119-hr4663

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4663 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4663

 To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to 
 veterans service organizations for facility and technology 
 improvements, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 23, 2025

 Mr. Garbarino (for himself, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Malliotakis, 
Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Lawler, Ms. 
Craig, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Neguse) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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 A BILL

 To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to 
 veterans service organizations for facility and technology 
 improvements, 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 ``Saving Vet Halls Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GRANTS FOR VETERANS SERVICE 
 ORGANIZATION FACILITY AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may make grants 
to eligible veterans service organizations for the purpose of facility 
and technology improvements.

    (b) Use of Funds.--A veterans service organization that receives a 
grant under this section shall use the grant for--

    (1) repairing or rehabilitating a facility of the veterans 
 service organization; or

    (2) acquiring or upgrading technology for such a facility.
            (c) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, a veterans service organization shall submit to the Secretary 
an application that contains--

    (1) a plan for the repair, rehabilitation, or technology 
 upgrading and acquisition activities the veterans service 
 organization proposes to carry out using the grant; and

    (2) such other information and assurances as the Secretary 
 may require.
            (d) Selection of Recipients.--In selecting recipients of grant 
under this section, the Secretary shall take into consideration--

    (1) the extent of the need of a veterans service 
 organization for a grant;

    (2) the quality of the plan the organization submitted 
 under subsection
            (c) (1) ;

    (3) the capacity or potential capacity of the organization 
 to successfully carry out the plan; and

    (4) such other factors as the Secretary determines 
 appropriate.

    (e) Limitations.--

    (1) Amount of grant.--The amount of a grant under this 
 section made to any veterans service organization for any 
 fiscal year may not exceed the greater of the following 
 amounts:
        (A) The amount of the total cost of carrying out 
 the plan of the organization submitted under subsection
            (c) (1) .
        (B) $75,000.

    (2) Frequency.--A veterans service organization that 
 receives a grant under this section for a fiscal year shall be 
 ineligible for any grant under this section for any of the 
 succeeding five fiscal years.

    (3) Use.--A grant under this section may not be used for 
 the construction or acquisition of a new facility.

    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs $10,000,000 to carry 
out this section. Amounts appropriated pursuant to such authorization 
of appropriation shall remain available until expended without fiscal 
year limitation.

    (g) Veterans Service Organization.--In this section, the term 
``veterans service organization''--

    (1) means an organization that is chartered under part B of 
 subtitle II of title 36, United States Code; and

    (2) includes any local or area chapter, post, or other unit 
 of such an organization.
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