[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 683 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 683

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the requirement to 
 provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected 
                             disabilities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 21, 2017

  Ms. Hirono (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. King) 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 the requirement to 
 provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected 
                             disabilities.

    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 Disabled 
Veterans Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE NURSING HOME CARE TO 
              CERTAIN VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.

    Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2017'' and inserting ``December 31, 2018''.
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