Veterans Independent Living Enhancement Act

Veterans Independent Living Enhancement Act

This bill repeals provisions that: (1) prohibit the initiation of Department of Veterans Affairs programs providing independent living services and assistance for more than 2,700 veterans in each fiscal year, and (2) require giving first priority under such programs to veterans for whom the reasonable feasibility of achieving a vocational goal is precluded solely as a result of disability.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2708 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2708

To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the limitation on the 
number of veterans authorized to be enrolled in programs of independent 
    living services and assistance administered by the Secretary of 
                           Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2017

  Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico (for herself, Mr. Ben Ray 
Lujan of New Mexico, and Mr. Cartwright) 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 repeal the limitation on the 
number of veterans authorized to be enrolled in programs of independent 
    living services and assistance administered by the Secretary of 
                           Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``Veterans Independent Living 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF VETERANS ENROLLED IN PROGRAMS 
              OF INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE 
              ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 3120 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (e); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a) of such section is 
amended by striking ``subsection (f)'' and inserting ``subsection 
(e)''.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a plan to educate employees of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs whose responsibilities relate to vocational 
rehabilitation counseling or employment counseling about the benefits 
and appropriate use of the independent living services provided under 
section 3120 of title 38, United States Code.
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