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        <text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Veterans Supporting Prosthetics Opportunities and Recreational Therapy Act or the Veterans SPORT Act</strong></p><p>This bill includes adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities within the definition of <em>medical services</em> under the laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Under the bill, these artificial limbs must be furnished as medical services to eligible veterans.</p>]]></text>
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