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Union Calendar No. 76 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1969 
[Report No. 119–103] 
To amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide 
Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2025 
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
MAY 19, 2025 
Additional sponsor: Mr. BERGMAN 
MAY 19, 2025 
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 10, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon 
Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
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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 ‘‘No Wrong Door for Vet-
erans Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STAFF 
SERGEANT PARKER GORDON FOX SUICIDE 
PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM OF DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) DURATION.—Section 201 of the Commander John 
Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement 
Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–171; 38 U.S.C. 1720F note) 
is amended, in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘the date that is 
three years after the date on which the first grant is award-
ed under this section’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’. 
(b) EMERGENT SUICIDE CARE.—Such section is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in subsection (m)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) EMERGENT SUICIDE CARE.—In the case of 
an eligible individual who receives suicide prevention 
services provided or coordinated by an eligible entity 
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in receipt of a grant under this section, the eligible 
entity shall notify— 
‘‘(A) the eligible individual that the indi-
vidual may be eligible for emergent suicide care 
under section 1720J of title 38, United States 
Code; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary, if an eligible individual 
notified under subparagraph (A) elects to receive 
such emergent suicide care.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘(1) or (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1), (2), or 
(3)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (n)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ be-
fore ‘‘When’’ and adjusting the margins accord-
ingly; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) TIME FRAME.—If the Secretary does not 
provide services under paragraph (1) to an eligible 
individual during the 72-hour period following a re-
ferral under subsection (m), such eligible individual 
shall be treated as eligible for emergent suicide care 
under section 1720J of title 38, United States Code.’’. 
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(c) REAUTHORIZATION.—Such section is further 
amended, in subsection (p)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section a total of $174,000,000 
for fiscal years 2021 through 2025.’’ and inserting 
‘‘section—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(1) a total of $174,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 
through 2025; and 
‘‘(2) $52,500,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Such 
section is further amended, in subsection (q)(3)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘an entity that has continuously 
provided mental health care or support services in the 
United States during the two-year period before the 
date on which the entity applies for a grant under 
this section and that is’’ after ‘‘means’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or founda-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘, foundation, or health care pro-
vider’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘A’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO DEFINITIONS.—Such 
section is further amended, in subsection (q)(5), by striking 
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‘‘Medical services’’ and inserting ‘‘The term ‘emergency 
treatment’ means medical services’’. 
(f) REQUIRED USE OF CERTAIN SCREENING PRO-
TOCOL.—Such section is further amended, in subsection 
(q)(11)(A)(ii), by inserting after ‘‘risk’’ the following: ‘‘, 
which in the case of a grant made on or after the date of 
the enactment of the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, shall 
be the Columbia Protocol (also known as the Columbia-Sui-
cide Severity Rating Scale)’’. 
SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF ADAPTIVE PROSTHESES AND TER-
MINAL DEVICES FOR SPORTS AND OTHER 
RECREATIONAL 
ACTIVITIES 
IN 
MEDICAL 
SERVICES FURNISHED TO ELIGIBLE VET-
ERANS BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
Section 1701 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed, in paragraph (6)(F)(i), by inserting ‘‘(including adapt-
ive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other rec-
reational activities)’’ after ‘‘artificial limbs’’. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF 
PENSION. 
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2031’’ and inserting 
‘‘January 30, 2033’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 76 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1969 
[Report No. 119–103] 
A BILL 
To amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant 
Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant 
Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
MAY 19, 2025 
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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