119-hr3726

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3726 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3726

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to make temporary lodging facilities of the Department 
 of Veterans Affairs available for certain TRICARE beneficiaries on a 
 space-available basis, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 4, 2025

 Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself and Mrs. Dingell) 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 direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to make temporary lodging facilities of the Department 
 of Veterans Affairs available for certain TRICARE beneficiaries on a 
 space-available basis, 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 ``Fisher House Availability Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TEMPORARY 
 LODGING TO CERTAIN TRICARE BENEFICIARIES.

 

Section 1708 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``in connection with'' 
 and all that follows through the period at the end and 
 inserting ``in accordance with this section'';

    (2) in subsection

    (b) , by adding at the end the following 
 new paragraphs:
 ``

    (3) On a space-available basis, a covered beneficiary who 
 must travel a significant distance to receive care or services 
 at a non-Department facility.
 ``

    (4) On a space-available basis, a member of the family of 
 a covered beneficiary and others who accompany such a covered 
 beneficiary and provide the equivalent of familial support for 
 such beneficiary.'';

    (3) by striking subsection
            (c) and redesignating 
 subsections
            (d) and

    (e) as subsections
            (c) and
            (d) , 
 respectively;

    (4) in subsection
            (d) , as so redesignated--
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``subsection
            (d) '' and inserting ``subsection
            (c) '';
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``under 
 subsection

    (b)

    (2) '' and inserting ``or a covered 
 beneficiary under subsection

    (b) '';
            (C) in paragraph

    (4) , by striking ``and'' after the 
 semicolon;
            (D) by redesignating paragraph

    (5) as paragraph

    (6) ; and
        (E) by inserting after paragraph

    (4) the following 
 new paragraph

    (5) :
 ``

    (5) establishing criteria for providing access to 
 temporary lodging facilities on a space-available basis under 
 subsection

    (b)

    (3) and

    (4) ; and''; and

    (5) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
 ``

    (e) In this section:
 ``

    (1) The term `covered beneficiary' has the meaning given 
 such term in 

section 1072

    (5) of title 10.
 ``

    (2) The term `Fisher house' means a housing facility 
 that--
 ``
        (A) is located at, or in proximity to, a 
 Department medical facility;
 ``
        (B) is available for residential use on a 
 temporary basis by patients of that facility and others 
 described in subsection

    (b) ; and
 ``
            (C) is constructed by, and donated to the 
 Secretary by, the Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Armed 
 Services Foundation or the Fisher House Foundation, 
 Inc.''.
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