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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1402 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 11, 2013 

Received 

AN ACT 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain 

expiring provisions of law, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘VA Expiring Authorities Extension Act of 2013’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. 

Sec. 3. Scoring of budgetary effects. 

Sec. 4. Extension of authorization of appropriations for payment of a monthly 

assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing 

in large-scale adaptive sports programs. 

Sec. 5. Reauthorization and modification of adaptive sports assistance program. 

Sec. 6. Extension of authority to transport certain individuals to and from Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. 

Sec. 7. Extension of authority for operation of the Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in Manila, the Republic of the Philippines. 

Sec. 8. Extension of requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities. 

Sec. 9. Extension of treatment and rehabilitation services for seriously mentally 

ill and homeless veterans. 

Sec. 10. Extension of authority to provide housing assistance for homeless veterans. 

Sec. 11. Extension of authority for the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans. 

Sec. 12. Extension of authority for the Veterans’ Advisory Commission on Education. 

Sec. 13. Extension of requirements relating to vendee loans. 

Sec. 14. Extension of authority for the performance of medical disabilities examinations by contract physicians. 

6 SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE. 

7 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 

8 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

9 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi10 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 

11 section or other provision of title 38, United States Code. 

12 SEC. 3. SCORING OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

13 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

14 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

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1 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

2 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

3 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

4 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro5 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

6 vote on passage. 

7 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA8 TIONS FOR PAYMENT OF A MONTHLY ASSIST9 ANCE ALLOWANCE TO DISABLED VETERANS 

10 TRAINING OR COMPETING IN LARGE-SCALE 

11 ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAMS. 

12 (a) REAUTHORIZATION AND USE OF CERTAIN

13 FUNDS.—Subsection (d)(4) of section 322 is amended by 

14 striking ‘‘through 2013’’ and all that follows and inserting 

15 ‘‘through 2015.’’. 

16 (b) COOPERATION WITH ORGANIZATION.—Sub17 section (b)(4) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘co18 operate with the United States Olympic Committee’’ and 

19 all that follows through ‘‘its partners;’’ and inserting ‘‘co20 operate with entities with significant experience in man21 aging large-scale adaptive sports programs;’’. 

22 (c) APPLICABILITY TO COMMONWEALTHS AND TER23 RITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.—Such section is fur24 ther amended by redesignating subsection (e) as submaindgalligan on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 section (f) and inserting after subsection (d) the following 

2 new subsection (e): 

3 ‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY TO COMMONWEALTHS AND TER4 RITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.—The provisions of 

5 this subsection shall apply in the same manner and to the 

6 same degree as to the United States Olympic Committee 

7 to the Paralympic sport entities the Secretary considers 

8 appropriate to represent the interests of each of the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(1) American Samoa. 

11 ‘‘(2) Guam. 

12 ‘‘(3) Puerto Rico. 

13 ‘‘(4) The Northern Mariana Islands. 

14 ‘‘(5) The United States Virgin Islands.’’. 

15 SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION AND MODIFICATION OF ADAPT16 IVE SPORTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

17 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (a) of section 

18 521A is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(a) ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM.—(1) The Sec20 retary may carry out a program under which the Secretary 

21 may make grants to eligible entities for planning, devel22 oping, managing, and implementing programs to provide 

23 adaptive sports opportunities for disabled veterans and 

24 disabled members of the Armed Forces. 

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1 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, an eligible entity 

2 is an entity with significant experience in managing a 

3 large-scale adaptive sports program.’’. 

4 (b) ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 Subsection (c)(2)(A) of such section is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘of all partnerships’’ and all 

7 that follows through the end and inserting ‘‘of—’’; 

8 and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

10 clauses: 

11 ‘‘(i) all partnerships referred to in para12 graph (3) at the national and local levels that 

13 will be participating in such activities and the 

14 amount of grant funds that the eligible entity 

15 proposes to make available for each of such 

16 partnerships; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the anticipated personnel, travel, and 

18 administrative costs that will be paid for by the 

19 eligible entity using grant funds; 

20 ‘‘(iii) the financial controls implemented by 

21 the eligible entity, including methods to track 

22 expenditures of grant funds; 

23 ‘‘(iv) the performance metrics to be used 

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1 ness of the activities to be carried out using 

2 grant funds; and 

3 ‘‘(v) the anticipated personnel, travel, and 

4 administrative costs that will be paid for by 

5 grantees under this subsection using grant 

6 funds; and’’. 

7 (c) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EX8 PENSES.—Paragraph (4) of subsection (d) of such section 

9 is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(4)(A) At the discretion of the Secretary, an eligible 

11 entity that receives a grant under this section may use 

12 a portion of the grant for the administrative expenses and 

13 personnel expenses of the eligible entity. The amount that 

14 may be used for such expenses may not exceed— 

15 ‘‘(i) in the case of a grant made for adaptive 

16 sports opportunities taking place during fiscal year 

17 2014, 10 percent of the total amount of the grant; 

18 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a grant made for adaptive 

19 sports opportunities taking place during fiscal year 

20 2015, 7.5 percent of the total amount of the grant; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(iii) in the case of a grant made for adaptive 

23 sports opportunities taking place during any subse24 quent fiscal year, 5 percent of the total amount of 

25 the grant. 

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1 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, personnel ex2 penses include any costs associated with an employee of 

3 the eligible entity other than reimbursement for time spent 

4 by such an employee directly providing coaching or train5 ing for disabled veterans or members of the Armed 

6 Forces.’’. 

7 (d) FUNDING.—Subsection (g) of such section is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 

10 There is’’; 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘through 2013’’ and all that fol12 lows and inserting ‘‘through 2015.’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(2) Amounts appropriated pursuant to this sub16 section shall remain available without fiscal year limita17 tion.’’. 

18 (e) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (l) of such sec19 tion is amended by striking ‘‘may not provide assistance 

20 under this section after December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘may only provide assistance under this section for adapt22 ive sports opportunities occurring during fiscal years 2010 

23 through 2016’’. 

24 (f) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later 

25 than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 

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1 Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

2 submit to Congress a report on the use of the grants, if 

3 any, awarded under section 521A of title 38, United 

4 States Code, as amended by this section, during the first 

5 program year that begins after the date of the enactment 

6 of this Act. Such report shall include each of the following: 

7 (1) An assessment of how the Secretary of Vet8 erans Affairs, eligible entities that received grants 

9 under such section, and grantees under subsection 

10 (c) of such section have provided adaptive sports op11 portunities to veterans and members of the Armed 

12 Forces through grants awarded under such section. 

13 (2) An assessment of how the Secretary over14 sees the use of funds provided under such section. 

15 (3) A description of the benefit provided to vet16 erans and members of the Armed Forces through 

17 programs and activities developed through grants 

18 awarded under such section. 

19 (g) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

20 Section 521A, as amended by this section, is further 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the 

24 United States Olympic Committee’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘an eligible entity’’; and 

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1 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

2 ‘‘The United States Olympic Committee’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘An eligible entity that receives a 

4 grant under this section’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (c)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘the United States 

8 Olympic Committee’’ the first time it ap9 pears and inserting ‘‘an eligible entity’’; 

10 and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘the United States 

12 Olympic Committee’’ the second time it ap13 pears and inserting ‘‘the eligible entity’’; 

14 and 

15 (B) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking 

16 ‘‘the United States Olympic Committee’’ each 

17 place it appears and inserting ‘‘the eligible enti18 ty’’; 

19 (3) in subsection (d)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘The United States 

22 Olympic Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘An el23 igible entity that receives a grant under 

24 this section,’’; 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘a grant under this 

2 section’’ and inserting ‘‘the grant’’; and 

3 (iii) by striking ‘‘the United States 

4 Olympic Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘the el5 igible entity’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the 

7 United States Olympic Committee’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘an eligible entity that receives a grant 

9 under this section’’; 

10 (4) in subsection (e)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic 

12 Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible entity’’; 

13 and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive 

15 sports program’’ and inserting ‘‘the adapted 

16 sports opportunities funded by the grant’’; 

17 (5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the integrated 

18 adaptive sports program’’ and inserting ‘‘adapted 

19 sports opportunities funded under this section’’; and 

20 (6) in subsection (j)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘the United States 

23 Olympic Committee’’ the first place it ap24 pears and inserting ‘‘an eligible entity’’; 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘the United States 

2 Olympic Committee’’ the second place it 

3 appears and inserting ‘‘the eligible entity’’; 

4 (iii) by striking ‘‘the integrated adapt5 ive sports program,’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

6 adapted sports opportunities funded by the 

7 grant,’’; and 

8 (iv) by striking ‘‘the integrated adapt9 ive sports program.’’ and inserting ‘‘such 

10 opportunities and programs.’’; 

11 (B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert12 ing the following new paragraph (3): 

13 ‘‘(3) If an eligible entity that receives a grant under 

14 this section for any fiscal year does not submit the report 

15 required by paragraph (1) for such fiscal year, the entity 

16 shall not be eligible to receive a grant under this section 

17 for the subsequent fiscal year.’’; and 

18 (7) by striking subsection (m). 

19 (h) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

20 (1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 

21 section is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘§ 521A. Adaptive sports programs for disabled vet23 erans and members of the Armed Forces’’. 

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

25 at the beginning of chapter 5 is amended by striking 

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1 the item relating to section 521A and inserting the 

2 following new item: 

‘‘512A. Adaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and members of the 

Armed Forces.’’. 

3 (i) IMPLEMENTATION.—To ensure the uninterrupted 

4 provision of adaptive sports for disabled veterans and dis5 abled members of the Armed Forces, any regulations that 

6 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are necessary 

7 to implement the amendments made by this section may 

8 be promulgated by interim final rules to ensure the award 

9 of grants under section 521A of title 38, United States 

10 Code, as amended by this section, before the end of fiscal 

11 year 2014. 

12 SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT CER13 TAIN INDIVIDUALS TO AND FROM DEPART14 MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES. 

15 Section 111A(a)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘the date 

16 that is one year after the date of the enactment of this 

17 section’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

18 SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION OF 

19 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

20 REGIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA, THE REPUB21 LIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. 

22 Section 315(b) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

23 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

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1 SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE NURS2 ING HOME CARE TO CERTAIN VETERANS 

3 WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES. 

4 Section 1710A(d) is amended by striking ‘‘December 

5 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 9. EXTENSION OF TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION 

7 SERVICES FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL 

8 AND HOMELESS VETERANS. 

9 (a) GENERAL TREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

12 (b) ADDITIONAL SERVICES AT CERTAIN LOCA13 TIONS.—Section 2033(d) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem14 ber 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

15 SEC. 10. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE HOUSING 

16 ASSISTANCE FOR HOMELESS VETERANS. 

17 Section 2041(c) is amended by striking ‘‘December 

18 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

19 SEC. 11. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE ADVISORY 

20 COMMITTEE ON HOMELESS VETERANS. 

21 Section 2066(d) is amended by striking ‘‘December 

22 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

23 SEC. 12. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE VETERANS’ 

24 ADVISORY COMMISSION ON EDUCATION. 

25 Section 3692(c) is amended by striking ‘‘December 

26 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

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1 SEC. 13. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 

2 VENDEE LOANS. 

3 Section 3733(a)(7) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep4 tember 30, 2013’’ each place it appears and inserting 

5 ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 14. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE PERFORM7 ANCE OF MEDICAL DISABILITIES EXAMINA8 TIONS BY CONTRACT PHYSICIANS. 

9 Section 704(c) of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 

10 (Public Law 108–183; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended 

11 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem12 ber 31, 2014’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 

2013. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 

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