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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3231 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program 
to provide grants to veterans service organizations for upgrading local 
chapter facilities, including technology at such facilities, in rural areas, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2019 
Mr. COLLINS of New York (for himself and Mr. KING of New York) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 
a pilot program to provide grants to veterans service 
organizations for upgrading local chapter facilities, in-
cluding technology at such facilities, in rural areas, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Renovate and Enhance 
Veterans Meeting Halls and Posts Act of 2019’’ or the 
‘‘REVAMP Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS 
FOR FACILITY REHABILITATION AND TECH-
NOLOGY IN RURAL AREAS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall carry out a pilot program to award grants to 
eligible veterans service organizations. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES AND USES.—An eligible 
veterans service organization may use a grant made under 
this section only for— 
(1) repairs or rehabilitation of a facility in a 
rural area of an eligible veterans service organiza-
tion; and 
(2) acquiring or upgrading computers and tech-
nology for such a facility. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—An application for a grant under 
this section— 
(1) shall be in such form and submitted in ac-
cordance with such procedures as the Secretary shall 
establish; and 
(2) shall include a plan for the proposed repair, 
rehabilitation, or technology upgrading and acquisi-
tion activities to be conducted using the grant 
amounts. 
(d) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall se-
lect applications to receive grants under the pilot program 
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pursuant to a competition and using criteria that in-
clude— 
(1) the extent of need for such grants; 
(2) the quality of the plan proposed for repair 
or rehabilitation of the facility involved or for acquir-
ing or upgrading computers and technology for such 
a facility; 
(3) the capacity or potential capacity of the ap-
plicant to successfully carry out the plan; and 
(4) other factors as the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(e) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) AMOUNT.—An eligible veterans service or-
ganization may not receive a grant under this sec-
tion during any fiscal year in an amount exceeding 
the lesser of— 
(A) the aggregate cost of the proposed ac-
tivities and uses under subsection (b) for which 
the grant amounts will be used; or 
(B) $75,000. 
(2) TIMING.—An eligible veterans service orga-
nization that receives a grant under this section for 
a fiscal year shall be ineligible for any grant under 
this section for any of the succeeding five fiscal 
years. 
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(f) PROHIBITION OF NEW CONSTRUCTION OR ACQUI-
SITION.—A grant under this section may not be used for 
the construction or acquisition of a new facility. 
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
regulations necessary to carry out the pilot program not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section— 
(1) for fiscal year 2020, $5,000,000; and 
(2) for subsequent fiscal years, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the pilot program. 
(i) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘eligible veterans service organization’’ means a local 
or area chapter, post, or other unit— 
(1) of any organization that is chartered under 
part B of subtitle II of title 36, United States Code, 
and that has as among its primary purposes hon-
oring, promoting, advocating for, providing services 
for, or providing assistance to veterans or any group 
of veterans, as determined by the Secretary; and 
(2) that is located in a rural area, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
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