Title: Ensuring Veterans Access to Military Fitness Facilities Act of 2018
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Ensuring Veterans Access to Military Fitness Facilities Act of 2018
This bill authorizes a military department to grant veterans access to a fitness center that is under its jurisdiction and operated by a geographically separated unit that is at least 100 miles from such unit's supporting base. Veterans currently only have access to on-base fitness centers.


[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5130 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5130

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of a 
military department to grant veterans access to certain fitness centers 
   under the jurisdiction of such Secretary, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2018

  Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of a 
military department to grant veterans access to certain fitness centers 
   under the jurisdiction of such Secretary, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Veterans Access to Military 
Fitness Facilities Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS FOR VETERANS TO CERTAIN FITNESS CENTERS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 152 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 2569. FITNESS CENTERS: ACCESS FOR VETERANS.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of a 
military department may grant veterans access to a fitness center 
that--
            ``(1) is under the jurisdiction of such Secretary; and
            ``(2) is operated by a geographically separated unit that 
        is located not less than 100 miles from the supporting base of 
        such unit.
    ``(b) Factors for Consideration.--In determining whether to grant 
veterans access to a fitness center under subsection (a), the Secretary 
concerned shall consider--
            ``(1) whether the commander who oversees the fitness center 
        has determined--
                    ``(A) that such fitness center has the capacity and 
                infrastructure required to support veterans; and
                    ``(B) that granting veterans such access would not 
                impede the readiness of members of the armed forces on 
                active duty who use the fitness center;
            ``(2) the effect that granting veterans such access would 
        have on the operating and maintenance expenses of the fitness 
        center; and
            ``(3) any additional criteria determined by the Secretary 
        concerned.
    ``(c) Definition.--In this section, the term `veteran' has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of title 38.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

``2569. Fitness centers: access for veterans.''.
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