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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 217 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 217

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the pilot 
 program authorized by the Communities Helping Invest through Property 
    and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2025

  Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the pilot 
 program authorized by the Communities Helping Invest through Property 
    and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Communities Helping Invest through 
Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act'' or the ``CHIP IN 
for Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. MAKING PERMANENT A PILOT PROGRAM ON ACCEPTANCE BY THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF DONATED FACILITIES AND 
              RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) Permanence.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2 of the Communities Helping 
        Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans 
        Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-294, 38 U.S.C. 8103 note) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (i); and
                    (B) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection 
                (i).
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Such section is further 
        amended--
                    (A) in the section heading, by striking ``pilot 
                program on acceptance by the department of veterans 
                affairs of'' and inserting ``program to accept'';
                    (B) by striking ``pilot'' each place it appears;
                    (C) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking ``Pilot''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (3); and
                    (D) in subsection (h), by striking ``until the 
                termination date set forth in subsection (i)''.
    (b) Transfer.--Section 2 of such Act, as amended by subsection (a), 
is transferred to subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 38, United States 
Code, inserted after section 8104, and redesignated as section 8104A.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Typeface and style.--Section 8104A of such title, as 
        added by this section, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``of title 38, United States 
                        Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs'' and 
                        inserting ``of this title, the Secretary''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``of 
                        Veterans Affairs'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1)(B)(i), by striking ``of 
                Veterans Affairs'';
                    (C) in the enumerator, by striking ``sec.'' and 
                inserting ``Sec. ''; and
                    (D) in the section heading--
                            (i) by striking the period at the end; and
                            (ii) by conforming the typeface and 
                        typestyle, including capitalization, to the 
                        typeface and typestyle used in the section 
                        heading of section 8104 of such title.
            (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting, after the 
        item relating to section 8104, the following new section:

``8104A. Program to accept donated facilities and related 
                            improvements''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on December 16, 2026.
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