AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.

SEC. 1201. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE. (a) References to “Secretary” and “Department”.—Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Paragraph (1) of section 101 is amended to read as follows: “(1) The terms ‘Secretary’ and ‘Department’ mean the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs, respectively.”. (2) Section 1532(c) is amended by striking out “Secretary” and inserting in lieu thereof “Veterans’ Administration”. (3) Section 3745(a) is amended by striking out “Secretary” after “consult with the” and inserting in lieu thereof “Administrator”. (4) Section 4102A(e) is amended by striking out “Regional Secretary” both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Regional Administrator”. (5) Section 4110(d)(9) is amended by striking out “Secretary of the Small Business Administration” and inserting in lieu thereof “Administrator of the Small Business Administration”. (b) References to Department of Medicine and Surgery.— (1) The following sections of title 38, United States Code, are amended by striking out “Department of Medicine and Surgery” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Veterans Health Administration”: sections 3120(a), 3120(f), 3121(a)(3), 7603(a), 7603(c)(l)(B), 7604(1)(B), 7604(2)(D), 7612(C)(1)(B), 7615, 7616(b)(2), 7616(c), 7622(b)(1), 7622(c)(2)(A), 7623(b), 7635(a)(1), 7635(a)(2), and 8110(a) (2) Section 7622(c)(2)(B) of such title is amended by striking out “such Department” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Veterans Health Administration”. 108 STAT. 4683 (c) Conforming Amendments Relating to Conversion of Positions of Chief Medical Director and Chief Benefits Director to Under Secretary Positions.—Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 305 is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(l), by striking out “a Under Secretary” and inserting in lieu thereof “an Under Secretary”; and (B) in subsection (d)(2)(F), by striking out “Under Secretary” the second place it appears and all that follows through the closing parenthesis and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Medical Director of the Veterans’ Administration)”. (2) Section 306 is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking out “a Under Secretary” and inserting in lieu thereof “an Under Secretary”; and (B) in subsection (d)(2)(F), by striking out “Under Secretary” the second place it appears and all that follows through the closing parenthesis and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Benefits Director of the Veterans’ Administration)”, (3) Section 7306 is amended— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in paragraph (3), by striking out “Assistant Chief Medical Directors” and inserting in lieu thereof “Assistant Under Secretaries for Health”; (ii) by redesignating the last three paragraphs as paragraphs (8), (7), and (9) respectively; (iii) by reversing the order in which the penultimate and antepenultimate paragraphs appear; and (iv) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking out “Chief Medical Director” and inserting in lieu thereof “Under Secretary for Health”; (B) in subsection (b), by striking out “Assistant Chief Medical Directors” in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof “Assistant Under Secretaries for Health”; and (C) in subsection (c), by striking out “and (7)” and inserting in lieu thereof “and (8)”. (4) Section 7314(d) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking out “the Chief Medical Director and the Secretary to carry out” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Secretary and the Under Secretary for Health in carrying out’; and (ii) by striking out “the Assistant Chief Medical Director described in section 7306(b)(3)” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Assistant Under Secretary for Health described in section 7306(b)(3)”; and (B) in paragraph (3), by striking out “Assistant Chief Medical Director” both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Assistant Under Secretary”. (5) Section 7318 is amended by striking out “Chief Medical Director” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Under Secretary for Health”. 108 STAT. 4684 (6) Section 7440(1) is amended by striking out “Chief Medical Director’s” and inserting in lieu thereof “Under Secretary for Health’s”. (7) Section 7451(g)(1) is amended by striking out “Chief Medical Director’s” and inserting in lieu thereof “Under Secretary for Health’s”. (d) Cross Reference Amendments to Provisions of Title 38.—Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 115 is amended by striking out “sections 230” and inserting in lieu thereof “sections 314, 315, 316,”. (2) Section 1710(f)(3)(E) is amended by striking out “section 1712(f)” and “section 1712(f)(4)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 1712(a)” and “section 1712(f)”, respectively. (3) Section 1712 is amended— (A) in subsection (i)(5), by striking out “section 1722(a)(l)(C)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 1722(a)(3)”; and (B) in subsection (j), by striking out “Section 4116” and inserting in lieu thereof “Section 7316”. (4) Section 3018A(d)(3) is amended by striking out “section 3015(e)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 3015(f)”. (5) Section 3018B(d)(3) is amended by striking out “section 3015(e)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 3015(f)”. (6) Section 3032(f)(3) is amended by striking out “(c), or (d)(1)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(d), or (e)(1)”. (7) Section 3035(b) is amended— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking out “section 3015(c)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 3015(d)”; and (B) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking out “section 3015(e)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 3015(f)”. (8) Section 3103(b)(3) is amended by striking out “section 3102(l)(A)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 3102(1)(A)(i)”. (9) Section 3106(a) is amended by striking out “section 3102(1)(A) or (B)” and inserting in lieu thereof “clause (i) or (ii) of section 3102(l)(A)”. (10) Section 3113(a) is amended by striking out “section 3102(1)(B) and (2)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B) of section 3102(1)”. (11) Section 3120(b) is amended by striking out “section 3O12(1)(A)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 3102(l)(A)(i)”. (12) Section 3241(c) is amended by striking out “1663,”. (13) Section 3735(a)(1)(A) is amended by striking out “section 3402” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 5902”. (14) Section 4103(c)(2) is amended by striking out “subchapter IV of chapter 3” and inserting in lieu thereof “subchapter II of chapter 77”. (15) Section 5104(a) is amended by striking out “section 211(a)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 511”. (16) Section 8103(d)(6)(A) is amended by striking out “section 230(c)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 316”. (17) Section 8110(c)(3)(B) is amended by striking out “section 213 or 4117” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 513 or 7409”. (18) Section 8135(a)(3) is amended by striking out “section 8134(2)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 8134(a)(2)”. (19) Section 8155(a) is amended by striking out “section 4112” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 7312”. 108 STAT. 4685 (20) Section 8201(c) is amended by striking out “section 4112(a)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 7312(a)”. (e) Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, Etc.—Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section lll(b)(3)(B) is amended by striking out “the Department facility” and inserting in lieu thereof “a Department facility”. (2) Sections 305(d)(2)(F) and 306(d)(2)(F) are amended by striking out “Commission” and inserting in lieu thereof “commission”. (3) Section 312(a) is amended by striking out “(5 U.S.C. App. 3)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(5 U.S.C. App.)”. (4) Section 317(b)(2) is amended by striking out “provided, by the” and inserting in lieu thereof “provided by, the”. (5) Section 711(d) is amended by striking out “Committees” and inserting in lieu thereof “committees”. (6) Section 1116(a)(l)(B) is amended by striking out “(1)” and “(2)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(i)” and “(ii)”, respectively. (7) Section 1722A(a)(1) is amended by striking out the closing parenthesis after “veteran” in the first sentence. (8) Section 1969(e) is amended— (A) by striking out “sections 1971 (a) and (c)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsections (a) and (c) of section 1971”; and (B) by striking out “sections 1971 (d) and (e)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsections (d) and (e) of section 1971”. (9) Section 1977(f) is amended by striking out “sections 1971 (d) and (e)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsections (d) and (e) of section 1971”. (10) Section 3011(f)(1) is amended by striking out “whose length” and inserting in lieu thereof “the length of which”. (11) Section 3018B(d) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out “(a)(2)(D) of this subsection” and inserting in lieu thereof “(a)(2)(D) of this section”; and (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking out “such Account” and inserting in lieu thereof “such account”; and (ii) by striking out “this chapter” and inserting in lieu thereof “this title”. (12) Section 3688(a)(6) is amended by inserting a comma after “324 l(a)(2)”. (13) Section 3706 is amended by striking out “of this chapter” the second and third places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “of this title”. (14) Section 3712 is amended— (A) in subsection (c)(3)— (i) by inserting “of’ in subparagraph (D) after “subparagraph (B)”; and (ii) by striking out “of this subsection” in subparagraph (E) and inserting in lieu thereof “of this paragraph”; and (B) in subsection (m), by striking out “section 3704(d) and section 3721 of this chapter” and inserting in lieu thereof “sections 3704(d) and 3721 of this title”. 108 STAT. 4686 (15) Section 3713(b) is amended in the last sentence by striking out “subsection 5302(b) of this title, if eligible thereunder” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 5302(b) of this title, if the veteran is eligible for relief under that section”. (16) Section 5702 is amended— (A) by inserting “(a)” before “Any person desiring”; (B) by striking out “custody of’ and all that follows through “stating” and inserting in lieu thereof “custody of the Secretary that may be disclosed under section 5701 of this title must submit to the Secretary an application in writing for such copy. The application shall state”; and (C) in subsection (c), by striking out “is authorized to fix” and inserting in lieu thereof “may establish”. (17) Section 6101(a) is amended by inserting a comma after “title 18”. (18) Section 6103(d)(1) is amended in the second sentence— (A) by striking out “(a)” and “(b)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(A)” and “(B)”, respectively; and (B) by striking out “prior to” and inserting in lieu thereof “before”. (19) Section 6105(c) is amended— (A) in the first sentence, by striking out “clauses (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (b) of this section” and inserting in lieu thereof “paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (b)”; (B) in the second sentence, by striking out “clause (1) of that subsection” and inserting in lieu thereof “paragraph (1) of subsection (b)”; and (C) by transposing the two sentences of that subsection (as so amended). (20) Section 7312(d) is amended by striking out “the advisory groups activities” and inserting in lieu thereof “the activities of the advisory group”. (21) Section 7408(a) is amended by striking out “civil-service” and inserting in lieu thereof “civil service”. (22) Sections 7433(b)(3)(A) and 7435(b)(3)(A) are amended by striking out “nationwide” and inserting in lieu thereof “nationwide”. (23) Section 7451(d)(3)(c)(i)(I) is amended by striking out “labor market area” and inserting in lieu thereof “labor-market area”. (24) Section 7453 is amended by striking out “subsections” in subsections (f) and (g) and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection”. (25) Section 7601(a) is amended by striking out the comma at the end of paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon. (26) Section 7604 is amended by striking out “subchapters” in paragraphs (1)(A), (2)(D), and (5) and inserting in lieu thereof “subchapter”. (27) Section 8126 is amended— (A) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking out “1-year” and inserting in lieu thereof “one-year”; and (B) in subsection (f)(2), by striking out “, and” and inserting in lieu thereof a period (f) Date of Enactment References.—Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: 108 STAT. 4687 (1) Section 1922A(b) is amended by striking out “insurance not later than” and all that follows through “that the Department” and inserting in lieu thereof “insurance. Such application must be filed not later than (1) October 31, 1993, or (2) the end of the one-year period beginning on the date on which the Secretary”. (2) Sections 3011(e) and 3012(f) are amended by striking out “the end of the 24-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection” and inserting in lieu thereof “October 28, 1994,”. (3) Section 3018B(a)(2)(A) is amended by striking out “the date of enactment of this section” and inserting in lieu thereof “October 23, 1992,”. (4) Section 3702(a)(2)(E) is amended by striking out “For the 7-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this subparagraph,” and inserting in lieu thereof “For the period beginning on October 28, 1992, and ending on October 27, 1999,”. (5) Section 6103(d)(2) is amended by striking out “the date of enactment of this amendatory Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “June 30, 1972”. (6) Section 8126 is amended— (A) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking out “30 days after the date of the enactment of this section” and inserting in lieu thereof “December 4, 1992”; and (B) in subsection (g), by striking out “the date of the enactment of this section” in paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting in lieu thereof “November 4, 1992”. (g) Obsolete or Executed Provisions—Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 312(b) is amended by striking out paragraph (3). (2) Section 1524(a)(2) is amended by striking out “Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, if” and inserting in lieu thereof “If”. (3) Section 411(c)(1) is amended by striking out “shall within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, appoint” and inserting in lieu thereof “shall appoint”. (4) (A) Section 5505 is repealed. (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 is amended by striking out the item relating to section 5505. (5) Section 7311 is amended by striking out subsections (f) and (g). (6) Section 7453(i)(3) is amended by striking out “of title 5”. (7) Section 8110(c) is amended by striking out paragraph (7). (8) Section 8111(b) is amended— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking out “During fiscal years 1982 and 1983” in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “During odd-numbered fiscal years”; (ii) by striking out “During fiscal year 1984” in the third sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “During even-numbered fiscal years”; and (iii) by striking out the fourth sentence; and 108 STAT. 4688 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking out “Within nine months of the date of the enactment of this subsection and at such times thereafter as” and inserting in lieu thereof “At such times as”. (h) Amendments to Headings and Tables of Contents.— Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) The table of chapters before part I and the table of chapters at the beginning of part III are amended by striking out the item relating to chapter 42 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “42. Employment and Training of Veterans 4211”. (2) The heading of section 2106 is amended by revising each word after the first word so that the initial letter of each such word is lower case. (3) The item relating to subchapter III in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 73 is amended to read as follows: “SUBCHAPTER III—PROTECTION OF PATIENT RIGHTS”. (4) The heading of section 7458 is amended to read as follows: “§ 7458. Recruitment and retention bonus pay”. (5) The heading of chapter 81 is amended by inserting “enhanced-use” before “leases of real”. (6) The item relating to section 8126 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 81 is amended to read as follows: “8126. Limitation on prices of drugs procured by Department and certain other Federal agencies.”. (i) Other Miscellaneous Corrections.—Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 1718(c)(l) is amended by inserting “of Veterans Affairs” after “Department” in the first sentence. (2) Section 1922(b)(4) is amended by striking out “Notwithstanding” and all that follows through “title,” and inserting in lieu thereof “Notwithstanding section 1917 of this title,”. (3) Section 1969(d)(3) is amended by striking out “General Operating Expenses, Department” and inserting in lieu thereof “General Operating Expenses, Department of Veterans Affairs”. (4) Section 3018A(a)(1) is amended by striking “after December 31, 1990,” and all that follows through “whichever is later,” and inserting in lieu thereof “after February 2, 1991,”. (5) Section 3121(a)(3) is amended by striking out “Department of Veterans’ Benefits” and inserting in lieu thereof “Veterans Benefits Administration”. (6) Section 3680(a)(C) is amended by striking out “1 full” and inserting in lieu thereof “one full”. (7) Section 4110(e)(3)(B) is amended— (A) by striking out “, United States Code,”; and (B) by striking out “the Board” and inserting in lieu thereof “the advisory committee”. (8) Section 5110 is amended by striking out subsection (m). (9) Section 7315(b)(2) is amended by striking out “Department” and inserting in lieu thereof “Veterans’ Administration”. (10) Section 8111(f)(6) is amended by inserting “of Defense” after “the Secretary” the second place it appears. 108 STAT. 4689 (11) Section 8502(d) is amended by striking out “General Post Fund, National Homes, Department,” and inserting in lieu thereof “General Post Fund, National Homes, Department of Veterans Affairs,”.