I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1370 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department 
of Veterans Affairs an Office of National Veterans Sports Programs 
and Special Events. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2007 
Mr. BUYER (for himself, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BILI-
RAKIS, Ms. HERSETH, and Mr. LAMBORN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs an Office of National 
Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events. 
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 ‘‘Disabled Veterans 
Sports and Special Events Promotion Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF 
NATIONAL VETERANS SPORTS PROGRAMS 
AND SPECIAL EVENTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF NATIONAL VET-
ERANS SPORTS PROGRAMS
AND SPECIAL EVENTS.— 
Chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 321. Office of National Veterans Sports Programs 
and Special Events 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Department 
an Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Spe-
cial Events. There is at the head of the Office a Director. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.—Subject to 
the direction of the Secretary, the Director— 
‘‘(1) shall establish and carry out qualifying 
programs and events; 
‘‘(2) may provide for sponsorship by the De-
partment of qualifying programs and events; 
‘‘(3) may provide for, facilitate, and encourage 
participation by disabled veterans in qualifying pro-
grams and events; and 
‘‘(4) shall cooperate with the United States 
Olympic Committee and its subsidiaries to promote 
the participation of disabled veterans in sporting 
events sponsored by the United States Olympic 
Committee and its subsidiaries. 
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‘‘(c) QUALIFYING PROGRAM OR EVENT.—For pur-
poses of this section, a qualifying program or event is a 
sports program or other event in which veterans with dis-
abilities participate and that is approved by the Secretary 
as being consistent with the goals and missions of the De-
partment. 
‘‘(d) MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE.—(1) The 
Director may provide a monthly assistance allowance to 
a veteran with a service-connected disability for any month 
in which the veteran is participating in any event sanc-
tioned by the United States Olympic Committee or who 
is residing at a United States Olympic Committee training 
center. 
‘‘(2) The amount of the monthly assistance payable 
to a veteran under paragraph (1) shall be equal to the 
monthly amount of subsistence allowance that would be 
payable to the veteran under chapter 31 of this title if 
the veteran were eligible for and entitled to rehabilitation 
under such chapter. 
‘‘(3) Any amount of assistance paid to a veteran 
under this subsection shall be in addition to any other as-
sistance available to the veteran under any other provision 
of law. 
‘‘(e) SUPPORT FOR UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COM-
MITTEE MILITARY PARALYMPIC PROGRAM.—(1) The Sec-
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retary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding 
with the United States Olympic Committee under which 
the Secretary shall agree to provide support, including di-
rect support and reimbursement for Committee expendi-
tures, for the military paralympic program of the Com-
mittee. 
‘‘(2) In the documents providing detailed information 
on the budget for the Department that the Secretary sub-
mits to Congress in conjunction with the President’s budg-
et submission for each fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 
of title 31, the Secretary shall set forth separately the 
amount requested to carry out this section under the fol-
lowing heading: ‘United States Olympic Committee Mili-
tary Paralympic Program Support’. 
‘‘(3) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this subsection $2,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE
FOR
MEMORANDUM
OF
UNDER-
STANDING.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall enter into the memorandum of understanding with 
the United States Olympic Committee required under sec-
tion 321(e)(1) of title 38, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a). 
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