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Union Calendar No. 51 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1812 

[Report No. 116–75] 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center readjustment 

counseling and related mental health services to certain individuals. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2019 

Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. LEVIN of California) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Veterans’ Affairs 

MAY 20, 2019 

Additional sponsor: Mr. DUNN

MAY 20, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 18, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center 

readjustment counseling and related mental health services to certain individuals. 


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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 ‘‘Vet Center Eligibility 

5 Expansion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF VET CENTER SERVICES. 

7 Section 1712A of title 38, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘clauses (i) through (iv)’’ both 

10 places it appears and inserting ‘‘clauses (i) through 

11 (vi)’’; 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘in clause (v)’’ both places it ap13 pears and inserting ‘‘in clause (vii)’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— 

15 (A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 

16 clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and 

17 (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol18 lowing new clauses: 

19 ‘‘(iv) Any individual who is a veteran or mem20 ber of the Armed Forces, including a member of a re21 serve component of the Armed Forces, who served— 

22 ‘‘(I) on active service in response to a na23 tional emergency or major disaster declared by 

24 the President; or 


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1 ‘‘(II) in the National Guard of a State 

2 under orders of the chief executive of that State 

3 in response to a disaster or civil disorder in such 

4 State. 

5 ‘‘(v) Any individual who participated in a drug 

6 interdiction operation as a member of the Coast 

7 Guard, regardless of the location of that operation.’’; 

8 and 

9 (4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 

10 following new paragraphs: 

11 ‘‘(4) The term ‘active service’ has the meaning 

12 given that term in section 101 of title 10. 

13 ‘‘(5) The term ‘civil disorder’ has the meaning 

14 given that term in section 232 of title 18.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. PLAN TO PROVIDE VET CENTER SERVICES TO VET16 ERANS LIVING IN AREAS WHERE NO VET CEN17 TER IS LOCATED. 

18 The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 

19 Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House 

20 of Representatives a plan to provide Vet Center services to 

21 veterans living in geographic areas where no Vet Center is 

22 located, including in the United States insular areas. 


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Union Calendar No. 51 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1812 

[Report No. 116–75] 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish 

mental health services to certain individuals. Vet Center readjustment counseling and related 

MAY 20, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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