[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3287 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3287

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans service 
 organizations with the same access to Department of Veterans Affairs 
  facilities during the Government shutdown as such organizations had 
       immediately prior to the shutdown, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 11, 2013

    Mr. McNerney (for himself, Mr. Jones, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. 
 Thompson of California, Mr. Holt, Ms. Brownley of California, and 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 provide veterans service 
 organizations with the same access to Department of Veterans Affairs 
  facilities during the Government shutdown as such organizations had 
       immediately prior to the shutdown, 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 ``Veterans Services Support Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS OF VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO ALLOCATED SPACE IN 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES DURING THE 
              GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during any period after 
September 30, 2013, for which interim or full-year appropriations for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014 have not been 
enacted, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that employees 
of the Department who are excepted from furlough during any such period 
provide--
            (1) veterans service organizations with the same access to 
        Department of Veterans Affairs facilities as such organizations 
        had on September 30, 2013;
            (2) veterans with the same access to veterans service 
        organizations using such facilities as was provided on 
        September 30, 2013; and
            (3) such services as may be necessary to ensure the safety 
        and security of such veterans and veterans service 
        organizations in the same manner as was provided on September 
        30, 2013.
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