[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7297 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7297

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to make certain contributions to local authorities to 
  mitigate the risk of flooding on local property adjacent to medical 
    facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2022

   Ms. Mace (for herself and Mr. Carter of Louisiana) 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 contributions to local authorities to 
  mitigate the risk of flooding on local property adjacent to medical 
    facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``VA Flood Preparedness Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF 
              FLOODING ON LOCAL PROPERTY ADJACENT TO MEDICAL FACILITIES 
              OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 8108 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ``, or to mitigate the risk of flooding, including 
the risk of flooding associated with rising sea levels'' before the 
period at the end.
    (b) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report that includes an assessment of--
            (1) the extent to which each medical facility (as such term 
        is defined in section 8101(3) of title 38, United States Code) 
        is at risk of flooding, including the risk of flooding 
        associated with rising sea levels; and
            (2) whether additional resources are necessary to address 
        the risk of flooding at each such facility.
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