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SEC. 232. NATIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTION RELENDING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter V of chapter 37 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 3762 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3762A. Native community development financial 
institution relending program 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The Secretary may make a loan to 
a Native community development financial institution for 
the purpose of allowing the institution to relend loan 
amounts to qualified Native American veterans, subject to 
the requirements of this section. 
‘‘(b) STANDARDS.—(1) The Secretary shall establish 
standards to be used in evaluating whether to make a loan 
to a Native community development financial institution 
under this section. 
‘‘(2) In establishing standards under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall ensure that a Native community devel-
opment financial institution— 
‘‘(A) is able to originate and service loans for 
single-family homes; 
‘‘(B) is able to operate the relending program 
in a manner consistent with the mission of the De-
partment to serve veterans; and 
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‘‘(C) uses loan amounts received under this sec-
tion only for the purpose of relending, as described 
in subsection (c), to Native American veterans. 
‘‘(c) RELENDING REQUIREMENTS.—(1) A Native 
community development financial institution that receives 
a loan under this section shall use the loan amounts to 
make loans to Native American veterans residing on trust 
land. 
‘‘(2) A loan to a Native American veteran made by 
a Native community development financial institution 
under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) be limited either to the purpose of pur-
chase, construction, or improvement of a dwelling lo-
cated on trust land or to the refinance of an existing 
mortgage loan for a dwelling on trust land, con-
sistent with the requirements of section 3762(h) of 
this title; and 
‘‘(B) comply with such terms and conditions as 
the Secretary determines are necessary to protect 
against predatory lending, including the interest rate 
charged on a loan to a Native American veteran. 
‘‘(d) REPAYMENT.—A loan made to a Native commu-
nity development financial institution under this section 
shall— 
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‘‘(1) be payable to the Secretary upon such 
terms and conditions as are prescribed in regulations 
pursuant to this subchapter; and 
‘‘(2) bear interest at a rate of one percent. 
‘‘(e) OVERSIGHT.—Subject to notice and opportunity 
for a hearing, whenever the Secretary finds with respect 
to loans made under subsection (a) or (c) that any Native 
community development financial institution has failed to 
maintain adequate loan accounting records, to dem-
onstrate proper ability to service loans adequately, or to 
exercise proper credit judgment, or that such Native com-
munity development financial institution has willfully or 
negligently engaged in practices otherwise detrimental to 
the interest of veterans or of the Government, the Sec-
retary may take such actions as the Secretary determines 
necessary to protect veterans or the Government, such as 
requiring immediate repayment of any loans made under 
subsection (a) and the assignment to the Secretary of 
loans made under subsection (c). 
‘‘(f) SUNSET.—The Secretary may not make a loan 
under this section after September 30, 2027.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 37 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 3762 the 
following new item: 
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‘‘3762A. Native community development financial institution relending pro-
gram.’’. 
(c) NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT.—Section 3763 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) Of amounts available in the Account, the Sec-
retary may use for loans made under section 3762A of 
this title— 
‘‘(1) in fiscal year 2025, not more than 
$5,000,000; and 
‘‘(2) in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2025, 
an amount determined necessary by the Secretary to 
meet the demand for such loans.’’. 
TITLE III—DISABILITY AND 
MEMORIAL AFFAIRS MATTERS 
SEC. 301. BURIAL ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS 
WHO DIE AT HOME WHILE IN RECEIPT OF 
HOSPICE CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall treat a veteran described in subsection (b) as a vet-
eran described in subparagraph (A) of section 2303(a)(2) 
of title 38, United States Code. 
(b) VETERAN DESCRIBED.—A veteran described in 
this subsection is a veteran who dies in a home or other 
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setting at which the deceased veteran was, at the time of 
death, receiving hospice care pursuant to section 1717(a) 
of such title if such care was directly preceded by the Sec-
retary furnishing to the veteran hospital care or nursing 
home care described in clause (ii) of such subparagraph. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—This section 
shall apply with respect to deaths that occur— 
(1) on or after the date that is 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) before October 1, 2026. 
SEC. 302. AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS TO AWARD GRANTS TO STATES AND IN-
DIAN TRIBES TO IMPROVE OUTREACH TO 
VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 6307 and 6308 as 
sections 6308 and 6309, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 6306 the following 
new section 6307: 
‘‘§ 6307. Grants to States and Indian Tribes to im-
prove outreach to veterans 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
provide for assistance by the Secretary to States and In-
dian Tribes to carry out programs that improve covered 
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