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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1125
To amend the VA MISSION Act of 2018 to expand the veterans healing
veterans medical access and scholarship program to include more stu-
dents and schools.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend the VA MISSION Act of 2018 to expand the
veterans healing veterans medical access and scholarship
program to include more students and schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. VETERANS HEALING VETERANS MEDICAL AC-
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CESS AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
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Section 304 of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 (Public
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Law 115–182; 38 U.S.C. 7601 note) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘18 eligible
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veterans’’ and inserting ‘‘28 eligible veterans’’; and
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(2) in subsection (g)—
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(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
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‘‘COVERED MEDICAL SCHOOLS’’ and inserting
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‘‘DEFINITIONS’’;
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(B) in paragraph (1), by redesignating
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subparagraphs (A) through (E) as clauses (i)
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through (v), respectively (and by moving such
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clauses two ems to the right);
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(C)
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redesignating
paragraphs
(1)
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through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E),
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respectively (and by moving such subpara-
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graphs two ems to the right);
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(D) by striking ‘‘section, the term’’ and in-
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serting the following: ‘‘section:
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‘‘(1) COVERED MEDICAL SCHOOL.—The term’’;
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and
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(E) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(F) University of Puerto Rico School of
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Medicine.
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‘‘(G) Universidad Central del Caribe
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School of Medicine.
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‘‘(H) San Juan Bautista School of Medi-
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cine.
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‘‘(I) Ponce Health Sciences University.
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‘‘(J) University of Texas Health Sciences
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Center at San Antonio.
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‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean-
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ing given that term in section 101 of title 38, United
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States Code.’’.
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