[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2716 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2716

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to make certain grants to assist nursing homes for 
                   veterans located on tribal lands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2017

  Mr. O'Halleran (for himself and Mr. Jones) 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 make certain grants to assist nursing homes for 
                   veterans located on tribal lands.

    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 ``Nursing Home Care for Native 
American Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR STATE HOMES LOCATED ON TRIBAL LANDS.

    (a) State Home Defined.--Section 101(19) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``or federally recognized Indian tribe'' 
after ``(other than a possession)''.
    (b) Payments to State Homes.--Section 1741 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(g) In this subchapter, the term `State' means each of the 
several States and each federally recognized Indian tribe.''.
    (c) State Home Construction.--
            (1) In general.--Section 8131(2) of title 38, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting ``includes each federally 
        recognized Indian tribe but'' before ``does not''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 8132 of such title is 
        amended by striking ``several''.
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