[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2335 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2335

   To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the high 
    technology pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2021

Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself and Mr. Kahele) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the high 
    technology pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``VET TEC Enhancement Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY PILOT 
              PROGRAM.

    Subsection (g) of section 116 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans 
Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-48; 38 U.S.C. 3001 
note), as amended by section 4302 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. 
Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 
(Public Law 116-315), is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds shall be made 
available for carrying out the pilot program under this section from 
funds appropriated to, or otherwise made available to, the Department 
for the payment of readjustment benefits, in the following amounts for 
a fiscal year in which the Secretary carries out the pilot program:
            ``(1) For each fiscal year preceding fiscal year 2022, 
        $45,000,000.
            ``(2) For fiscal year 2022 and each subsequent fiscal year, 
        $125,000,000.''.
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