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22 118THCONGRESS
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44 DSESSION H. R. 9712
55 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions
66 of law, and for other purposes.
77 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
88 SEPTEMBER19, 2024
99 Mr. V
1010 ALADAO(for himself and Mr. BOST) introduced the following bill; which
1111 was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to
1212 the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
1313 mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
1414 as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
1515 A BILL
1616 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain
1717 expiring provisions of law, and for other purposes.
1818 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
1919 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2020 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
2121 (a) S
2222 HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
2323 ‘‘VA Extenders Act of 2024’’. 5
2424 (b) T
2525 ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
2626 this Act is as follows: 7
2727 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
2828 TITLE I—HEALTH CARE
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3232 Sec. 101. Extension of authority for collection of copayments for hospital care
3333 and nursing home care.
3434 Sec. 102. Extension of requirement To provide nursing home care to certain
3535 veterans with service-connected disabilities.
3636 Sec. 103. Extension of expansion of rural access network for growth enhance-
3737 ment program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
3838 Sec. 104. Extension of pilot program To provide veterans access to complemen-
3939 tary and integrative health programs through animal therapy,
4040 agritherapy, sports and recreation therapy, art therapy, and
4141 posttraumatic growth programs.
4242 Sec. 105. Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department
4343 of Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration fund.
4444 TITLE II—MEMORIAL AFFAIRS
4545 Sec. 201. Extension of entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for
4646 commemoration of veterans and certain individuals.
4747 Sec. 202. Extension of authority To bury remains of certain spouses and chil-
4848 dren in national cemeteries.
4949 Sec. 203. Authority for use of flat grave markers at Santa Fe National Ceme-
5050 tery, New Mexico.
5151 TITLE III—HOMELESSNESS
5252 Sec. 301. Extension of authority To provide assistance for specially adapted
5353 housing for disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing
5454 owned by a family member.
5555 Sec. 302. Extension of authority for specially adapted housing assistive tech-
5656 nology grant program.
5757 Sec. 303. Extension of authorization of appropriations for homeless women vet-
5858 erans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant
5959 program.
6060 Sec. 304. Extension of authority for treatment and rehabilitation for seriously
6161 mentally ill and homeless veterans.
6262 Sec. 305. Extension of funding for financial assistance for supportive services
6363 for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing.
6464 Sec. 306. Extension of funding for grant program for homeless veterans with
6565 special needs.
6666 TITLE IV—OTHER AUTHORITIES
6767 Sec. 401. Extension of authority To transport individuals to and from Depart-
6868 ment of Veterans Affairs facilities.
6969 Sec. 402. Extension of testimonial subpoena authority of Inspector General of
7070 the Department of Veterans Affairs.
7171 Sec. 403. Extension of authority To maintain regional office in the Republic of
7272 the Philippines.
7373 Sec. 404. Extension and modification of authority for monthly assistance allow-
7474 ance for disabled veterans training in Paralympic and Olympic
7575 sports program.
7676 Sec. 405. Expansion of cost estimates for congressional consideration under
7777 Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund; reporting requirements.
7878 Sec. 406. Extension of authority for report on equitable relief provided due to
7979 administrative error.
8080 Sec. 407. Modification of certain housing loan fees.
8181 Sec. 408. Extension of authority for transfer of real property.
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8585 Sec. 409. Extension of requirements relating to Chief Financial Officer of the
8686 Department.
8787 TITLE I—HEALTH CARE 1
8888 SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR COLLECTION OF 2
8989 COPAYMENTS FOR HOSPITAL CARE AND 3
9090 NURSING HOME CARE. 4
9191 Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 5
9292 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and 6
9393 inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 7
9494 SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE 8
9595 NURSING HOME CARE TO CERTAIN VET-9
9696 ERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABIL-10
9797 ITIES. 11
9898 Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is 12
9999 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 13
100100 ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 14
101101 SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF EXPANSION OF RURAL ACCESS 15
102102 NETWORK FOR GROWTH ENHANCEMENT 16
103103 PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET-17
104104 ERANS AFFAIRS. 18
105105 Section 2(d) of the Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans 19
106106 Mental Health Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–21; 38 20
107107 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 21
108108 inserting ‘‘2025’’. 22
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112112 SEC. 104. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE 1
113113 VETERANS ACCESS TO COMPLEMENTARY 2
114114 AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS 3
115115 THROUGH ANIMAL THERAPY, AGRITHERAPY, 4
116116 SPORTS AND RECREATION THERAPY, ART 5
117117 THERAPY, AND POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH 6
118118 PROGRAMS. 7
119119 Section 203(d)(1) of the Scott Hannon Veterans 8
120120 Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (Public 9
121121 Law 116–171; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by 10
122122 striking ‘‘for a three-year period beginning on the com-11
123123 mencement of the pilot program’’ and inserting ‘‘until 12
124124 September 30, 2025’’. 13
125125 SEC. 105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT DEPART-14
126126 MENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VET-15
127127 ERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-16
128128 ONSTRATION FUND. 17
129129 Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authoriza-18
130130 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 19
131131 Stat. 2573), as most recently amended by section 104 of 20
132132 division E of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine 21
133133 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 22
134134 180; 136 Stat. 2137), is amended by striking ‘‘September 23
135135 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 24
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139139 TITLE II—MEMORIAL AFFAIRS 1
140140 SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF ENTITLEMENT TO MEMORIAL 2
141141 HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FOR COMMEMO-3
142142 RATION OF VETERANS AND CERTAIN INDI-4
143143 VIDUALS. 5
144144 Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 6
145145 is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ both places it 7
146146 appears and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 8
147147 SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO BURY REMAINS OF 9
148148 CERTAIN SPOUSES AND CHILDREN IN NA-10
149149 TIONAL CEMETERIES. 11
150150 Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, 12
151151 is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ and inserting 13
152152 ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 14
153153 SEC. 203. AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FLAT GRAVE MARKERS 15
154154 AT SANTA FE NATIONAL CEMETERY, NEW 16
155155 MEXICO. 17
156156 Section 2404(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 18
157157 is amended— 19
158158 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 20
159159 and inserting a period at the end; 21
160160 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 22
161161 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 23
162162 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub-24
163163 paragraph: 25
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167167 ‘‘(F) in the case of Santa Fe National Ceme-1
168168 tery, New Mexico, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 2
169169 may provide flat grave markers in any section of 3
170170 such cemetery in which flat markers were in use on 4
171171 December 22, 2023.’’. 5
172172 TITLE III—HOMELESSNESS 6
173173 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSIST-7
174174 ANCE FOR SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING 8
175175 FOR DISABLED VETERANS RESIDING TEMPO-9
176176 RARILY IN HOUSING OWNED BY A FAMILY 10
177177 MEMBER. 11
178178 Section 2102A(e) of title 38, United States Code, is 12
179179 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting 13
180180 ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 14
181181 SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR SPECIALLY 15
182182 ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY 16
183183 GRANT PROGRAM. 17
184184 Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is 18
185185 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 19
186186 ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 20
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190190 SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-1
191191 TIONS FOR HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS 2
192192 AND HOMELESS VETERANS WITH CHILDREN 3
193193 REINTEGRATION GRANT PROGRAM. 4
194194 Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 5
195195 is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 6
196196 SEC. 304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT AND 7
197197 REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY 8
198198 ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS. 9
199199 (a) G
200200 ENERALTREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) of title 10
201201 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-11
202202 tember 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 12
203203 (b) A
204204 DDITIONALSERVICES AT CERTAINLOCA-13
205205 TIONS.—Section 2033(d) of such title is amended by strik-14
206206 ing ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 15
207207 2025’’. 16
208208 SEC. 305. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL ASSIST-17
209209 ANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY 18
210210 LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES IN PERMA-19
211211 NENT HOUSING. 20
212212 (a) I
213213 NGENERAL.—Section 2044(e)(H) of title 38, 21
214214 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 22
215215 inserting ‘‘2025’’. 23
216216 (b) T
217217 ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—Section 2044(e) of 24
218218 such title is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 25
219219 through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively. 26
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223223 SEC. 306. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR GRANT PROGRAM 1
224224 FOR HOMELESS VETERANS WITH SPECIAL 2
225225 NEEDS. 3
226226 Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 4
227227 is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 5
228228 TITLE IV—OTHER AUTHORITIES 6
229229 SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT INDI-7
230230 VIDUALS TO AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF 8
231231 VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES. 9
232232 Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 10
233233 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and insert-11
234234 ing ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 12
235235 SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF TESTIMONIAL SUBPOENA AU-13
236236 THORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 14
237237 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 15
238238 Section 312(d)(7)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 16
239239 is amended by striking ‘‘May 31, 2025’’ and inserting 17
240240 ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 18
241241 SEC. 403. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN RE-19
242242 GIONAL OFFICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE 20
243243 PHILIPPINES. 21
244244 Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 22
245245 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 23
246246 ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 24
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250250 SEC. 404. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 1
251251 FOR MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE FOR 2
252252 DISABLED VETERANS TRAINING IN 3
253253 PARALYMPIC AND OLYMPIC SPORTS PRO-4
254254 GRAM. 5
255255 Section 322 of title 38, United States Code, is 6
256256 amended— 7
257257 (1) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic 8
258258 Committee’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 9
259259 United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee’’; 10
260260 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Veterans 11
261261 Benefits Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Veterans 12
262262 Health Administration’’; and 13
263263 (3) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph 14
264264 (4) to read as follows: 15
265265 ‘‘(4) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 16
266266 out this subsection the following: 17
267267 ‘‘(A) For each of fiscal years 2010 through 18
268268 2023, $2,000,000. 19
269269 ‘‘(B) For each of fiscal years 2024 through 20
270270 2027, $2,500,000.’’. 21
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274274 SEC. 405. EXPANSION OF COST ESTIMATES FOR CONGRES-1
275275 SIONAL CONSIDERATION UNDER COST OF 2
276276 WAR TOXIC EXPOSURES FUND; REPORTING 3
277277 REQUIREMENTS. 4
278278 Subsection (e) of section 324 of title 38, United 5
279279 States Code, is amended— 6
280280 (1) by striking ‘‘title 31’’ and all that follows 7
281281 through the end of the subsection and inserting: 8
282282 ‘‘title 31, for the applicable fiscal year— 9
283283 ‘‘(1) detailed estimates of the sums proposed to 10
284284 be provided pursuant to subsection (c); 11
285285 ‘‘(2) the proposed allocations of such sums, 12
286286 disaggregated by account and program within the 13
287287 Department; 14
288288 ‘‘(3) justifications for the sums described in 15
289289 paragraphs (1) and (2); and 16
290290 ‘‘(4) for each account described in paragraph 17
291291 (2), a calculation of the amount of funding re-18
292292 quested for such account over the fiscal year 2021 19
293293 level;’’; and 20
294294 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-21
295295 sections: 22
296296 ‘‘(g) R
297297 EPORT.—(1) For each of fiscal years 2025 23
298298 through 2030, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-24
299299 priate congressional committees a report that includes, 25
300300 with respect to the fiscal year covered by the report— 26
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304304 ‘‘(A) an identification, for each account within 1
305305 the Fund, of the total amount obligated or expended 2
306306 by the Secretary; 3
307307 ‘‘(B) a description of any activity, program, or 4
308308 project carried out exclusively using sums provided 5
309309 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 6
310310 under subsection (c); and 7
311311 ‘‘(C) a description of how any activity, program, 8
312312 or project carried out using sums provided pursuant 9
313313 to the authorization of appropriations under sub-10
314314 section (c) benefits veterans who were exposed to en-11
315315 vironmental hazards while performing active mili-12
316316 tary, naval, air, or space service. 13
317317 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall submit each report required 14
318318 under paragraph (1) by not later than January 1 of the 15
319319 fiscal year beginning after the fiscal year covered by the 16
320320 report. 17
321321 ‘‘(h) I
322322 NFORMATION PROVIDEDUPONCONGRES-18
323323 SIONALREQUEST.—The Secretary shall, upon the request 19
324324 of the Chair, Vice Chair, or Ranking Member, of an appro-20
325325 priate congressional committee, provide to such appro-21
326326 priate congressional committee documents, records, or 22
327327 other information in the format specified by such com-23
328328 mittee, including testimony, with respect to any allocation, 24
329329 purpose, use, or activities of the Fund. 25
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333333 ‘‘(i) APPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEEDE-1
334334 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres-2
335335 sional committee’ means any of the following: 3
336336 ‘‘(1) The Committee on Appropriations of the 4
337337 House of Representatives. 5
338338 ‘‘(2) The Committee on Appropriations of the 6
339339 Senate. 7
340340 ‘‘(3) The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 8
341341 House of Representatives. 9
342342 ‘‘(4) The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 10
343343 Senate.’’. 11
344344 SEC. 406. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REPORT ON EQ-12
345345 UITABLE RELIEF PROVIDED DUE TO ADMIN-13
346346 ISTRATIVE ERROR. 14
347347 Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 15
348348 amended, in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘December 16
349349 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 17
350350 SEC. 407. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN HOUSING LOAN 18
351351 FEES. 19
352352 The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 20
353353 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘November 21
354354 15, 2031’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘November 22
355355 29, 2031’’. 23
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359359 SEC. 408. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF 1
360360 REAL PROPERTY. 2
361361 Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, 3
362362 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and insert-4
363363 ing ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 5
364364 SEC. 409. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 6
365365 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DEPART-7
366366 MENT. 8
367367 Section 7103 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. 9
368368 Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improve-10
369369 ment Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315) is amended by 11
370370 striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2022 and each of the next three 12
371371 subsequent fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal 13
372372 years 2026 through 2029’’. 14
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