I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6337 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to veterans 
service organizations for facility and technology improvements, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 9, 2023 
Mr. GARBARINO (for himself, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. LAWLER, Ms. 
MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, 
Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. D’ESPOSITO) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make 
grants to veterans service organizations for facility and 
technology improvements, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Saving Vet Halls Act 
of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GRANTS FOR 
VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION FACIL-
ITY AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may make grants to eligible veterans service organizations 
for the purpose of facility and technology improvements. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A veterans service organization 
that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant 
for— 
(1) repairing or rehabilitating a facility of the 
veterans service organization; or 
(2) acquiring or upgrading technology for such 
a facility. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, a veterans service organization shall 
submit to the Secretary an application that contains— 
(1) a plan for the repair, rehabilitation, or tech-
nology upgrading and acquisition activities the vet-
erans service organization proposes to carry out 
using the grant; and 
(2) such other information and assurances as 
the Secretary may require. 
(d) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS.—In selecting recipi-
ents of grant under this section, the Secretary shall take 
into consideration— 
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(1) the extent of the need of a veterans service 
organization for a grant; 
(2) the quality of the plan the organization sub-
mitted under subsection (c)(1); 
(3) the capacity or potential capacity of the or-
ganization to successfully carry out the plan; and 
(4) such other factors as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
(e) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) AMOUNT
OF
GRANT.—The amount of a 
grant under this section made to any veterans serv-
ice organization for any fiscal year may not exceed 
the greater of the following amounts: 
(A) The amount of the total cost of car-
rying out the plan of the organization sub-
mitted under subsection (c)(1). 
(B) $75,000. 
(2) FREQUENCY.—A veterans service organiza-
tion that receives a grant under this section for a 
fiscal year shall be ineligible for any grant under 
this section for any of the succeeding five fiscal 
years. 
(3) USE.—A grant under this section may not 
be used for the construction or acquisition of a new 
facility. 
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