[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1635 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1635

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend authority for 
  operation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in 
                Manila, the Republic of the Philippines.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2017

  Ms. Hirono introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend authority for 
  operation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in 
                Manila, the Republic of the Philippines.

    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 ``Keeping Our Commitment to Overseas 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS REGIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA, THE REPUBLIC 
              OF THE PHILIPPINES.

    Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``September 30, 2017'' and inserting ``September 30, 2018''.
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