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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2994
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to ensure that each wheelchair, furnished to a veteran because
of a service-connected disability, restores the maximum achievable mobil-
ity in the activities of daily life, employment, and recreation, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 23, 2019
Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself and Mr. GROTHMAN) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each wheelchair,
furnished to a veteran because of a service-connected
disability, restores the maximum achievable mobility in
the activities of daily life, employment, and recreation,
and for other purposes.
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. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Maximum
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Mobility to Our Nation’s Veterans Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. WHEELCHAIRS FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CON-
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NECTED DISABILITIES.
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(a) DEFINITION.—Section 1701 of title 38, United
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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing new paragraph:
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‘‘(11) The term ‘wheelchair’ includes enhanced power
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wheelchairs, multi-environmental wheelchairs, track wheel-
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chairs, stair-climbing wheelchairs, and other power-driven
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mobility devices.’’.
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(b) ENHANCED WHEELCHAIRS.—Section 1712(c) of
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title 38, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘Dental’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)
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Dental’’;
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(2) by striking ‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘title’’;
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and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new
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paragraph:
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‘‘(2) The Secretary shall ensure that each wheelchair,
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furnished under this title to a veteran because of a service-
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connected disability, restores the maximum achievable mo-
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bility and function in the activities of daily life, employ-
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ment, and recreation. The Secretary may furnish a wheel-
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chair to a veteran because the wheelchair restores an abil-
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ity that relates exclusively to participation in a rec-
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reational activity.’’.
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