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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4285 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 

Received 

AN ACT 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and modify 

certain authorities and requirements relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet3 erans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO VENDEE 

5 LOANS. 

6 Section 3733(a)(7) of title 38, United States Code, 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

9 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’; and 

11 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Sep12 tember 30, 2019,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

13 2020,’’. 

14 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION OF DE15 PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS RE16 GIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA, THE REPUBLIC 

17 OF THE PHILIPPINES. 

18 Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSIST2 ANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY 

3 LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES IN PERMA4 NENT HOUSING. 

5 Section 2044(e)(1)(G) of title 38, United States 

6 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and in7 serting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2019 through 2021’’. 

8 SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF PAY9 MENTS AND ALLOWANCES FOR BENEFICIARY 

10 TRAVEL IN CONNECTION WITH VETERANS 

11 RECEIVING CARE FROM VET CENTERS. 

12 Section 104(a) of the Honoring America’s Veterans 

13 and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (Pub14 lic Law 112–154; 126 Stat. 1169), as most recently 

15 amended by section 109 of the Department of Veterans 

16 Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2018 (Public Law 

17 115–251; 132 Stat. 3169), is amended by striking ‘‘Sep18 tember 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

19 SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

20 Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: 

21 (1) In section 714(e)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘to the 

22 refer’’ and inserting ‘‘to refer’’. 

23 (2) In section 1725A(c), by inserting a comma 

24 after ‘‘a contract’’. 

25 (3) In section 3313(g)(3)(B)(ii), by inserting a 

26 comma after ‘‘for books’’. 


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1 (4) In section 3321(a)(1), by striking ‘‘Janu2 ary,’’ and inserting ‘‘January’’. 

3 (5) In section 3683— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘(b) (b)’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘(b)’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘(c) (c)’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘(c)’’; and 

8 (C) by striking ‘‘(d) (d)’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘(d)’’. 

10 (6) In section 3699(b), by striking ‘‘this para11 graph’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’. 

12 (7) In section 7462(b)(4)(A), by inserting ‘‘no13 tice’’ after ‘‘written’’. 

14 (8) In section 7696(c)(1), by striking ‘‘).’’ and 

15 inserting a period. 

16 (9) In section 8104(a), by striking paragraph 

17 (3) and inserting the following new paragraph (3): 

18 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection: 

19 ‘‘(A) The term ‘major medical facility 

20 project’ means a project for the construction, 

21 alteration, or acquisition of a medical facility 

22 involving a total expenditure of more than 

23 $20,000,000, but such term does not include an 

24 acquisition by exchange, nonrecurring mainte25 nance projects of the Department, or the conVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Sep 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4285.RDS H4285

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1 struction, alteration, or acquisition of a shared 

2 Federal medical facility for which the Depart3 ment’s estimated share of the project costs does 

4 not exceed $20,000,000. 

5 ‘‘(B) The term ‘major medical facility 

6 lease’ means a lease for space for use as a new 

7 medical facility at an average annual rent of 

8 more than $1,000,000.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 18, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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