[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4339 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4339

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department 
of Veterans Affairs an Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and 
                            Special Events.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2005

   Mr. Buyer (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Herseth, Mr. 
 Bilirakis, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Miller of Florida, Ms. Corrine 
 Brown of Florida, and Mr. Baker) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department 
of Veterans Affairs an Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and 
                            Special Events.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disabled Veterans Sports and Special 
Events Promotion Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF NATIONAL VETERANS 
              SPORTS PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.

    (a) Establishment of Office of National Veterans Sports Programs 
and Special Events.--Chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 321. Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special 
              Events
    ``(a) There is in the Department an Office of National Veterans 
Sports Programs and Special Events. There is at the head of the Office 
a Director.
    ``(b) Subject to the direction of the Secretary, the Director--
            ``(1) shall establish and carry out qualifying programs and 
        events;
            ``(2) may provide for sponsorship by the Department of 
        qualifying programs and events;
            ``(3) may provide for, facilitate, and encourage 
        participation by disabled veterans in qualifying programs and 
        events; and
            ``(4) shall cooperate with the United States Olympic 
        Committee and its subsidiaries to promote the participation of 
        disabled veterans in sporting events sponsored by the United 
        States Olympic Committee and its subsidiaries.
    ``(c) For purposes of this section, a qualifying program or event 
is a sports program or other event in which veterans with disabilities 
participate and that is approved by the Secretary as being consistent 
with the goals and missions of the Department.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``321. Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special 
                            Events.''.
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