TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 308. TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS. (a) Eligibility of Certain Additional Vietnam Era Veterans for Education Benefits.—Section 3011(a)(1)(C)(ii) is amended by striking “on or”. (b) Accelerated Payment of Assistance for Education Leading to Employment in High Technology Industry.—(1) Subsection (b)(1) of section 3014A is amended by striking “employment in a high technology industry” and inserting “employment in a high technology occupation in a high technology industry”. (2)(A) The heading for section 3014A is amended to read as follows: “§ 3014A. Accelerated payment of basic educational assistance for education leading to employment in high technology occupation in high technology industry”. (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 30 is amended by striking the item relating to section 3014A and inserting the following new item: “3014A. Accelerated payment of basic educational assistance for education leading to employment in high technology occupation in high technology industry.”. (c) Source of Funds for Increased Usage of Montgomery GI Bill Entitlement Under Entitlement Transfer Authority.—(1) Section 3035(b) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking “paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection,” and inserting “paragraphs (2), (3), and (4),”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:116 STAT. 2828 “(4) Payments attributable to the increased usage of benefits as a result of transfers of entitlement to basic educational assistance under section 3020 of this title shall be made from the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund established under section 2006 of title 10 or from appropriations made to the Department of Transportation, as appropriate.”. (2) The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107), to which such amendments relate. (d) Licensing or Certification Tests.—Section 3689(c)(1)(B) is amended by striking “the test” and inserting “such test, or a test to certify or license in a similar or related occupation,”. (e) Period of Eligibility for Survivors’ and Dependents’ Assistance Education Benefits.—(1) Section 3512(a) is amended— (A) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking “paragraph (4)” in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting “paragraph (4) or (5)”; and (ii) by striking “subsection (d)” in subparagraph (C)(i) and inserting “subsection (d), or any date between the two dates described in subsection (d)”; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively; (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4): “(4) if the person otherwise eligible under paragraph (3) fails to elect a beginning date of entitlement in accordance with that paragraph, the beginning date of the person’s entitlement shall be the date of the Secretary’s decision that the parent has a service-connected total disability permanent in nature, or that the parent’s death was service-connected, whichever is applicable;”; and (D) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking “paragraph (4)” and inserting “paragraph (5)”. (2) The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect November 1, 2000. (f) Loan Fees.—(1) Section 3703(e)(2)(A) is amended by striking “3729(b)” and inserting “3729(b)(2)(I)”. (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 402 of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–419; 114 Stat. 1861). (g) Additional Miscellaneous Technical Amendments to Title 38, United States Code.—(1)(A) The tables of chapters preceding part I and at the beginning of part IV are each amended by striking “5101” in the item relating to chapter 51 and inserting “5100”. (B) The table of parts preceding part I is amended by striking “5101” in the item relating to part IV and inserting “5100”. (2) Section 107(d)(2) is amended by striking “the date of the enactment of this subsection” and inserting “November 1, 2000,”. (3) Section 1701(10)(A) is amended by striking “the date of the enactment of the Veterans’ Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act” and inserting “November 30, 1999,”. (4) Section 1705(c)(I) is amended by striking “Effective on October 1, 1998, the Secretary” and inserting “The Secretary”.116 STAT. 2829 (5) Section 1707(a) is amended by inserting “(42 U.S.C. 14401 et seq.)” before the period at the end. (6) Section 1710(e)(1)(D) is amended by striking “the date of the enactment of this subparagraph” and inserting “November 11, 1998”. (7) Section 1729B(b) is amended by striking “the date of the enactment of this section” and inserting “November 30, 1999,”. (8) Section 1781(d) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking “as of the date” and all that follows through “of 2001” and inserting “as of June 5, 2001”; and (B) in paragraph (4), by striking “paragraph” and inserting “subsection”. 116 STAT. 2830 (9) Section 3018C(e)(2)(B) is amended by striking the comma after “April”. (10) Section 3031(a)(3) is amended by striking “the date of the enactment of this paragraph” and inserting “December 27, 2001”. (11) Section 3485(a)(4) is amended in subparagraphs (A), (C), and (F), by striking “the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001” and inserting “the period preceding December 27, 2006”. (12) Section 3734(b)(2) is amended— (A) by striking subparagraph (B); and (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E), respectively. (13) Section 7315(a) is amended by inserting “Veterans Health” in the first sentence after “in the”. (h) Public Law 107–103.—Effective as of December 27, 2001, and as if included therein as originally enacted, section 103(c) of the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–103; 115 Stat. 979) is amended by inserting closing quotation marks at the end of the text inserted by the amendment made by paragraph (2). (i) Public Law 102–86.—Section 403(e) of the Veterans’ Benefits Programs Improvement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–86; 105 Stat. 424) is amended by striking “section 321” and all that follows through “and 484)” and inserting “subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, sections 541 through 555 and 1302 of title 40, United States Code”.