PUBLIC LAW 109–233—JUNE 15, 2006
120 STAT. 415
(2) CERTIFICATION OF PERSONS ENTITLED TO PAYMENT.— The Secretary concerned shall certify to the life insurance company issuing the policy of life insurance for Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance under chapter 19 of title 38, United States Code, the name and address of each person who the Secretary concerned determines to be entitled by reason of paragraph (1) to a payment under section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, plus such additional information as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may require. (3) FUNDING.—At the time a certification is made under paragraph (2), the Secretary concerned, from funds then available to that Secretary for the pay of members of the uniformed services under the jurisdiction of that Secretary, shall pay to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs the amount of funds the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines to be necessary to pay all costs related to payments to be made under that certification. Amounts received by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under this paragraph shall be deposited to the credit of the revolving fund in the Treasury of the United States established under section 1969(d) of title 38, United States Code. (4) QUALIFYING LOSS.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘qualifying loss’’ means— (A) a loss specified in the second sentence of subsection (b)(1) of section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a); and (B) any other loss specified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the first sentence of that subsection. (5) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning given that term in paragraph (25) of section 101 of title 38, United States Code. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) Section 1965 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (11). (2) Section 1032(c) of Public Law 109–13 (119 Stat. 257; 38 U.S.C. 1980A note) is repealed. SEC. 502. TERMINOLOGY AMENDMENTS TO REVISE REFERENCES TO CERTAIN VETERANS IN PROVISIONS RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPENSATION OR DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION.
Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 1114(l) is amended by striking ‘‘so helpless’’ and inserting ‘‘with such significant disabilities’’. (2) Section 1114(m) is amended by striking ‘‘so helpless’’ and inserting ‘‘so significantly disabled’’. (3) Sections 1115(1)(E)(ii), 1122(b)(2), 1311(c)(2), 1315(g)(2), and 1502(b)(2) are amended by striking ‘‘helpless or blind, or so nearly helpless or blind as to’’ and inserting ‘‘blind, or so nearly blind or significantly disabled as to’’. SEC. 503. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.
Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.—Section 1117(h)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘nothwithstanding’’ and inserting ‘‘notwithstanding’’.
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