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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2142 

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to setaside community development block grant amounts in each fiscal year 

for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of their facilities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2013 

Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. RUNYAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act 

of 1974 to set-aside community development block grant 

amounts in each fiscal year for grants to local chapters 

of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of 

their facilities. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Renovate and Enhance 

5 Veterans’ Meeting Halls and Posts Act of 2013’’ or the 

6 ‘‘REVAMP Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE OR2 GANIZATIONS FOR FACILITY REHABILITA3 TION. 

4 (a) GRANTS.—Section 107 of the Housing and Com5 munity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307) is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following new sub7 section: 

8 ‘‘(g) COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE

9 ORGANIZATIONS FOR FACILITY REHABILITATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—Using the amounts made 

11 available under section 106(a)(4) in each fiscal year 

12 for grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall 

13 make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible vet14 erans service organizations for use for repairs and 

15 rehabilitation of existing facilities of such organiza16 tions. 

17 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZA18 TIONS.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 

19 ‘eligible veterans service organization’ means— 

20 ‘‘(A) an entity that is exempt from tax21 ation pursuant to section 501(c)(19) of the In22 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

23 501(c)(19)) and is organized on a local or area 

24 basis; and 

25 ‘‘(B) a local or area chapter, post, or other 

26 unit of a national, regional, Statewide, or other 


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1 larger entity of which local or area chapters, 

2 posts, or units are members, that is exempt 

3 from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(19) of 

4 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

5 501(c)(19)). 

6 Such term does not include any such national, re7 gional, Statewide, or other larger entity. 

8 ‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—No eligible veterans serv10 ice organization may receive grant amounts 

11 under this subsection, from the amounts made 

12 available for any single fiscal year, in an 

13 amount exceeding the lesser of— 

14 ‘‘(i) the cost of the proposed repair or 

15 rehabilitation; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) $200,000. 

17 ‘‘(B) TIMING.—Any eligible veterans serv18 ice organization that receives grant amounts 

19 under this subsection from amounts made avail20 able for a fiscal year shall be ineligible for any 

21 grant from any amounts made available for 

22 such grants for any of the succeeding 5 fiscal 

23 years. 

24 ‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for assist25 ance under this subsection may be submitted only by 


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1 eligible veterans service organizations, and shall be 

2 in such form and in accordance with such proce3 dures as the Secretary shall establish. Such applica4 tions shall include a plan for the proposed repair or 

5 rehabilitation activities to be conducted using grant 

6 amounts under this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(5) SELECTION; CRITERIA.—The Secretary 

8 shall select applications to receive grants under this 

9 subsection pursuant to a competition and based on 

10 criteria for such selection, which shall include— 

11 ‘‘(A) the extent of need for such assist12 ance; 

13 ‘‘(B) the quality of the plan proposed for 

14 repair or rehabilitation of the facility involved; 

15 ‘‘(C) the capacity or potential capacity of 

16 the applicant to successfully carry out the plan; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(D) such other factors as the Secretary 

19 determines to be appropriate. 

20 ‘‘(6) PROHIBITION OF CONSTRUCTION OR AC21 QUISITION.—No amounts from a grant under this 

22 subsection may be used for the construction or ac23 quisition of a new facility.’’. 


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1 (b) FUNDING.—Subsection (a) of section 106 of the 

2 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 

3 U.S.C. 5306(a)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’; 

6 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para7 graph (5); and 

8 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol9 lowing new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(4) For each fiscal year, after reserving 

11 amounts under paragraphs (1) and (2) and allo12 cating amounts under paragraph (3), the Secretary 

13 shall allocate $50,000,000 (subject to sufficient 

14 amounts remaining after such reservations and allo15 cation) for grants under section 107(g).’’. 

16 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Housing and 

17 Urban Development shall issue any regulations necessary 

18 to carry out sections 106(a)(4) and 107(g) of the Housing 

19 and Community Development Act of 1974, as added by 

20 the amendments made by this section, not later than the 

21 expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of 

22 the enactment of this Act. 

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