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CHIP IN for Veterans Act of 2025
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H. R. 217 (Introduced-in-House)


119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 217


To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the pilot program authorized by the Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 7, 2025

Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the pilot program authorized by the Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016, 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 “Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act” or the “CHIP IN for Veterans Act”.

SEC. 2. Making permanent a pilot program on acceptance by the Department of Veterans Affairs of donated facilities and related improvements.

(a) Permanence.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–294, 38 U.S.C. 8103 note) is amended—

(A) by striking subsection (i); and

(B) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (i).

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further amended—

(A) in the section heading, by striking “Pilot program on acceptance by the Department of Veterans Affairs of” and inserting “Program to accept”;

(B) by striking “pilot” each place it appears;

(C) in subsection (a)—

(i) in the heading, by striking “Pilot”; and

(ii) by striking paragraph (3); and

(D) in subsection (h), by striking “until the termination date set forth in subsection (i)”.

(b) Transfer.—Section 2 of such Act, as amended by subsection (a), is transferred to subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, inserted after section 8104, and redesignated as section 8104A.

(c) Conforming amendments.—

(1) TYPEFACE AND STYLE.—Section 8104A of such title, as added by this section, is amended—

(A) in subsection (a)(1)—

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “of title 38, United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs” and inserting “of this title, the Secretary”; and

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking “of Veterans Affairs”;

(B) in subsection (c)(1)(B)(i), by striking “of Veterans Affairs”;

(C) in the enumerator, by striking “Sec.” and inserting “§”; and

(D) in the section heading—

(i) by striking the period at the end; and

(ii) by conforming the typeface and typestyle, including capitalization, to the typeface and typestyle used in the section heading of section 8104 of such title.

(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting, after the item relating to section 8104, the following new section:


“8104A. Program to accept donated facilities and related improvements”.

(d) Effective date.—The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on December 16, 2026.