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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2257 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the reproductive treatment 

provided to certain disabled veterans. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2015 

Mr. MILLER of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 

reproductive treatment provided to certain disabled veterans. 

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

3 SECTION 1. REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN 

4 DISABLED VETERANS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 17 of title 38, United 

6 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1720G 

7 the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1720H. Assisted reproductive technology for cer2 tain disabled veterans 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any fertility treat4 ment otherwise furnished by the Secretary pursuant to 

5 this title, the Secretary shall furnish to a covered indi6 vidual assisted reproductive technology. 

7 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON IN VITRO FERTILIZATION.—In 

8 furnishing assisted reproductive technology to a covered 

9 individual under this section that consists of in vitro fer10 tilization, the Secretary may provide not more than three 

11 in vitro fertilization cycles that result in a total of not 

12 more than six implantation attempts. 

13 ‘‘(c) GENETIC MATERIALS.—In carrying out this sec14 tion, the Secretary— 

15 ‘‘(1) may only provide for cryogenic storage of 

16 genetic material of a covered individual for a period 

17 not exceeding three years, after which the covered 

18 individual shall be responsible for the payment of 

19 any costs relating to such storage; 

20 ‘‘(2) may not possess, or make any determina21 tion regarding the disposition of, genetic material of 

22 a covered individual; and 

23 ‘‘(3) shall carry out any activities relating to 

24 the custody or disposition of genetic material of a 

25 covered individual in accordance with the laws of the 

26 State in which the genetic material is located. 


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1 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITIONS.—In carrying out this section, 

2 the Secretary may not— 

3 ‘‘(1) provide any benefits relating to surrogacy; 

4 or 

5 ‘‘(2) assist with obtaining a third-party genetic 

6 material donation. 

7 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) The term ‘assisted reproductive tech9 nology’ includes in vitro fertilization or any other 

10 specific technology used to assist reproduction that 

11 the Secretary determines appropriate for purposes of 

12 this section. 

13 ‘‘(2) The term ‘covered individual’ means— 

14 ‘‘(A) a veteran, regardless of sex, who— 

15 ‘‘(i) is enrolled in the health care sys16 tem established under section 1705(a) of 

17 this title; 

18 ‘‘(ii) has a service-connected disability; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iii) such a disability includes an in21 jury to the reproductive organs or the spi22 nal cord of the veteran and such injury di23 rectly results in the veteran being unable 

24 to procreate without assisted reproductive 

25 technology; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) a spouse of a veteran described in 

2 subparagraph (A).’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

4 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

5 after the item relating to section 1720G the following new 

6 item: 

‘‘1720H. Reproductive treatment for certain disabled veterans.’’. 

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