Title: Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2019
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2019
This bill extends through FY2020 specified Department of Veterans Affairs programs and services, including those related to vendee loans, beneficiary travel, and maintenance of a regional office in the Philippines.
The bill extends through FY2021 the authority to fund financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4285 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4285

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and modify certain 
  authorities and requirements relating to the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2019

Mr. Brindisi (for himself and Mr. Bost) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and modify certain 
  authorities and requirements relating to the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, 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 ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Expiring Authorities Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO VENDEE LOANS.

    Section 3733(a)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``September 30, 2019'' and inserting ``September 30, 2020''; 
        and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``September 30, 
        2019,'' and inserting ``September 30, 2020,''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS REGIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA, THE REPUBLIC OF THE 
              PHILIPPINES.

    Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``September 30, 2019'' and inserting ``September 30, 2020''.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE 
              SERVICES FOR VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES IN 
              PERMANENT HOUSING.

    Section 2044(e)(1)(G) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``fiscal year 2019'' and inserting ``each of fiscal years 
2019 through 2021''.

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF PAYMENTS AND ALLOWANCES FOR 
              BENEFICIARY TRAVEL IN CONNECTION WITH VETERANS RECEIVING 
              CARE FROM VET CENTERS.

    Section 104(a) of the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for 
Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-154; 126 Stat. 1169), 
as most recently amended by section 109 of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-251; 132 Stat. 
3169), is amended by striking ``September 30, 2019'' and inserting 
``September 30, 2020''.

SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows:
            (1) In section 714(e)(2)(B), by striking ``to the refer'' 
        and inserting ``to refer''.
            (2) In section 1725A(c), by inserting a comma after ``a 
        contract''.
            (3) In section 3313(g)(3)(B)(ii), by inserting a comma 
        after ``for books''.
            (4) In section 3321(a)(1), by striking ``January,'' and 
        inserting ``January''.
            (5) In section 3683--
                    (A) by striking ``(b) (b)'' and inserting ``(b)'';
                    (B) by striking ``(c) (c)'' and inserting ``(c)''; 
                and
                    (C) by striking ``(d) (d)'' and inserting ``(d)''.
            (6) In section 3699(b), by striking ``this paragraph'' and 
        inserting ``this subsection''.
            (7) In section 7462(b)(4)(A), by inserting ``notice'' after 
        ``written''.
            (8) In section 7696(c)(1), by striking ``).'' and inserting 
        a period.
            (9) In section 8104(a), by striking paragraph (3) and 
        inserting the following new paragraph (3):
            ``(3) For purposes of this subsection:
                    ``(A) The term `major medical facility project' 
                means a project for the construction, alteration, or 
                acquisition of a medical facility involving a total 
                expenditure of more than $20,000,000, but such term 
                does not include an acquisition by exchange, 
                nonrecurring maintenance projects of the Department, or 
                the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a 
                shared Federal medical facility for which the 
                Department's estimated share of the project costs does 
                not exceed $20,000,000.
                    ``(B) The term `major medical facility lease' means 
                a lease for space for use as a new medical facility at 
                an average annual rent of more than $1,000,000.''.
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