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Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act or the CHIP IN for Veterans Act This bill makes permanent, starting December 16, 2026, the pilot program under which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may accept donations of property or facilities from certain nonfederal entities (e.g., state authorities or private entities). The bill also removes the limit on the number of donations that the VA may accept under the program.
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2025-05-20
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-05-19
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-05-19
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2121-2122)
2025-05-19
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2121-2122)
2025-05-19
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 217.
2025-05-19
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2121-2123)
2025-05-19
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2025-05-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 70.
2025-05-17
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-97.
2025-05-17
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-97.
Full Bill Text
119 HR 217 EH: Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IB 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 217 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the pilot program authorized by the Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2025 or the CHIP IN for Veterans Act of 2025 . 2. Expanding and extending a pilot program on acceptance by the Department of Veterans Affairs of donated facilities and related improvements (a) Expansion (1) In general Section 2 of the Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–294 ; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note) is amended, in subsection (a)(1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking property ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) A minor construction, or nonrecurring maintenance, project of the Department. . (2) Conforming amendments Such section is further amended— (A) in subsection (b)— (i) in the heading, by striking of property ; (ii) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking the donation of a property and inserting a donation ; (iii) in paragraph (1), by inserting or project after property each place it appears; and (iv) in paragraph (2), by inserting project, after improvements, ; (B) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking real property and improvements donated under the pilot program and inserting a donation ; (II) in subparagraph (A), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; (III) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (IV) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) the performance of a minor construction, or nonrecurring maintenance, project of the Department. ; (ii) in paragraph (2)— (I) in subparagraph (A), by striking construction of the facility and inserting donation ; (II) in subparagraph (B), by inserting maintaining, after altering, ; and (III) in subparagraph (C), by striking construction of the facility and inserting donation ; (C) in subsection (e)(1)— (i) by inserting alter, maintain, after design, both places it appears; (ii) in subparagraph (A)— (I) by striking real property and improvements donated and inserting a donation ; and (II) by striking of the real property and improvements ; and (iii) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), by striking construction and donation of the real property and improvements and inserting donation ; and (D) in subsection (g)(1), by striking real property and improvements donated and inserting donations . (b) Extension Such section is further amended, in subsection (i), by striking December 16, 2026 and inserting December 16, 2031 . Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
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