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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2683
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to make certain contributions to local authorities to mitigate
the risk of flooding on local property adjacent to medical facilities of
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL18, 2023
Ms. M
ACE(for herself and Mr. CARTERof Louisiana) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain contribu-
tions to local authorities to mitigate the risk of flooding
on local property adjacent to medical facilities of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Flood Prepared-4
ness Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO MITI-1
GATE THE RISK OF FLOODING ON LOCAL 2
PROPERTY ADJACENT TO MEDICAL FACILI-3
TIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-4
FAIRS. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 8108 of title 38, United 6
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or to mitigate the 7
risk of flooding, including the risk of flooding associated 8
with rising sea levels’’ before the period at the end. 9
(b) R
EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 10
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 11
Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-12
fairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 13
report that includes an assessment of— 14
(1) the extent to which each medical facility (as 15
such term is defined in section 8101(3) of title 38, 16
United States Code) is at risk of flooding, including 17
the risk of flooding associated with rising sea levels; 18
and 19
(2) whether additional resources are necessary 20
to address the risk of flooding at each such facility. 21
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