I ask the Chair now lay before the Senate a House message to accompany S. 1235. The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives: S. 1235 Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1235) entitled ``An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the availability of $400,000 in life insurance coverage to servicemembers and veterans, to make a stillborn child an insurable dependent for purposes of the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, to make technical corrections to the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004, to make permanent a pilot program for direct housing loans for Native American veterans, and to require an annual plan on outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs'', do pass with the following Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Housing Opportunity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I--HOUSING MATTERS Sec. 101. Adapted housing assistance for disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by family member. Sec. 102. Adjustable rate mortgages. Sec. 103. Permanent authority to make direct housing loans to Native American veterans. Sec. 104.…
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