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 PUBLIC LAW 108–183—DEC. 16, 2003

117 STAT. 2673

(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5109A the following new item: ‘‘5109B. Expedited treatment of remanded claims.’’.

(b) CASES REMANDED BY COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS.—(1) Chapter 71 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘§ 7112. Expedited treatment of remanded claims ‘‘The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to provide for the expeditious treatment by the Board of any claim that is remanded to the Secretary by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.’’. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ‘‘7112. Expedited treatment of remanded claims.’’.

(c) REPEAL OF SOURCE SECTION.—Section 302 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–446; 108 Stat. 4658; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note) is repealed. SEC. 708. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.

(a) MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 103(d) is amended— (A) in paragraph (4)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A) or (3)’’; and (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’; and (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Paragraphs (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘Paragraphs (2)(A)’’. (2) Section 1729A is amended— (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘after June 30, 1997,’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (1); (B) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3); (C) by striking subsection (e); and (D) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e). (3) Section 1804(c)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’. (4) Section 1974(a)(5) is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’. (b) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE JOBS FOR VETERANS ACT.— (1)(A) Subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii) of section 4102A is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2003’’. (B) The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 4(a) of the Jobs for Veterans Act (Public Law 107–288; 116 Stat. 2038). (2) Subsection (f)(1) of section 4102A is amended by striking ‘‘6 months after the date of the enactment of this section,’’ and inserting ‘‘May 7, 2003,’’. (c) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AS AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY.—(1) Section 1322 is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ and all that follows through the period and

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