Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2018

Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2018

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to permit a Member of Congress to use a VA facility to meet with constituents during normal business hours.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5413 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5413

   To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit Members of 
 Congress to use facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
   the purposes of meeting with constituents, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2018

  Mr. Mast (for himself and Mr. Higgins of Louisiana) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit Members of 
 Congress to use facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
   the purposes of meeting with constituents, 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 ``Improving Veterans Access to 
Congressional Services Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. USE OF FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BY 
              MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Upon request of a Member of Congress and subject 
to regulations prescribed under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall permit the Member to use a facility of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for the purposes of meeting with 
constituents of the Member.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
prescribe regulations regarding the use of facilities of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs by Members of Congress. Regulations prescribed 
under this subsection--
            (1) shall require that a space within a facility of the 
        Department provided to a Member under subsection (a) is--
                    (A) available during normal business hours; and
                    (B) located in an area that is visible and 
                accessible to constituents of the Member; and
            (2) may not prohibit a Member from advertising the use by 
        the Member of a space within a facility of the Department under 
        subsection (a).
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