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- Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-Texas-38]
- Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-New York-1]
- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-Wisconsin-8]
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-Missouri-3]
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-North Carolina-10]
- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-Ohio-10]
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-Georgia-10]
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-Alabama-1]
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-California-23]
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-Minnesota-1]
- Rep. Flood, Mike [R-Nebraska-1]
- Rep. Fry, Russell [R-South Carolina-7]
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This bill would move $2 billion from unused foreign aid money at the U.S. Agency for International Development to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The money would be used to help states build, buy, improve, or expand state homes for veterans, including nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. In simple terms, the bill is meant to shift funding away from USAID and use it instead to support housing and care for veterans in state-run facilities.
- $2 billion would be taken from unobligated, unused USAID funds and permanently canceled there.
- The same $2 billion would be given to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- The VA would use the money for grants to states to construct or acquire veteran nursing homes and domiciliary facilities, or to renovate existing ones.
- The funds would stay available until they are fully spent.
Official Summaries
Veterans First Act of 2025
This bill rescinds $2 billion of the unobligated funds that were provided to the U.S. Agency for International Development. It also provides $2 billion in appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for grants to assist states to acquire or construct state nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in state homes for furnishing care to veterans,
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2083 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2083
To rescind an amount appropriated to the United States Agency for
International Development and appropriate such amount to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for the construction of State homes for veterans.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 11, 2025
Mr. Taylor (for himself, Mr. Hunt, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Wied, Mr. Onder, and
Mr. Harrigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
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A BILL
To rescind an amount appropriated to the United States Agency for
International Development and appropriate such amount to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for the construction of State homes for veterans.
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 First Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE HOMES FOR
VETERANS.
(a) Rescission.--From the unobligated balance of amounts made
available to the United States Agency for International Development,
$2,000,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded.
(b) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the Department of
Veterans Affairs $2,000,000,000 for grants to assist States to acquire
or construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to
remodel, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans
as authorized by sections 8131 through 8138 of title 38, United States
Code, to remain available until expended.
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