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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4285 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4285

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen

                                 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.

    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 ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Expiring Authorities Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO VENDEE LOANS.
    Section 3733(a)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
    ``September 30, 2019'' and inserting ``September 30, 2020''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``September 30, 2019,'' 
    and inserting ``September 30, 2020,''.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS REGIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA, THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.
    Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``September 30, 2019'' and inserting ``September 30, 2020''.
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE 
SERVICES FOR VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES IN PERMANENT HOUSING.
    Section 2044(e)(1)(G) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``fiscal year 2019'' and inserting ``each of fiscal years 
2019 through 2021''.
SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF PAYMENTS AND ALLOWANCES FOR 
BENEFICIARY TRAVEL IN CONNECTION WITH VETERANS RECEIVING CARE FROM VET 
CENTERS.
    Section 104(a) of the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for 
Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-154; 126 Stat. 1169), 
as most recently amended by section 109 of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-251; 132 Stat. 
3169), is amended by striking ``September 30, 2019'' and inserting 
``September 30, 2020''.
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
    Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows:
        (1) In section 714(e)(2)(B), by striking ``to the refer'' and 
    inserting ``to refer''.
        (2) In section 1725A(c), by inserting a comma after ``a 
    contract''.
        (3) In section 3313(g)(3)(B)(ii), by inserting a comma after 
    ``for books''.
        (4) In section 3321(a)(1), by striking ``January,'' and 
    inserting ``January''.
        (5) In section 3683--
            (A) by striking ``(b) (b)'' and inserting ``(b)'';
            (B) by striking ``(c) (c)'' and inserting ``(c)''; and
            (C) by striking ``(d) (d)'' and inserting ``(d)''.
        (6) In section 3699(b), by striking ``this paragraph'' and 
    inserting ``this subsection''.
        (7) In section 7462(b)(4)(A), by inserting ``notice'' after 
    ``written''.
        (8) In section 7696(c)(1), by striking ``).'' and inserting a 
    period.
        (9) In section 8104(a), by striking paragraph (3) and inserting 
    the following new paragraph (3):
        ``(3) For purposes of this subsection:
            ``(A) The term `major medical facility project' means a 
        project for the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a 
        medical facility involving a total expenditure of more than 
        $20,000,000, but such term does not include an acquisition by 
        exchange, nonrecurring maintenance projects of the Department, 
        or the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a shared 
        Federal medical facility for which the Department's estimated 
        share of the project costs does not exceed $20,000,000.
            ``(B) The term `major medical facility lease' means a lease 
        for space for use as a new medical facility at an average 
        annual rent of more than $1,000,000.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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