SEC. 7. PILOT PROGRAM ON TRANSFORMATION OF VET-
ERANS SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS FACILI-
TIES INTO VETERAN HEALTH AND WELLNESS 
CENTERS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall carry out a pilot program under which 
the Secretary makes grants to nonprofit veterans 
services organizations (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as ‘‘VSOs’’) recognized by the Secretary in 
accordance with section 5902 of title 38, United 
States Code, to upgrade, through construction and 
repair, VSO community facilities into health and 
wellness centers. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section shall use the grant to carry out 
the repair of a facility owned by the recipient or to 
construct a facility on property owned by the recipi-
ent. Such funds may not be used to purchase real 
estate or to carry out repair of facilities leased by 
the recipient or to construct facilities on property 
leased by the recipient. Any facility repaired or con-
structed using grant funds shall be used to provide 
alternative medical care, or wellness programs, to 
veterans and family members as such term is de-
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fined in section 1712A(h)(3) of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(3) FACILITY OPERATION.—As a condition of 
the receipt of a grant under this section, a VSO 
shall agree to carry out the operation and mainte-
nance of the facility that is repaired or constructed 
using grant funds for the three-year period begin-
ning on the date of the completion of the repair or 
construction. 
(b) DURATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot pro-
gram shall be carried out during the two-year period be-
ginning on the date of the commencement of the pilot pro-
gram. 
(c) LOCATIONS.—In selecting the recipients of grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the 
grant recipients use grant funds to construct or repair fa-
cilities located in at least ten different geographic loca-
tions. The Secretary shall give priority to locations in eco-
nomically depressed areas that are not in close proximity 
to Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, a VSO shall submit to the Secretary 
an application in such form and in such manner as the 
Secretary may require. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
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(1) PERIODIC REPORTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and every 180 days thereafter for the du-
ration of the pilot program, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report on the pilot pro-
gram. 
(B) REPORT ELEMENTS.—Each report re-
quired by subparagraph (A) shall include the 
following: 
(i) The findings and conclusions of 
the Secretary with respect to the pilot pro-
gram during the 180-day period covered by 
the report. 
(ii) An assessment of the benefits of 
the pilot program to veterans and either 
family members during the 180-day period 
covered by the report. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the conclusion of the pilot program, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report detailing 
the recommendations of the Secretary as to the ad-
visability of continuing or expanding the pilot pro-
gram. 
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(f) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITION OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTER-
NATIVE MEDICINE. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘complementary and alternative 
medicine’’ shall— 
(1) have the meaning given that term in regula-
tions the Secretary shall prescribe for purposes of 
this Act, which shall, to the degree practicable, be 
consistent with the meaning given such term by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; and 
(2) include integrative health care, adjunctive 
health care, and functional medicine. 
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