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    <item congress="119" measure-type="s" measure-number="1424" measure-id="id119s1424" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2025-04-10" update-date="2025-05-09">
        <title>Veterans First Act of 2025</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119s1424v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2025-05-09">
            <action-date>2025-04-10</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Veterans First Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill rescinds $2 billion of the unobligated funds that were provided to the U.S. Agency for International Development. It also provides $2 billion in appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for grants to assist states to acquire or construct state nursing home and&nbsp;domiciliary facilities&nbsp;and to remodel, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in state homes for furnishing care to veterans,&nbsp;</p>]]></summary-text>
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