Veterans SPORT Act

Bill: 118-hr-9478
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2024-09-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Athletes

Health technology, devices, supplies

Outdoor recreation

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9478 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 6, 2024 Mrs. Miller-Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to include adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities in the medical services furnished to eligible veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Supporting Prosthetics Opportunities and Recreational Therapy Act or the Veterans SPORT Act . 2. Inclusion of adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities in medical services furnished to eligible veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Section 1701 of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in paragraph (6)(F)(i), by inserting (including adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities) after artificial limbs .