[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5653 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5653

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide dental care to veterans awarded the Purple 
                     Heart, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2012

 Ms. Baldwin 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 direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide dental care to veterans awarded the Purple 
                     Heart, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Make Our Veterans Smile Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF DENTAL CARE BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO 
              VETERANS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.

    (a) Provision of Care.--Section 1712(a)(1) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (G); by striking ``or'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (I); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following new 
        subparagraph (H):
            ``(H) from which a veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart 
        is suffering; or''.
    (b) Authority To Provide Care by Entering Into Contracts.--Section 
1703(a)(7) of such title is amended by striking ``section 
1712(a)(1)(F)'' and inserting ``section 1712(a)(1)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply with respect to outpatient dental services and treatment, 
and related dental appliances, furnished on or after January 1, 2013.
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