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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2142 
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to set- 
aside community development block grant amounts in each fiscal year 
for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabili-
tation of their facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2013 
Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. RUN-
YAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 to set-aside community development block grant 
amounts in each fiscal year for grants to local chapters 
of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of 
their facilities. 
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 2013’’ or the 
‘‘REVAMP Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE OR-
GANIZATIONS FOR FACILITY REHABILITA-
TION. 
(a) GRANTS.—Section 107 of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE 
ORGANIZATIONS FOR FACILITY REHABILITATION.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—Using the amounts made 
available under section 106(a)(4) in each fiscal year 
for grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible vet-
erans service organizations for use for repairs and 
rehabilitation of existing facilities of such organiza-
tions. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘eligible veterans service organization’ means— 
‘‘(A) an entity that is exempt from tax-
ation pursuant to section 501(c)(19) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
501(c)(19)) and is organized on a local or area 
basis; and 
‘‘(B) a local or area chapter, post, or other 
unit of a national, regional, Statewide, or other 
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larger entity of which local or area chapters, 
posts, or units are members, that is exempt 
from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(19) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
501(c)(19)). 
Such term does not include any such national, re-
gional, Statewide, or other larger entity. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—No eligible veterans serv-
ice organization may receive grant amounts 
under this subsection, from the amounts made 
available for any single fiscal year, in an 
amount exceeding the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) the cost of the proposed repair or 
rehabilitation; or 
‘‘(ii) $200,000. 
‘‘(B) TIMING.—Any eligible veterans serv-
ice organization that receives grant amounts 
under this subsection from amounts made avail-
able for a fiscal year shall be ineligible for any 
grant from any amounts made available for 
such grants for any of the succeeding 5 fiscal 
years. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for assist-
ance under this subsection may be submitted only by 
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