing in a rural area if the veteran--
(A) resides in a location that is--
(i) more than 30 miles driving distance
from the nearest Department health care
facility providing primary care services, if
the veteran is seeking such services;
(ii) more than 60 miles driving distance
from the nearest Department health care
facility providing acute hospital care, if the
veteran is seeking such care; or
(iii) more than 100 miles driving distance
from the nearest Department health care
facility providing tertiary care, if the
veteran is seeking such care; or
(B) in the case of a veteran who resides in a
location less than the distance specified in clause
(i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (A), as applicable,
experiences such hardship or other difficulties in
travel to the nearest appropriate Department health
care facility that such travel is not in the best
interest of the veteran, as determined by the Secretary
pursuant to regulations prescribed for purposes of this
subsection.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to
carry out this section.
[EX A]:
Troops' Soft Landing, Employment, and Rural Transportation Act - Requires that a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who was deployed for more than 179 days for a contingency operation or a homeland defense mission be: (1) retained on active duty in the Armed Forces for 90 days after the end of the member's demobilization from a deployment; (2) allowed to use accrued leave; and (3) paid specified pay and allowances.

Allows a member to be released from such retention if the member requests release after the first 15 days of the retention.

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide each member so retained (and, as practicable, appropriate family members) reintegration counseling and services.

Amends Internal Revenue Code work opportunity tax credit provisions, with regard to unemployed veterans living in counties where the unemployment is over a specified national threshold, to increase the credit from 40% to 50% and the maximum first-year wages which may be taken into account from $6,000 to $10,000.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a competitive grant program to assist veterans in rural areas to travel to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities.