I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9712 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions 
of law, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 
Mr. VALADAO (for himself and Mr. BOST) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to 
the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain 
expiring provisions of law, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘VA Extenders Act of 2024’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—HEALTH CARE 
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Sec. 101. Extension of authority for collection of copayments for hospital care 
and nursing home care. 
Sec. 102. Extension of requirement To provide nursing home care to certain 
veterans with service-connected disabilities. 
Sec. 103. Extension of expansion of rural access network for growth enhance-
ment program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 104. Extension of pilot program To provide veterans access to complemen-
tary and integrative health programs through animal therapy, 
agritherapy, sports and recreation therapy, art therapy, and 
posttraumatic growth programs. 
Sec. 105. Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department 
of Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration fund. 
TITLE II—MEMORIAL AFFAIRS 
Sec. 201. Extension of entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for 
commemoration of veterans and certain individuals. 
Sec. 202. Extension of authority To bury remains of certain spouses and chil-
dren in national cemeteries. 
Sec. 203. Authority for use of flat grave markers at Santa Fe National Ceme-
tery, New Mexico. 
TITLE III—HOMELESSNESS 
Sec. 301. Extension of authority To provide assistance for specially adapted 
housing for disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing 
owned by a family member. 
Sec. 302. Extension of authority for specially adapted housing assistive tech-
nology grant program. 
Sec. 303. Extension of authorization of appropriations for homeless women vet-
erans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant 
program. 
Sec. 304. Extension of authority for treatment and rehabilitation for seriously 
mentally ill and homeless veterans. 
Sec. 305. Extension of funding for financial assistance for supportive services 
for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing. 
Sec. 306. Extension of funding for grant program for homeless veterans with 
special needs. 
TITLE IV—OTHER AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 401. Extension of authority To transport individuals to and from Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs facilities. 
Sec. 402. Extension of testimonial subpoena authority of Inspector General of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 403. Extension of authority To maintain regional office in the Republic of 
the Philippines. 
Sec. 404. Extension and modification of authority for monthly assistance allow-
ance for disabled veterans training in Paralympic and Olympic 
sports program. 
Sec. 405. Expansion of cost estimates for congressional consideration under 
Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund; reporting requirements. 
Sec. 406. Extension of authority for report on equitable relief provided due to 
administrative error. 
Sec. 407. Modification of certain housing loan fees. 
Sec. 408. Extension of authority for transfer of real property. 
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Sec. 409. Extension of requirements relating to Chief Financial Officer of the 
Department. 
TITLE I—HEALTH CARE 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR COLLECTION OF 
COPAYMENTS 
FOR 
HOSPITAL 
CARE 
AND 
NURSING HOME CARE. 
Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE 
NURSING HOME CARE TO CERTAIN VET-
ERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABIL-
ITIES. 
Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF EXPANSION OF RURAL ACCESS 
NETWORK 
FOR 
GROWTH 
ENHANCEMENT 
PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS. 
Section 2(d) of the Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans 
Mental Health Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–21; 38 
U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
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SEC. 104. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE 
VETERANS 
ACCESS 
TO 
COMPLEMENTARY 
AND 
INTEGRATIVE 
HEALTH 
PROGRAMS 
THROUGH ANIMAL THERAPY, AGRITHERAPY, 
SPORTS AND RECREATION THERAPY, ART 
THERAPY, AND POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 203(d)(1) of the Scott Hannon Veterans 
Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (Public 
Law 116–171; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘for a three-year period beginning on the com-
mencement of the pilot program’’ and inserting ‘‘until 
September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-
ONSTRATION FUND. 
Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 2573), as most recently amended by section 104 of 
division E of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 
180; 136 Stat. 2137), is amended by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
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TITLE II—MEMORIAL AFFAIRS 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF ENTITLEMENT TO MEMORIAL 
HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FOR COMMEMO-
RATION OF VETERANS AND CERTAIN INDI-
VIDUALS. 
Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO BURY REMAINS OF 
CERTAIN SPOUSES AND CHILDREN IN NA-
TIONAL CEMETERIES. 
Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 203. AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FLAT GRAVE MARKERS 
AT SANTA FE NATIONAL CEMETERY, NEW 
MEXICO. 
Section 2404(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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‘‘(F) in the case of Santa Fe National Ceme-
tery, New Mexico, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may provide flat grave markers in any section of 
such cemetery in which flat markers were in use on 
December 22, 2023.’’. 
TITLE III—HOMELESSNESS 
SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSIST-
ANCE FOR SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING 
FOR DISABLED VETERANS RESIDING TEMPO-
RARILY IN HOUSING OWNED BY A FAMILY 
MEMBER. 
Section 2102A(e) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR SPECIALLY 
ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
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SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS 
AND HOMELESS VETERANS WITH CHILDREN 
REINTEGRATION GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
SEC. 304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT AND 
REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY 
ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS. 
(a) GENERAL TREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL
SERVICES
AT
CERTAIN
LOCA-
TIONS.—Section 2033(d) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2025’’. 
SEC. 305. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY 
LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES IN PERMA-
NENT HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2044(e)(H) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 2044(e) of 
such title is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively. 
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SEC. 306. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR GRANT PROGRAM 
FOR HOMELESS VETERANS WITH SPECIAL 
NEEDS. 
Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
TITLE IV—OTHER AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT INDI-
VIDUALS TO AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES. 
Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF TESTIMONIAL SUBPOENA AU-
THORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Section 312(d)(7)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘May 31, 2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 403. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN RE-
GIONAL OFFICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE 
PHILIPPINES. 
Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
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SEC. 404. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 
FOR MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE FOR 
DISABLED 
VETERANS 
TRAINING 
IN 
PARALYMPIC AND OLYMPIC SPORTS PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 322 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic 
Committee’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Veterans 
Benefits Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph 
(4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this subsection the following: 
‘‘(A) For each of fiscal years 2010 through 
2023, $2,000,000. 
‘‘(B) For each of fiscal years 2024 through 
2027, $2,500,000.’’. 
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SEC. 405. EXPANSION OF COST ESTIMATES FOR CONGRES-
SIONAL CONSIDERATION UNDER COST OF 
WAR TOXIC EXPOSURES FUND; REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS. 
Subsection (e) of section 324 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘title 31’’ and all that follows 
through the end of the subsection and inserting: 
‘‘title 31, for the applicable fiscal year— 
‘‘(1) detailed estimates of the sums proposed to 
be provided pursuant to subsection (c); 
‘‘(2) the proposed allocations of such sums, 
disaggregated by account and program within the 
Department; 
‘‘(3) justifications for the sums described in 
paragraphs (1) and (2); and 
‘‘(4) for each account described in paragraph 
(2), a calculation of the amount of funding re-
quested for such account over the fiscal year 2021 
level;’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(g) REPORT.—(1) For each of fiscal years 2025 
through 2030, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that includes, 
with respect to the fiscal year covered by the report— 
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‘‘(A) an identification, for each account within 
the Fund, of the total amount obligated or expended 
by the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) a description of any activity, program, or 
project carried out exclusively using sums provided 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
under subsection (c); and 
‘‘(C) a description of how any activity, program, 
or project carried out using sums provided pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations under sub-
section (c) benefits veterans who were exposed to en-
vironmental hazards while performing active mili-
tary, naval, air, or space service. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall submit each report required 
under paragraph (1) by not later than January 1 of the 
fiscal year beginning after the fiscal year covered by the 
report. 
‘‘(h) INFORMATION
PROVIDED
UPON
CONGRES-
SIONAL REQUEST.—The Secretary shall, upon the request 
of the Chair, Vice Chair, or Ranking Member, of an appro-
priate congressional committee, provide to such appro-
priate congressional committee documents, records, or 
other information in the format specified by such com-
mittee, including testimony, with respect to any allocation, 
purpose, use, or activities of the Fund. 
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‘‘(i) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres-
sional committee’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(1) The Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) The Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
‘‘(3) The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(4) The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
Senate.’’. 
SEC. 406. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REPORT ON EQ-
UITABLE RELIEF PROVIDED DUE TO ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE ERROR. 
Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended, in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 
SEC. 407. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN HOUSING LOAN 
FEES. 
The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘November 
15, 2031’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘November 
29, 2031’’. 
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SEC. 408. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF 
REAL PROPERTY. 
Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 409. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DEPART-
MENT. 
Section 7103 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. 
Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improve-
ment Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315) is amended by 
striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2022 and each of the next three 
subsequent fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal 
years 2026 through 2029’’. 
Æ 
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