Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-1812
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2019-03-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil disturbances

Coast guard

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Mental health

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves

Natural disasters

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Became Public Law No: 116-176.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services to certain members of the Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reserves. Specifically, eligibility is expanded to include (1) members of the Coast Guard who participated in a drug interdiction operation; and (2) members of the National Guard or Reservists who were activated due to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the President, or responded to a disaster or civil disorder in a state.</p>

action_date: 2020-10-20
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services through Vet Centers to certain members of the Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reserves. Specifically, eligibility is expanded to include (1) members of the Coast Guard who participated in a drug interdiction operation; and (2) members of the National Guard or Reservists who were activated due to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the President, or responded to a disaster or civil disorder in a state. Vet Centers are community-based counseling centers that provide social and psychological services to eligible veterans, active duty service members, and their families. </p> <p>The bill also requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit a plan to provide Vet Center services to veterans living in geographic areas where no Vet Center is located.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1812 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2019 Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. Levin of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center readjustment counseling and related mental health services to certain individuals.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act . 2. Expansion of Vet Center services Section 1712A of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking clauses (i) through (iv) both places it appears and inserting clauses (i) through (vi) ; (2) by striking in clause (v) both places it appears and inserting in clause (vii) ; (3) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— (A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clauses: (iv) Any individual who is a veteran or member of the Armed Forces, including a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, who served— (I) on active service in response to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the President; or (II) in the National Guard of a State under orders of the chief executive of that State in response to a disaster or civil disorder in such State. (v) Any individual who participated in a drug interdiction operation as a member of the Coast Guard, regardless of the location of that operation. ; and (4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (4) The term active service has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10. (5) The term civil disorder has the meaning given that term in section 232 of title 18. .

tv_txt: IB 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1812 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center readjustment counseling and related mental health services to certain individuals.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act . 2. Expansion of Vet Center services Section 1712A of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking clauses (i) through (iv) both places it appears and inserting clauses (i) through (vi) ; (2) by striking in clause (v) both places it appears and inserting in clause (vii) ; (3) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— (A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clauses: (iv) Any individual who is a veteran or member of the Armed Forces, including a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, who served— (I) on active service in response to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the President; or (II) in the National Guard of a State under orders of the chief executive of that State in response to a disaster or civil disorder in such State. (v) Any individual who participated in a drug interdiction operation as a member of the Coast Guard, regardless of the location of that operation. ; and (4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (4) The term active service has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10. (5) The term civil disorder has the meaning given that term in section 232 of title 18. . 3. Plan to provide Vet Center services to veterans living in areas where no Vet Center is located The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a plan to provide Vet Center services to veterans living in geographic areas where no Vet Center is located, including in the United States insular areas.

Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2019. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1812 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 22, 2019 Received AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center readjustment counseling and related mental health services to certain individuals.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act . 2. Expansion of Vet Center services Section 1712A of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking clauses (i) through (iv) both places it appears and inserting clauses (i) through (vi) ; (2) by striking in clause (v) both places it appears and inserting in clause (vii) ; (3) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— (A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clauses: (iv) Any individual who is a veteran or member of the Armed Forces, including a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, who served— (I) on active service in response to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the President; or (II) in the National Guard of a State under orders of the chief executive of that State in response to a disaster or civil disorder in such State. (v) Any individual who participated in a drug interdiction operation as a member of the Coast Guard, regardless of the location of that operation. ; and (4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (4) The term active service has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10. (5) The term civil disorder has the meaning given that term in section 232 of title 18. . 3. Plan to provide Vet Center services to veterans living in areas where no Vet Center is located The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a plan to provide Vet Center services to veterans living in geographic areas where no Vet Center is located, including in the United States insular areas.

Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2019. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 51 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1812 [Report No. 116–75] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2019 Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. Levin of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs May 20, 2019 Additional sponsor: Mr. Dunn May 20, 2019 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 18, 2019 A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center readjustment counseling and related mental health services to certain individuals.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act . 2. Expansion of Vet Center services Section 1712A of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking clauses (i) through (iv) both places it appears and inserting clauses (i) through (vi) ; (2) by striking in clause (v) both places it appears and inserting in clause (vii) ; (3) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— (A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clauses: (iv) Any individual who is a veteran or member of the Armed Forces, including a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, who served— (I) on active service in response to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the President; or (II) in the National Guard of a State under orders of the chief executive of that State in response to a disaster or civil disorder in such State. (v) Any individual who participated in a drug interdiction operation as a member of the Coast Guard, regardless of the location of that operation. ; and (4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (4) The term active service has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10. (5) The term civil disorder has the meaning given that term in section 232 of title 18. . 3. Plan to provide Vet Center services to veterans living in areas where no Vet Center is located The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a plan to provide Vet Center services to veterans living in geographic areas where no Vet Center is located, including in the United States insular areas.

May 20, 2019 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IB One Hundred Sixteenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty H. R. 1812 AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center readjustment counseling and related mental health services to certain individuals.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act . 2. Expansion of Vet Center services Section 1712A of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking clauses (i) through (iv) both places it appears and inserting clauses (i) through (vi) ; (2) by striking in clause (v) both places it appears and inserting in clause (vii) ; (3) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— (A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clauses: (iv) Any individual who is a veteran or member of the Armed Forces, including a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, who served— (I) on active service in response to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the President; or (II) in the National Guard of a State under orders of the chief executive of that State in response to a disaster or civil disorder in such State. (v) Any individual who participated in a drug interdiction operation as a member of the Coast Guard, regardless of the location of that operation. ; and (4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (4) The term active service has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10. (5) The term civil disorder has the meaning given that term in section 232 of title 18. . 3. Plan to provide Vet Center services to veterans living in areas where no Vet Center is located The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a plan to provide Vet Center services to veterans living in geographic areas where no Vet Center is located, including in the United States insular areas.

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.