Take Care of America's Veterans Act

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Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1423, I call up the bill (H.R. 9237) to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, and other Federal laws, to improve benefits for veterans and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1423, the amendment printed in part B of House Report 119-749 is adopted, and the bill, as amended, is considered read. The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows:

H.R. 9237

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Take Care of America's Veterans Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I--COMPENSATION

Sec. 101. Major Richard Star Act. Sec. 102. Love Lives On Act. Sec. 103. Extension of increased dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Sec. 104. Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026. Sec. 105. Claims: prohibition on denial solely for certain reason; improved efficiency of adjudications and appeals. Sec. 106. Annual report on causes of death among veterans. Sec. 107. Plan for use of automation tools to process claims under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 108. Reforms relating to Department of Veterans Affairs disability ratings. Sec. 109. Improvements to temporary licensure requirements for contract health care professionals who perform medical disability examinations for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 110. Disability examinations: study on access in rural areas; review of training; review of inadequate or unnecessary examinations. Sec. 111. Improvements to processing and outreach regarding claims involving military sexual trauma. Sec. 112. Independent assessment of notices that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs sends to claimants. Sec. 113. Independent assessment of forms that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs sends to claimants.

TITLE II--EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Sec. 201. Vets Opportunity Act. Sec. 202. Improvements to process for making payments to automobile sellers for automobiles purchased for certain disabled veterans. Sec. 203. Monthly housing stipend under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for individuals who pursue summer programs of education solely through distance learning. Sec. 204. Clarification regarding inclusion of medically necessary automobile adaptations in Department of Veterans Affairs definition of ``medical services''. Sec. 205. Digital communications: Solid Start program; educational assistance. Sec. 206. Improvements to Transition Assistance Program and Skillbridge. Sec. 207. Transition Assistance Program: presentation in preseparation counseling to promote benefits available to veterans. Sec. 208. Elimination of requirement that on-campus educational and vocational counseling is provided by certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees. Sec. 209. Expansion of entitlement for payment for licensing or certification tests for veterans entitled to educational assistance. Sec. 210. Increase of amount of educational assistance paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for first year of a full- time program of apprenticeship or other on-job training. Sec. 211. Improving emerging technology opportunities for veterans.

TITLE III--HEALTH CARE

Sec. 301. Extension and modification of transportation grant program of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 302. Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act. Sec. 303. Veterans TBI Breakthrough Exploration of Adaptive Care Opportunities Nationwide Act. Sec. 304. Department of Veterans Affairs assignment of traveling physicians to serve territories and possessions. Sec. 305. 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. Sec. 306. Modifications to and reauthorization of Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 307. Reports on the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Sec. 308. Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program to provide grants to mental health care providers for the provision of mental health care for veterans.

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