117 S3886 IS: Waiving Arbitrary and Inconsistent Veteran Home Eligibility and Requirements Act U.S. Senate 2024-03-06 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II118th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 3886IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMarch 6, 2024Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' AffairsA BILLTo require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive certain domestic content procurement preferences with respect to certain State home projects, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Waiving Arbitrary and Inconsistent Veteran Home Eligibility and Requirements Act or the WAIVER Act.

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Waiver of domestic procurement preference with respect to certain State veterans home projects

(a)

In general

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall waive under subsection (b) of section 70914 of the Build America, Buy America Act (subtitle A of title IX of division G of Public Law 117–58) the domestic content procurement preference under such section with respect to a project for the construction of State home facilities with respect to which the application under section 8135 of title 38, United States Code, for such project was submitted on or before April 15, 2022, and included in the VA State Home Construction Grants Priority List FY 2023, dated June 1, 2023. (b)

State home defined

In this section, the term State home has the meaning given that term in section 101(19) of title 38, United States Code.