by inserting after the item relating to section 1720I the 
following new item: 
‘‘1720J. Infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services.’’. 
SEC. 3. ADOPTION ASSISTANCE FOR SEVERELY WOUNDED 
VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1789. Adoption assistance 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may pay an 
amount, not to exceed the limitation amount, to assist a 
covered veteran in the adoption of one or more children. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION AMOUNT.—For purposes of this 
section, the limitation amount is the amount equal to the 
cost the Department would incur by paying the expenses 
of three adoptions by covered veterans, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) COVERED VETERAN DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘covered veteran’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 1720J of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1788 the 
following new item: 
‘‘1789. Adoption assistance.’’. 
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SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT ON INFERTILITY TREATMENT 
FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) REPORT.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
House of Representatives reports on the infertility treat-
ment furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
during the year preceding the submission of the report. 
The Secretary shall submit such reports as follows: 
(1) An initial report by not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) A second report by not later than November 
11, 2022. 
(3) Annual reports beginning in 2023. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include, for the period covered by the re-
port, the following: 
(1) The number of veterans who received infer-
tility treatment furnished by the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, disaggregated by era of military serv-
ice of such veterans. 
(2) The number of spouses, partners, and ges-
tational surrogates of veterans who received infer-
tility treatment furnished by the Department. 
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(3) The cost to the Department of furnishing 
infertility treatment, disaggregated by cost of serv-
ices and administration. 
(4) The average cost to the Department per re-
cipient of infertility treatment. 
(5) In cases in which the Department furnished 
infertility treatment through the use of assisted re-
productive technology, the average number of cycles 
per person furnished, disaggregated by type of treat-
ment. 
(6) A description of how infertility treatment 
services of the Department are coordinated with 
similar services of the Department of Defense and 
the Indian Health Service, respectively. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘as-
sisted reproductive technology’’, ‘‘infertility treatment’’, 
and ‘‘partner’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tions 1701 and 1720J of title 38, United States Code, 
respectively, as amended by this Act. 
SEC. 5. REGULATIONS ON FURNISHING OF INFERTILITY 
TREATMENT AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE BY 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall prescribe regulations— 
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(1) to carry out section 1720J of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by section 2; and 
(2) to carry out section 1789 of such title, as 
added by section 3. 
(b) INTERIM POLICIES.—During the period begin-
ning 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and the date on which the regulations are prescribed 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that fer-
tility counseling and treatment furnished pursuant to sec-
tion 235 of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division 
F of Public Law 116–94) or other provisions of law ad-
ministered by the Secretary include the following elements: 
(1) The Secretary may furnish such counseling 
and treatment to the partner of a veteran covered by 
such provision without regard to whether the partner 
and veteran are married. 
(2) The Secretary may furnish such counseling 
and treatment using donated gametes or embryos. 
(c) PARTNER DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘partner’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1720J of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 
2. 
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SEC. 6. FACILITATION OF REPRODUCTION AND INFER-
TILITY RESEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7330D. Facilitation of reproduction and infertility 
research 
‘‘(a) FACILITATION OF RESEARCH REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary shall facilitate research conducted collabo-
ratively by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to improve the ability of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to meet the long-term re-
productive health care needs of veterans who have infer-
tility conditions that affect the veterans’ ability to repro-
duce. 
‘‘(b) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that information produced by the re-
search facilitated under this section that may be useful 
for other activities of the Veterans Health Administration 
is disseminated throughout the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 73 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 7330C the 
following new item: 
‘‘7330D. Facilitation of reproduction and infertility research.’’. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than three years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the re-
search activities conducted by the Secretary under section 
7330D of title 38, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a). 
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