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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. 

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. 

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 ‘‘Communities Helping 

5 Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for 

6 Veterans Act’’ or the ‘‘CHIP IN for Veterans Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MAKING PERMANENT A PILOT PROGRAM ON AC2 CEPTANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VET3 ERANS AFFAIRS OF DONATED FACILITIES 

4 AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS. 

5 (a) PERMANENCE.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Commu7 nities Helping Invest through Property and Improve8 ments Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 (Public Law 

9 114–294, 38 U.S.C. 8103 note) is amended— 

10 (A) by striking subsection (i); and 

11 (B) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub12 section (i). 

13 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section 

14 is further amended— 

15 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

16 ‘‘PILOT PROGRAM ON ACCEPTANCE BY

17 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

18 OF’’ and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM TO ACCEPT’’; 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it ap20 pears; 

21 (C) in subsection (a)— 

22 (i) in the heading, by striking 

23 ‘‘PILOT’’; and 

24 (ii) by striking paragraph (3); and 


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1 (D) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘until 

2 the termination date set forth in subsection 

3 (i)’’. 

4 (b) TRANSFER.—Section 2 of such Act, as amended 

5 by subsection (a), is transferred to subchapter I of chapter 

6 81 of title 38, United States Code, inserted after section 

7 8104, and redesignated as section 8104A. 

8 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

9 (1) TYPEFACE AND STYLE.—Section 8104A of 

10 such title, as added by this section, is amended— 

11 (A) in subsection (a)(1)— 

12 (i) in the matter preceding subpara13 graph (A), by striking ‘‘of title 38, United 

14 States Code, the Secretary of Veterans Af15 fairs’’ and inserting ‘‘of this title, the Sec16 retary’’; and 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

18 ‘‘of Veterans Affairs’’; 

19 (B) in subsection (c)(1)(B)(i), by striking 

20 ‘‘of Veterans Affairs’’; 

21 (C) in the enumerator, by striking ‘‘SEC.’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘§’’; and 

23 (D) in the section heading— 

24 (i) by striking the period at the end; 

25 and 


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1 (ii) by conforming the typeface and 

2 typestyle, including capitalization, to the 

3 typeface and typestyle used in the section 

4 heading of section 8104 of such title. 

5 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

6 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by in7 serting, after the item relating to section 8104, the 

8 following new section: 

‘‘8104A. Program to accept donated facilities and related improvements’’. 

9 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 this Act shall take effect on December 16, 2026. 

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