118 STAT. 3340 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 related to the safety of the Space Shuttle or the International Space Station or to the conduct of independent safety oversight in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. SEC. 421. (a) TREATMENT OF PIONEER HOMES IN ALASKA AS STATE HOME FOR VETERANS.—For this fiscal year and each fiscal year hereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may— (1) treat the Pioneer Homes in the State of Alaska collec tively as a single State home for veterans for purposes of section 1741 of title 38, United States Code; and (2) make per diem payments to the State of Alaska for care provided to veterans in the Pioneer Homes in accordance with the provisions of that section. (b) TREATMENT NOTWITHSTANDING NON VETERAN RESIDENCY.— The Secretary may treat the Pioneer Homes as a State home under subsection (a) notwithstanding the residency of non veterans in one or more of the Pioneer Homes. (c) PIONEER HOMES DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Pio neer Homes’’ means the six regional homes in the State of Alaska known as Pioneer Homes, which are located in the following: (1) Anchorage, Alaska. (2) Fairbanks, Alaska. (3) Juneau, Alaska. (4) Ketchikan, Alaska. (5) Palmer, Alaska. (6) Sitka, Alaska. (d) LIMITATION.—The number of beds occupied by veterans collectively in the six Pioneer Homes listed under subsection (c) for which per diem would be paid under this authority shall not exceed the number of veterans in State beds that otherwise would be permitted in Alaska under the Department of Veterans Affairs State home regulations governing the number of beds per veteran population. SEC. 422. Of the amounts available to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, such sums as may be necessary for the benefit of the families of the astronauts who died on board the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003, are available under the terms of section 203(c)(13) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended, independent of the limitations established therein. SEC. 423. Section 428 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘new’’ before ‘‘spark igni tion engines’’; and (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The prohibition in sub section (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘The prohibition in subsection (c)’’. SEC. 424. In addition to the amounts otherwise provided in this or any other Act for fiscal year 2005, for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Fund’’, $31,000,000 to remain available until expended for a grant to The Hudson River Park Trust for planning, design and reconstruction of Pier 86 in New York City. SEC. 425. From within funds available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, $200,000 shall be made available until expended to Eric and Brian Simon of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to be divided evenly between the individuals. 118 Stat. 418.
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