PUBLIC LAW 105-368 —NOV. 11, 1998
112 STAT. 3317
Sec. 902. Extension of authority to counsel and treat veterans for sexual trauma.
Sec. 903. Management of specialized treatment and rehabilitative programs.
Sec. 904. Authority to use for operating expenses of Department of Veterans Affairs
medical facilities amounts available by reason of the limitation on pension for veterans receiving nursing home care.
Sec. 905. Report on nurse locality pay.
Sec. 906. Annual report on program and expenditures of Department of Veterans
Affairs for domestic response to weapons of mass destruction.
Sec. 907. Interim appointment of Under Secretary for Health.
TITLE X—OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 1001. Requirement for naming of Department property.
Sec. 1002. Members of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
Sec. 1003. Flexibility in docketing and hearing of appeals by Board of Veterans'
Appeals.
Sec. 1004. Disabled veterans outreach program specialists.
Sec. 1005. Technical amendments.
TITLE XI—COMPENSATION COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT
Sec. 1101. Increase in rates of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation.
Sec. 1102. Publication of adjusted rates.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act
an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title
38, United States Code.
TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO
VETERANS OF PERSIAN GULF WAR
AND FUTURE CONFLICTS
SEC. 101. AGREEMENT WITH NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 38 USC 1117
REGARDING EVALUATION OF HEALTH CONSEQUENCES note.
OF SERVICE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA DURING THE PERSIAN
GULF WAR.
(a) PURPOSE. — The purpose of this section is to provide for
the National Academy of Sciences, an independent nonprofit scientific organization with appropriate expertise which is not a part
of the Federal Government, to review and evaluate the available
scientific evidence regarding associations between illness and service in the Persian Gulf War.
(b) AGREEMENT. —(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of
Sciences for the Academy to perform the activities covered by this
section. The Secretary shall seek to enter into the agreement not
later than 2 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2)(A) If the Secretary is unable within the time period set
forth in paragraph (1) to enter into an agreement with the Academy
for the purposes of this section on terms acceptable to the Secretary,
the Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement for purposes
of this section with another appropriate scientific organization that
is not part of the Federal Government, operates as a not-for-profit
entity, and has expertise and objectivity comparable to that of
the Academy.
(B) If the Secretary enters into an agreement with another
organization under this paragraph, any reference in this section
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