To improve the management of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

SA 1400. Mr. WARNER (for Mr. Lott) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 642. IMPROVEMENT OF MANAGEMENT OF ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME.

(a) Redesignation of Chief Operating Officer as Chief Executive Officer.--

(1) In general.--Section 1515 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 415) is amended--

(A) by striking “Chief Operating Officer” each place it appears and inserting “Chief Executive Officer”; and

(B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking “Chief Operating Officer's” and inserting “Chief Executive Officer's”.

(2) Conforming amendments.--Such Act is further amended by striking “Chief Operating Officer” each place it appears in a provision as follows and inserting “Chief Executive Officer”:

(A) In section 1511 (24 U.S.C. 411).

(B) In section 1512 (24 U.S.C. 412).

(C) In section 1513(a) (24 U.S.C. 413(a)).

(D) In section 1514(c)(1) (24 U.S.C. 414(c)(1)).

(E) In section 1516(b) (24 U.S.C. 416(b)).

(F) In section 1517 (24 U.S.C. 417).

(G) In section 1518(c) (24 U.S.C. 418(c)).

(H) In section 1519(c) (24 U.S.C. 419(c)).

(I) In section 1521(a) (24 U.S.C. 421(a)).

(J) In section 1522 (24 U.S.C. 422).

(K) In section 1523(b) (24 U.S.C. 423(b)).

(L) In section 1531 (24 U.S.C. 431).

(3) Clerical amendments.--(A) The heading of section 1515 of such Act is amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 1515. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.”.

(B) The table of contents for such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 1515 and inserting the following new item:

“Sec. 1515. Chief Executive Officer.”.

(4) References.--Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to the Chief Operating Officer of the Armed Forces Retirement Home shall be considered to be a reference to the Chief Executive Officer of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

(b) Physicians and Dentists for Each Retirement Home Facility.--Section 1513 of such Act (24 U.S.C. 413) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a), by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “subsections (b), (c), and (d)”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(c) Physicians and Dentists for Each Retirement Home Facility.--(1) In providing for the health care needs of residents under subsection (c), the Retirement Home shall have in attendance at each facility of the Retirement Home, during the daily business hours of such facility, a physician and a dentist, each of whom shall have skills and experience suited to residents of such facility.

“(2) In providing for the health care needs of residents, the Retirement shall also have available to residents of each facility of the Retirement Home, on an on-call basis during hours other than the daily business hours of such facility, a physician and a dentist each of whom have skills and experience suited to residents of such facility.

“(3) In this subsection, the term ‘daily business hours' means the hours between 9 o'clock ante meridian and 5 o'clock post meridian, local time, on each of Monday through Friday.”.

(c) Transportation to Medical Care Outside Retirement Home Facilities.--Section 1513 of such Act is further amended--

(1) in the third sentence of subsection (b), by inserting “, except as provided in subsection (d),” after “shall not”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(d) Transportation to Medical Care Outside Retirement Home Facilities.--The Retirement Home shall provide to any resident of a facility of the Retirement Home, upon request of such resident, transportation to any medical facility located not more than 30 miles from such facility for the provision of medical care to such resident. The Retirement Home may not collect a fee from a resident for transportation provided under this subsection.”.

(d) Military Director for Each Retirement Home.--Section 1517(b)(1) of such Act (24 U.S.C. 417(b)(1)) is amended by striking “a civilian with experience as a continuing care retirement community professional or”.