[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1925 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1925

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a separate 
 Veterans Integrated Service Network for the Gulf Coast region of the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2007

Mr. Miller of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a separate 
 Veterans Integrated Service Network for the Gulf Coast region of the 
                             United States.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF GULF COAST VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE 
              NETWORK.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish 
a separate Veterans Affairs Service Network (in this Act referred to as 
a ``VISN'') for the Gulf Coast region of the United States, to comprise 
the following counties:
            (1) In the State of Florida, the counties of Franklin, 
        Liberty, Gulf, Calhoun, Jackson, Bay, Washington, Holmes, 
        Walton, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Escambia.
            (2) In the State of Alabama, the counties of Houston, 
        Henry, Dale, Geneva, Coffee, Covington, Conecuh, Escambia, 
        Monroe, Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, and Washington.
            (3) In the State of Mississippi, the counties of Jackson, 
        George, Harrison, Stone, Hancock, and Pearl River.
    (b) Deadline for Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish the 
VISN specified in subsection (a) not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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