12 2 STA T .37 13 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 32 9— S E PT. 30 , 200 8SEC.2 2 4 . S ection17 1 0(f) (2)( B )oftit l e 38,U nite d St a te sC ode, isa m ended by st r i k in g‘ ‘Se p tember 30, 2008, ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘Sep - tember 30, 200 9 ,’’. SEC. 22 5 . Section 1729(a)(2)( E ) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘ O ctober 1, 2008,’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2009,’’. SEC. 22 6 . Th e D epartment shall contin u e research into G ulf W ar illness at le v els not less than those made available in fiscal year 2008, w ithin available funds contained in this A ct. SEC. 227. (a) Upon a determination by the Secretary of V eterans Affairs that such action is in the national interest, and will have a direct benefit for veterans through increased access to treatment, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer not more than $ 5,000,000 to the Secretary of H ealth and Human Services for the Graduate P sychology Education Program, which includes treat- ment of veterans, to support increased training of psychologists skilled in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain in j ury, and related disorders. (b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may only use funds transferred under this section for the purposes described in subsection (a). (c) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify Congress of any such transfer of funds under this section. SEC. 228. N one of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of Vet- erans Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with — (1) section 842 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the J udiciary, and I ndependent Agen- cies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public L aw 109 – 115
119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a major medical facility lease in fiscal year 2009 in an amount nottoe x ceed $12,000,000 to implement the recommendations out- lined in the August 2007 Study of South Texas Veterans’ Inpatient and Specialty Outpatient Health Care Needs. SEC. 230. Of the amounts made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009, in this Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘ M edical F acilities’’ account for non-recurring maintenance, not more than 20 percent of the funds made available shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the fiscal year
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d , That the Secretary may waive this re q uirement after providing written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. SEC. 231. Section 2703 of the Emergency Supplemental Appro- priations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane R ecovery, 2006 (120 Stat. 469) is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Notwithstanding’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(b) This land shall be owned by the City of Gulfport for no less than 50 years from the date of enactment of this Act.’’. SEC. 232. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to carry out section 111(c)(5) of title 38, United States Code, during fiscal year 2009. SEC. 233. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, authority to carry out activities provided for under section 1703(d)(4) of title 38, United States Code, shall continue in effect until January Extensio n da te .W ai v e r a u t h orit y . N oti c e. Noti f ication.
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