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Union Calendar No. 124 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3504 
[Report No. 116–164] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for improvements to 
the specially adapted housing program of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2019 
Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, and Mr. LEVIN 
of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
JULY 22, 2019 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 26, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for im-
provements to the specially adapted housing program 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Ryan Kules Specially 
Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. PRIORITY IN AWARD OF SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUS-
ING GRANTS TO SERIOUSLY ILL VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2101 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR SERIOUSLY ILL VETERANS.—(1) 
In providing assistance under this section, the Secretary 
shall give priority to seriously ill veterans. 
‘‘(2) In this section, the term ‘seriously ill veteran’ 
shall have the meaning given such term by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF SERIOUSLY ILL VETERAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—By not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall— 
(A) determine the meaning of the term ‘‘se-
riously ill veteran’’ for purposes of subsection (d) 
of section 2101 of title 38, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a); and 
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(B) submit to the Committees on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives the meaning of such term as so determined. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The definition of ‘‘seriously 
ill veteran’’ as determined under paragraph (1) shall 
apply for purposes of such subsection (d) beginning 
on the date that is 30 days after the date on which 
the Secretary submits to the Committees on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives the 
definition of such term as so determined. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2020, and apply 
with respect to assistance provided on or after that date. 
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN AMOUNTS OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED. 
(a) INCREASE OF NUMBER OF GRANTS PER VET-
ERAN.—Section 2102(d)(3) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘six’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AUTHOR-
IZED TO BE APPROVED.—Section 2101(a)(4) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘30 applications’’ and inserting 
‘‘120 applications’’. 
(c) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE 
FOR ADAPTATION
TO VETERAN’S RESIDENCE.—Section 
2102(b)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘$12,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$19,733’’. 
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