To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain grants to assist nursing homes for veterans located on tribal lands.

Defines "state homes" to include homes established by federally recognized Indian tribes for veterans who, by reason of disability, are incapable of earning a living.

Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay those tribes for the hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, and medical care they provide to veterans in those homes.

Makes those tribes eligible for grants from the Secretary for the construction of state homes.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2941 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2941

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to make certain grants to assist nursing homes for 
                   veterans located on tribal lands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2013

   Mrs. Kirkpatrick (for herself, Mr. Cole, Mr. Cook, Ms. Titus, Mr. 
  O'Rourke, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Barber, and Mr. Grijalva) 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 grants to assist nursing homes for 
                   veterans located on tribal lands.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR STATE HOMES LOCATED ON TRIBAL LANDS.

    (a) State Home Defined.--Section 101(19) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``or federally recognized Indian tribe'' 
after ``(other than a possession)''.
    (b) Payments to State Homes.--Section 1741 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(g) In this subchapter, the term `State' means each of the 
several States and each federally recognized Indian tribe.''.
    (c) State Home Construction.--
            (1) In general.--Section 8131(2) of title 38, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting ``includes each federally 
        recognized Indian tribe but'' before ``does not''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 8132 of such title is 
        amended by striking ``several''.
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