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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1370 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department 

of Veterans Affairs an Office of National Veterans Sports Programs 

and Special Events. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2007 

Mr. BUYER (for himself, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. HERSETH, and Mr. LAMBORN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the 

Department of Veterans Affairs an Office of National 

Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events. 

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 ‘‘Disabled Veterans 

5 Sports and Special Events Promotion Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF 

2 NATIONAL VETERANS SPORTS PROGRAMS 

3 AND SPECIAL EVENTS. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF NATIONAL VET5 ERANS SPORTS PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.— 

6 Chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 

7 adding at the end the following new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 321. Office of National Veterans Sports Programs 

9 and Special Events 

10 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Department 

11 an Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Spe12 cial Events. There is at the head of the Office a Director. 

13 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.—Subject to 

14 the direction of the Secretary, the Director— 

15 ‘‘(1) shall establish and carry out qualifying 

16 programs and events; 

17 ‘‘(2) may provide for sponsorship by the De18 partment of qualifying programs and events; 

19 ‘‘(3) may provide for, facilitate, and encourage 

20 participation by disabled veterans in qualifying pro21 grams and events; and 

22 ‘‘(4) shall cooperate with the United States 

23 Olympic Committee and its subsidiaries to promote 

24 the participation of disabled veterans in sporting 

25 events sponsored by the United States Olympic 

26 Committee and its subsidiaries. 


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1 ‘‘(c) QUALIFYING PROGRAM OR EVENT.—For pur2 poses of this section, a qualifying program or event is a 

3 sports program or other event in which veterans with dis4 abilities participate and that is approved by the Secretary 

5 as being consistent with the goals and missions of the De6 partment. 

7 ‘‘(d) MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE.—(1) The 

8 Director may provide a monthly assistance allowance to 

9 a veteran with a service-connected disability for any month 

10 in which the veteran is participating in any event sanc11 tioned by the United States Olympic Committee or who 

12 is residing at a United States Olympic Committee training 

13 center. 

14 ‘‘(2) The amount of the monthly assistance payable 

15 to a veteran under paragraph (1) shall be equal to the 

16 monthly amount of subsistence allowance that would be 

17 payable to the veteran under chapter 31 of this title if 

18 the veteran were eligible for and entitled to rehabilitation 

19 under such chapter. 

20 ‘‘(3) Any amount of assistance paid to a veteran 

21 under this subsection shall be in addition to any other as22 sistance available to the veteran under any other provision 

23 of law. 

24 ‘‘(e) SUPPORT FOR UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COM25 MITTEE MILITARY PARALYMPIC PROGRAM.—(1) The SecVerDate Aug 31 2005 22:10 Mar 10, 2007 Jkt 059196 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1370.IH H1370

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1 retary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding 

2 with the United States Olympic Committee under which 

3 the Secretary shall agree to provide support, including di4 rect support and reimbursement for Committee expendi5 tures, for the military paralympic program of the Com6 mittee. 

7 ‘‘(2) In the documents providing detailed information 

8 on the budget for the Department that the Secretary sub9 mits to Congress in conjunction with the President’s budg10 et submission for each fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 

11 of title 31, the Secretary shall set forth separately the 

12 amount requested to carry out this section under the fol13 lowing heading: ‘United States Olympic Committee Mili14 tary Paralympic Program Support’. 

15 ‘‘(3) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

16 out this subsection $2,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 

17 (b) DEADLINE FOR MEMORANDUM OF UNDER18 STANDING.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 

19 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

20 shall enter into the memorandum of understanding with 

21 the United States Olympic Committee required under sec22 tion 321(e)(1) of title 38, United States Code, as added 

23 by subsection (a). 


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1 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

2 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

3 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘321. Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events.’’. 

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