[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1977 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1977

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to transport an individual employed at a medical 
   facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs between a parking 
                   facility and the medical facility.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2017

 Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself and Mr. Rutherford) 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 authorize the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to transport an individual employed at a medical 
   facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs between a parking 
                   facility and the medical facility.

    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 Priority Access to Reliable 
Care Act of 2017'' or the ``Veterans PARC Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED AT A MEDICAL FACILITY 
              OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BETWEEN A PARKING 
              FACILITY AND THE MEDICAL FACILITY.

    Section 8109(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'';
            (2) in paragraph (3) by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, may use a 
        passenger carrier (as that term is defined in section 1344 of 
        title 31) to transport such an employee between a parking 
        facility and the medical facility of the Department at which 
        the employee works.''.
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