Veterans SPORT Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3138 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3138

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to include adaptive prostheses 
 and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities in 
the medical services furnished to eligible veterans by the Secretary of 
                           Veterans Affairs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 6, 2025

  Mr. Banks (for himself and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to include adaptive prostheses 
 and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities in 
the medical services furnished to eligible veterans 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 Supporting Prosthetics 
Opportunities and Recreational Therapy Act'' or the ``Veterans SPORT 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ADAPTIVE PROSTHESES AND TERMINAL DEVICES FOR 
              SPORTS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN MEDICAL 
              SERVICES FURNISHED TO ELIGIBLE VETERANS BY THE SECRETARY 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 1701 of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in 
paragraph (6)(F)(i), by inserting ``(including adaptive prostheses and 
terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities)'' after 
``artificial limbs''.
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