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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | DSESSION H. R. 9742 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions |
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| 6 | 6 | | of law, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | SEPTEMBER20, 2024 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | YKES(for herself, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. CARAVEO, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ARTWRIGHT, Mr. MRVAN, Ms. PEREZ, and Ms. BUDZINSKI) introduced |
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| 13 | 13 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- |
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| 14 | 14 | | fairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period |
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| 15 | 15 | | to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee |
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| 17 | 17 | | concerned |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain |
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| 20 | 20 | | expiring provisions of law, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Extension of Depart-4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ment of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2024’’. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | TITLE I—HEALTH CARE 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR COLLECTION OF 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | COPAYMENTS FOR HOSPITAL CARE AND 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | NURSING HOME CARE. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | NURSING HOME CARE TO CERTAIN VET-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABIL-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ITIES. 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF EXPANSION OF RURAL ACCESS 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | NETWORK FOR GROWTH ENHANCEMENT 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ERANS AFFAIRS. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 2(d) of the Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Mental Health Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–21; 38 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | inserting ‘‘2025’’. 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | SEC. 104. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE 1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | VETERANS ACCESS TO COMPLEMENTARY 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | THROUGH ANIMAL THERAPY, AGRITHERAPY, 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | SPORTS AND RECREATION THERAPY, ART 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | THERAPY, AND POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | PROGRAMS. 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Section 203(d)(1) of the Scott Hannon Veterans 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (Public 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Law 116–171; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | striking ‘‘for a three-year period beginning on the com-11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | mencement of the pilot program’’ and inserting ‘‘until 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | September 30, 2025’’. 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | SEC. 105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT DEPART-14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | MENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VET-15 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-16 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ONSTRATION FUND. 17 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authoriza-18 |
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| 73 | 73 | | tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 19 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Stat. 2573), as most recently amended by section 104 of 20 |
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| 75 | 75 | | division E of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine 21 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 22 |
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| 77 | 77 | | 180; 136 Stat. 2137), is amended by striking ‘‘September 23 |
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| 78 | 78 | | 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 24 |
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| 82 | 82 | | TITLE II—MEMORIAL AFFAIRS 1 |
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| 83 | 83 | | SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF ENTITLEMENT TO MEMORIAL 2 |
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| 84 | 84 | | HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FOR COMMEMO-3 |
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| 85 | 85 | | RATION OF VETERANS AND CERTAIN INDI-4 |
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| 86 | 86 | | VIDUALS. 5 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 6 |
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| 88 | 88 | | is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ both places it 7 |
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| 89 | 89 | | appears and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 8 |
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| 90 | 90 | | SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO BURY REMAINS OF 9 |
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| 91 | 91 | | CERTAIN SPOUSES AND CHILDREN IN NA-10 |
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| 92 | 92 | | TIONAL CEMETERIES. 11 |
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| 93 | 93 | | Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, 12 |
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| 94 | 94 | | is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ and inserting 13 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 14 |
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| 96 | 96 | | SEC. 203. AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FLAT GRAVE MARKERS 15 |
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| 97 | 97 | | AT SANTA FE NATIONAL CEMETERY, NEW 16 |
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| 98 | 98 | | MEXICO. 17 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Section 2404(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 18 |
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| 100 | 100 | | is amended— 19 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 20 |
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| 102 | 102 | | and inserting a period at the end; 21 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 22 |
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| 104 | 104 | | at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 23 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new sub-24 |
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| 106 | 106 | | paragraph: 25 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ‘‘(F) in the case of Santa Fe National Ceme-1 |
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| 111 | 111 | | tery, New Mexico, the Secretary may provide for flat 2 |
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| 112 | 112 | | grave markers in any section of such cemetery in 3 |
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| 113 | 113 | | which flat markers were in use on December 22, 4 |
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| 114 | 114 | | 2023.’’. 5 |
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| 115 | 115 | | TITLE III—HOMELESSNESS 6 |
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| 116 | 116 | | SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSIST-7 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ANCE FOR SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING 8 |
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| 118 | 118 | | FOR DISABLED VETERANS RESIDING TEMPO-9 |
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| 119 | 119 | | RARILY IN HOUSING OWNED BY A FAMILY 10 |
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| 120 | 120 | | MEMBER. 11 |
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| 121 | 121 | | Section 2102A(e) of title 38, United States Code, is 12 |
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| 122 | 122 | | amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting 13 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 14 |
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| 124 | 124 | | SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR SPECIALLY 15 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY 16 |
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| 126 | 126 | | GRANT PROGRAM. 17 |
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| 127 | 127 | | Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is 18 |
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| 128 | 128 | | amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 19 |
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| 129 | 129 | | ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 20 |
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| 133 | 133 | | SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-1 |
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| 134 | 134 | | TIONS FOR HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS 2 |
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| 135 | 135 | | AND HOMELESS VETERANS WITH CHILDREN 3 |
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| 136 | 136 | | REINTEGRATION GRANT PROGRAM. 4 |
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| 137 | 137 | | Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 5 |
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| 138 | 138 | | is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 6 |
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| 139 | 139 | | SEC. 304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT AND 7 |
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| 140 | 140 | | REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY 8 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS. 9 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (a) G |
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| 143 | 143 | | ENERALTREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) of title 10 |
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| 144 | 144 | | 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-11 |
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| 145 | 145 | | tember 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 12 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (b) A |
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| 147 | 147 | | DDITIONALSERVICES AT CERTAINLOCA-13 |
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| 148 | 148 | | TIONS.—Section 2033(d) of such title is amended by strik-14 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ing ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 15 |
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| 150 | 150 | | 2025’’. 16 |
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| 151 | 151 | | SEC. 305. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL ASSIST-17 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY 18 |
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| 153 | 153 | | LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES IN PERMA-19 |
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| 154 | 154 | | NENT HOUSING. 20 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (a) I |
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| 156 | 156 | | NGENERAL.—Section 2044(e)(H) of title 38, 21 |
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| 157 | 157 | | United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 22 |
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| 158 | 158 | | inserting ‘‘2025’’. 23 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (b) T |
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| 160 | 160 | | ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—Section 2044(e) of 24 |
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| 161 | 161 | | such title is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 25 |
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| 162 | 162 | | through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively. 26 |
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| 166 | 166 | | SEC. 306. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR GRANT PROGRAM 1 |
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| 167 | 167 | | FOR HOMELESS VETERANS WITH SPECIAL 2 |
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| 168 | 168 | | NEEDS. 3 |
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| 169 | 169 | | Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 4 |
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| 170 | 170 | | is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 5 |
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| 171 | 171 | | TITLE IV—OTHER AUTHORITIES 6 |
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| 172 | 172 | | SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT INDI-7 |
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| 173 | 173 | | VIDUALS TO AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF 8 |
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| 174 | 174 | | VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES. 9 |
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| 175 | 175 | | Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 10 |
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| 176 | 176 | | is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and insert-11 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ing ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 12 |
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| 178 | 178 | | SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF TESTIMONIAL SUBPOENA AU-13 |
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| 179 | 179 | | THORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 14 |
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| 180 | 180 | | DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 15 |
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| 181 | 181 | | Section 312(d)(7)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 16 |
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| 182 | 182 | | is amended by striking ‘‘May 31, 2025’’ and inserting 17 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 18 |
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| 184 | 184 | | SEC. 403. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN RE-19 |
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| 185 | 185 | | GIONAL OFFICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE 20 |
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| 186 | 186 | | PHILIPPINES. 21 |
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| 187 | 187 | | Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 22 |
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| 188 | 188 | | amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 23 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 24 |
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| 193 | 193 | | SEC. 404. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 1 |
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| 194 | 194 | | FOR MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE FOR 2 |
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| 195 | 195 | | DISABLED VETERANS TRAINING IN 3 |
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| 196 | 196 | | PARALYMPIC AND OLYMPIC SPORTS PRO-4 |
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| 197 | 197 | | GRAM. 5 |
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| 198 | 198 | | Section 322 of title 38, United States Code, is 6 |
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| 199 | 199 | | amended— 7 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (1) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic 8 |
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| 201 | 201 | | Committee’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 9 |
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| 202 | 202 | | United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee’’; 10 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Veterans 11 |
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| 204 | 204 | | Benefits Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Veterans 12 |
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| 205 | 205 | | Health Administration’’; and 13 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (3) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph 14 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (4) to read as follows: 15 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(4) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 16 |
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| 209 | 209 | | out this subsection the following: 17 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(A) For each of fiscal years 2010 through 18 |
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| 211 | 211 | | 2023, $2,000,000. 19 |
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| 212 | 212 | | ‘‘(B) For each of fiscal years 2024 through 20 |
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| 213 | 213 | | 2027, $2,500,000.’’. 21 |
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| 217 | 217 | | SEC. 405. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REPORT ON EQ-1 |
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| 218 | 218 | | UITABLE RELIEF PROVIDED DUE TO ADMIN-2 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ISTRATIVE ERROR. 3 |
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| 220 | 220 | | Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 4 |
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| 221 | 221 | | amended, in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘December 5 |
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| 222 | 222 | | 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 6 |
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| 223 | 223 | | SEC. 406. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN HOUSING LOAN 7 |
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| 224 | 224 | | FEES. 8 |
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| 225 | 225 | | The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 9 |
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| 226 | 226 | | United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘November 10 |
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| 227 | 227 | | 15, 2031’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘November 11 |
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| 228 | 228 | | 29, 2031’’. 12 |
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| 229 | 229 | | SEC. 407. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF 13 |
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| 230 | 230 | | REAL PROPERTY. 14 |
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| 231 | 231 | | Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, 15 |
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| 232 | 232 | | is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and insert-16 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ing ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 17 |
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| 234 | 234 | | SEC. 408. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 18 |
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| 235 | 235 | | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DEPART-19 |
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| 236 | 236 | | MENT. 20 |
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| 237 | 237 | | Section 7103 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. 21 |
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| 238 | 238 | | Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improve-22 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ment Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315) is amended by 23 |
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| 240 | 240 | | striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2022 and each of the next three 24 |
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| 244 | 244 | | subsequent fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal 1 |
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| 245 | 245 | | years 2026 through 2029’’. 2 |
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