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Union Calendar No. 51 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1812 
[Report No. 116–75] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center readjustment 
counseling and related mental health services to certain individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2019 
Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. LEVIN of California) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs 
MAY 20, 2019 
Additional sponsor: Mr. DUNN 
MAY 20, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, 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 March 18, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center 
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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 ‘‘Vet Center Eligibility 
Expansion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF VET CENTER SERVICES. 
Section 1712A of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘clauses (i) through (iv)’’ both 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘clauses (i) through 
(vi)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘in clause (v)’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘in clause (vii)’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 
clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol-
lowing new clauses: 
‘‘(iv) Any individual who is a veteran or mem-
ber of the Armed Forces, including a member of a re-
serve component of the Armed Forces, who served— 
‘‘(I) on active service in response to a na-
tional emergency or major disaster declared by 
the President; or 
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‘‘(II) in the National Guard of a State 
under orders of the chief executive of that State 
in response to a disaster or civil disorder in such 
State. 
‘‘(v) Any individual who participated in a drug 
interdiction operation as a member of the Coast 
Guard, regardless of the location of that operation.’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘active service’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 101 of title 10. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘civil disorder’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 232 of title 18.’’. 
SEC. 3. PLAN TO PROVIDE VET CENTER SERVICES TO VET-
ERANS LIVING IN AREAS WHERE NO VET CEN-
TER IS LOCATED. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a plan to provide Vet Center services to 
veterans living in geographic areas where no Vet Center is 
located, including in the United States insular areas. 
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Union Calendar No. 51 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1812 
[Report No. 116–75] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish 
Vet Center readjustment counseling and related 
mental health services to certain individuals. 
MAY 20, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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