Veterans Long-Term Care Security Act of 2006

least two Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence.. Requires the Under Secretary for Health to: (1) assure appropriate geographical distribution of such facilities and (2) establish a panel to assess the scientific and clinical merit of proposals submitted by a facility for the establishment of such a center. S 2433--Rural Veterans Care Act of 2006--A bill to amend Title 38, USC to establish a VA Assistant Secretary for Rural Veterans to improve the care provided to veterans living in rural areas and for other purposes. S 2694--Veterans' Choice of Representation Act of 2006--Will remove certain limitations on attorney representation of claimants for veterans benefits in administrative proceedings before the VA. S 2736--To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish centers to provide enhanced services to veterans with amputations and prosthetic devices--Directs VA Secretary to establish at least 5 regionally dispersed centers that would provide rehabilitation services to veterans with amputations or prosthetic devices. S 2753--To require a program to improve the provision of caregiver assistance services for veterans--Requires the VA Secretary to carry out a program to expand and improve services that assist caregivers of veterans, including veterans of the Global War on Terrorism. Includes under such caregiver assistance services: (1) adult-day health care; (2) readjustment and rehabilitation; (3) transportation; (4) caregiver support; (5) home care; (6) respite care; (7) hospice; and (8) any modalities of non-institutional home care. PL 109-361--Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006--Increase the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans. PL 109-461--Veterans Benefits, Health Care and Information Technology Act of 2006--To amend Title 38, USC to repeal certain limitations on attorney representation of claimants for benefits under laws administered by the VA Secretary to expand eligibility for the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program, to otherwise improve veterans' benefits, memorial affairs and health care programs to enhance information security programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs and for other purposes. HR 23-- Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2005--To amend Title 46, USC and Title II of the Social Security Act to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States Merchant Marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II. HR 2188--To amend Title 38, USC to authorize the placement in national cemetery of memorial markers for the purpose of commemorating servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery--to amend Title 38, USC to authorize the placement in a national cemetery of memorial markers for the purpose of commemorating servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery. HR 2963--Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act--To amend Title 38, USC to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes. HR 5385--Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2007--Making appropriations for the Military Quality of Life functions of the Department of Defense, military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs and related agencies for FY 2007. HR 5452--Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act--To make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans. HR 601; S 2659--Native American Veterans Cemetery Act of 2006--Allow the VA Secretary to make grants to any tribal organization to assist that group in establishing, expanding or improving veterans' cemeteries on trust land owned by or held in trust for that tribal group. HR 5671; S 2762--Veterans Long-Term Care Security Act of 2006--Amend Title 38, USC to ensure appropriate payment for the cost of long-term care provided to veterans in State homes. S 1537--To amend Title 38, USC to provide for the establishment of Parkinson's Disease Research Education and Clinical Centers in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence--Directs the VA Secretary to designate, establish and operated at selected Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities: (1) at least six centers for Parkinson's Disease research, education and clinical activities; and (2) at