To extend the pilot program on partnership agreements to construct new facilities for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-4419
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2021-07-13
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill extends through December 31, 2026, the pilot program under which the Department of Veterans Affairs may accept donations of real property or facilities from specified entities (e.g., a state or local authority). </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4419 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2021 Mr. Jackson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To extend the pilot program on partnership agreements to construct new facilities for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Extension of pilot program on acceptance by the Department of Veterans Affairs of donated facilities and related improvements Section 2 of the CHIP IN for Vets Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–294 ; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (i), by striking the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting December 31, 2026 ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (k) Reports Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and not later than December 31 of each year thereafter during the life of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the pilot program. The report shall include, as of the date of the report, the following: (1) Identification of the real property and improvements donated under the pilot program that have been successfully completed. (2) Identification of the donation agreements that have been entered into under the pilot program that are still in progress or under consideration. (3) Of the donation agreements identified under paragraph (2), a list of such agreements ordered by the priority of the Secretary, including justifications for such prioritization. (4) Identification of the proposed donation agreements that the Secretary has not entered into under the pilot program, including a detailed description of the justifications for not entering into the agreements. .