120 STAT. 3308
PUBLIC LAW 109–444—DEC. 21, 2006
SEC. 4. DEADLINE AND PERMANENT REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) DEADLINE FOR REPORT.—Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall each submit to Congress a report containing the information specified in subsections (b) and (c) of section 3036 of title 38, United States Code. (b) REPEAL OF TERMINATION.—Section 3036 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (d). SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION OF BIENNIAL REPORT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN VETERANS.
Section 542(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2004’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. SEC. 6. PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CLINICAL CENTERS AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sections: ‘‘§ 7329. Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical centers ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS.—(1) The Secretary, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health, shall designate not less than six Department health-care facilities as the locations for centers of Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical activities. ‘‘(2) Subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds for such purpose, the Secretary shall establish and operate centers of Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical activities at the locations designated pursuant to paragraph (1) for such centers. ‘‘(b) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF FACILITIES.—(1) In designating Department health-care facilities for centers under subsection (a), the Secretary, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health, shall assure appropriate geographic distribution of such facilities. ‘‘(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary shall designate as the location for a center of Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical activities pursuant to subsection (a)(1) each Department health-care facility that as of January 1, 2005, was operating a Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical center. ‘‘(3) The Secretary may not under subsection (a) designate a facility described in paragraph (2) if (on the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health) the Secretary determines that such facility— ‘‘(A) does not meet the requirements of subsection (c); or ‘‘(B) has not demonstrated— ‘‘(i) effectiveness in carrying out the established purposes of such center; or ‘‘(ii) the potential to carry out such purposes effectively in the reasonably foreseeable future. ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION.—(1) The Secretary may not designate a Department health-care facility as a location for
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