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SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
PAYMENT OF A MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE TO DIS-
ABLED VETERANS TRAINING OR COMPETING IN LARGE- 
SCALE ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAMS. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION AND USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Subsection 
(d)(4) of section 322 is amended by striking ‘‘through 2013’’ and 
all that follows and inserting ‘‘through 2015.’’. 
(b) COOPERATION WITH ORGANIZATION.—Subsection (b)(4) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘cooperate with the United 
States Olympic Committee’’ and all that follows through ‘‘its part-
ners;’’ and inserting ‘‘cooperate with entities with significant experi-
ence in managing large-scale adaptive sports programs;’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY TO COMMONWEALTHS AND TERRITORIES OF 
THE UNITED STATES.—Such section is further amended by redesig-
nating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting after subsection 
(d) the following new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY TO COMMONWEALTHS AND TERRITORIES OF 
THE UNITED STATES.—The provisions of this subsection shall apply 
in the same manner and to the same degree as to the United 
States Olympic Committee to the Paralympic sport entities the 
Secretary considers appropriate to represent the interests of each 
of the following: 
‘‘(1) American Samoa. 
‘‘(2) Guam. 
‘‘(3) Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(4) The Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(5) The United States Virgin Islands.’’. 
SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION AND MODIFICATION OF ADAPTIVE SPORTS 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (a) of section 521A is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM.—(1) The Secretary may carry 
out a program under which the Secretary may make grants to 
eligible entities for planning, developing, managing, and imple-
menting programs to provide adaptive sports opportunities for dis-
abled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, an eligible entity is an entity 
with significant experience in managing a large-scale adaptive 
sports program.’’. 
(b) 
ADDITIONAL
APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection 
(c)(2)(A) of such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘of all partnerships’’ and all that follows 
through the end and inserting ‘‘of—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new clauses: 
‘‘(i) all partnerships referred to in paragraph (3) at 
the national and local levels that will be participating 
in such activities and the amount of grant funds that 
the eligible entity proposes to make available for each 
of such partnerships; 
‘‘(ii) the anticipated personnel, travel, and administra-
tive costs that will be paid for by the eligible entity using 
grant funds; 
‘‘(iii) the financial controls implemented by the eligible 
entity, including methods to track expenditures of grant 
funds;
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‘‘(iv) the performance metrics to be used by the eligible 
entity to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities to be 
carried out using grant funds; and 
‘‘(v) the anticipated personnel, travel, and administra-
tive costs that will be paid for by grantees under this 
subsection using grant funds; and’’. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Paragraph 
(4) of subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4)(A) At the discretion of the Secretary, an eligible entity 
that receives a grant under this section may use a portion of 
the grant for the administrative expenses and personnel expenses 
of the eligible entity. The amount that may be used for such 
expenses may not exceed— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a grant made for adaptive sports 
opportunities taking place during fiscal year 2014, 10 percent 
of the total amount of the grant; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a grant made for adaptive sports 
opportunities taking place during fiscal year 2015, 7.5 percent 
of the total amount of the grant; and 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a grant made for adaptive sports 
opportunities taking place during any subsequent fiscal year, 
5 percent of the total amount of the grant. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, personnel expenses include 
any costs associated with an employee of the eligible entity other 
than reimbursement for time spent by such an employee directly 
providing coaching or training for disabled veterans or members 
of the Armed Forces.’’. 
(d) FUNDING.—Subsection (g) of such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) There is’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘through 2013’’ and all that follows and 
inserting ‘‘through 2015.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall 
remain available without fiscal year limitation.’’. 
(e) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (l) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘may not provide assistance under this section 
after December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘may only provide assistance 
under this section for adaptive sports opportunities occurring during 
fiscal years 2010 through 2016’’. 
(f) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the 
use of the grants, if any, awarded under section 521A of title 
38, United States Code, as amended by this section, during the 
first program year that begins after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. Such report shall include each of the following: 
(1) An assessment of how the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
eligible entities that received grants under such section, and 
grantees under subsection (c) of such section have provided 
adaptive sports opportunities to veterans and members of the 
Armed Forces through grants awarded under such section. 
(2) An assessment of how the Secretary oversees the use 
of funds provided under such section. 
(3) A description of the benefit provided to veterans and 
members of the Armed Forces through programs and activities 
developed through grants awarded under such section.
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(g) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 521A, 
as amended by this section, is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the United States 
Olympic Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible entity’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The United 
States Olympic Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘An eligible 
entity that receives a grant under this section’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Com-
mittee’’ the first time it appears and inserting ‘‘an 
eligible entity’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Com-
mittee’’ the second time it appears and inserting ‘‘the 
eligible entity’’; and 
(B) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking ‘‘the United 
States Olympic Committee’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘the eligible entity’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The United States Olympic Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘An eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this section,’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘a grant under this section’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the grant’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘the eligible entity’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the United States 
Olympic Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible entity that 
receives a grant under this section’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Committee’’ 
and inserting ‘‘an eligible entity’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive sports pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘the adapted sports opportunities 
funded by the grant’’; 
(5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive 
sports program’’ and inserting ‘‘adapted sports opportunities 
funded under this section’’; and 
(6) in subsection (j)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Com-
mittee’’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘an 
eligible entity’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Com-
mittee’’ the second place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 
eligible entity’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive sports 
program,’’ and inserting ‘‘the adapted sports opportuni-
ties funded by the grant,’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive sports pro-
gram.’’ and inserting ‘‘such opportunities and pro-
grams.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3):
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‘‘(3) If an eligible entity that receives a grant under this section 
for any fiscal year does not submit the report required by paragraph 
(1) for such fiscal year, the entity shall not be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section for the subsequent fiscal year.’’; and 
(7) by striking subsection (m). 
(h) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION
HEADING.—The heading of such section is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 521A. Adaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and 
members of the Armed Forces’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 5 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 521A and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘512A. Adaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and members of the Armed 
Forces.’’. 
(i) IMPLEMENTATION.—To ensure the uninterrupted provision 
of adaptive sports for disabled veterans and disabled members 
of the Armed Forces, any regulations that the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs determines are necessary to implement the amendments 
made by this section may be promulgated by interim final rules 
to ensure the award of grants under section 521A of title 38, 
United States Code, as amended by this section, before the end 
of fiscal year 2014. 
SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT CERTAIN INDIVID-
UALS TO AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
FACILITIES. 
Section 111A(a)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 
one year after the date of the enactment of this section’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 
SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS REGIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA, 
THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. 
Section 315(b) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 
SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE NURSING HOME 
CARE TO CERTAIN VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED 
DISABILITIES. 
Section 1710A(d) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 
SEC. 9. EXTENSION OF TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION SERVICES 
FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS. 
(a) GENERAL TREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL SERVICES
AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS.—Section 
2033(d) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 
SEC. 10. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE HOUSING ASSIST-
ANCE FOR HOMELESS VETERANS. 
Section 2041(c) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’.