119-hr4188

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4188 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4188

 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

 June 26, 2025

 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 of such title) 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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