; and (B) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. (2) The term eligible veteran has the meaning given such term in section 1703A(m) of this title. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1703A, as added by section 102, the following new item: 1703B. Veterans Care Agreements with non-network providers. . 104. Modification of authority to enter into agreements with State homes to provide nursing home care (a) Use of agreements (1) In general Paragraph (1) of section 1745(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking a contract (or agreement under section 1720(c)(1) of this title) and inserting an agreement . (2) Payment Paragraph (2) of such section is amended by striking contract (or agreement) each place it appears and inserting agreement . (b) Treatment of certain laws Such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) (A) An agreement under this section may be entered into without regard to any law that would require the Secretary to use competitive procedures in selecting the party with which to enter into the agreement. (B) (i) Except as provided in clause (ii) and unless otherwise provided in this section or in regulations prescribed pursuant to this section, a State home that enters into an agreement under this section is not subject to, in the carrying out of the agreement, any law to which providers of services and suppliers are not subject under the original Medicare fee-for-service program under parts A and B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) or the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.). (ii) The exclusion under clause (i) does not apply to laws regarding integrity, ethics, fraud, or that subject a person to civil or criminal penalties. (C) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) shall