1. Establishment of Alzheimer’s Disease research, education, and clinical centers (a) In general Chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7330B the following new section: 7330C. Alzheimer’s Disease research, education, and clinical centers. (a) Establishment of centers (1) The Secretary, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health, shall designate not less than three Department health-care facilities as the locations for centers of Alzheimer’s Disease research, education, and clinical activities. (2) Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary shall establish and operate centers of Alzheimer’s Disease research, education, and clinical activities centers at the locations designated pursuant to paragraph (1). (b) Requirements for designation (1) The Secretary may not designate a Department health-care facility as a location for a center under subsection (a) unless the peer review panel established under subsection (c) has determined under that subsection that the proposal submitted by such facility as a location for a new center under subsection (a) is among those proposals that meet the highest competitive standards of scientific and clinical merit. (2) The Secretary may not designate a Department health-care facility as a location for a center under subsection (a) unless the Secretary (upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health) determines that the facility has (or may reasonably be anticipated to develop) each of the following: (A) An arrangement with an accredited medical school that provides education and training in neurology and with which the Department health-care facility is affiliated under which residents receive education and training in innovative diagnosis and treatment of chronic neurodegenerative diseases and forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease. (B) The ability to attract the participation of scientists who are capable of ingenuity and creativity in health-care research efforts. (C)