Veterans PARC Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1977
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2017-04-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health facilities and institutions

Motor vehicles

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Veterans Priority Access to Reliable Care Act of 2017 or the Veterans PARC Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use a passenger carrier to transport an individual employed at a VA medical facility between a parking facility and the medical facility.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1977 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 6, 2017 Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself and Mr. Rutherford ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport an individual employed at a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs between a parking facility and the medical facility.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Priority Access to Reliable Care Act of 2017 or the Veterans PARC Act of 2017 . 2. Transportation of an individual employed at a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs between a parking facility and the medical facility Section 8109(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and ; (2) in paragraph (3) by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, may use a passenger carrier (as that term is defined in section 1344 of title 31) to transport such an employee between a parking facility and the medical facility of the Department at which the employee works. .