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Union Calendar No. 191 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 95 
[Report No. 115–266] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain 
medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Ms. BROWNLEY of California (for herself, Mr. WALZ, Ms. KUSTER of New 
Hampshire, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. TAKANO, and Mr. HIGGINS of 
New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs 
JULY 28, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. GON-
ZALEZ of Texas, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. VELA, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. BEATTY, and Mr. KIND 
JULY 28, 2017 
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 January 3, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance 
to veterans receiving certain medical services provided 
by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans’ Access to Child 
Care Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS RECEIV-
ING MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND OTHER IN-
TENSIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED 
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1730B. Child care assistance for veterans receiving 
mental health care and other intensive 
health care services 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide child 
care assistance to an eligible veteran for any period that 
the veteran— 
‘‘(1) receives covered health care services at a fa-
cility of the Department; and 
‘‘(2) is required travel to and return from such 
facility for the receipt of such health care services. 
‘‘(b) CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.—(1) Child care assist-
ance provided under this section may include any of the 
following: 
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‘‘(A) A stipend for the payment of child care of-
fered by a licensed child care center (either directly 
or through a voucher program) which shall be, to the 
extent practicable, modeled after the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Child Care Subsidy Program estab-
lished pursuant to section 590 of title 40. 
‘‘(B) Direct provision of child care at an on-site 
facility of the Department. 
‘‘(C) A payment made directly to a private child 
care agency. 
‘‘(D) A collaboration with a facility or program 
of another Federal department or agency. 
‘‘(E) Such other form of assistance as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(2) In the case that child care assistance under this 
section is provided as a stipend under paragraph (1)(A), 
such stipend shall cover the full cost of such child care. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible veteran’ means a veteran 
who— 
‘‘(A) is the primary caretaker of a child or 
children; and 
‘‘(B) is— 
‘‘(i) receiving covered health care serv-
ices from the Department; or 
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‘‘(ii) in need of covered health care 
services, and but for lack of child care serv-
ices, would receive such covered health care 
services from the Department. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered health care services’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) regular mental health care services; 
‘‘(B) intensive mental health care services; 
or 
‘‘(C) such other intensive health care serv-
ices that the Secretary determines that provision 
of assistance to the veteran to obtain child care 
would improve access to such health care services 
by the veteran.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 1730A the following new item: 
‘‘1730B. Child care assistance for veterans receiving mental health care and other 
intensive health care services.’’. 
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SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF REDUCTION IN AMOUNT OF PEN-
SION FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS FOR CERTAIN VETERANS 
COVERED BY MEDICAID PLANS FOR SERVICES 
FURNISHED BY NURSING FACILITIES. 
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2026’’. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR COLLECTION OF 
FEES FOR HOUSING LOANS GUARANTEED BY 
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 
and 
(B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 
and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (C)— 
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(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 
and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 
and 
(4) in subparagraph (D)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 
and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 
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