,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #badb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bc1 #bjac ,mr4 
,bishop of ,new ,york 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,king of ,new ,york1 and ,mr4 ,runyan7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend the ,housing and ,community       
,development ,act of #aigd to set-aside 
community development block grant       
amounts in each fiscal year for grants  
to local chapters of veterans service   
organizations for rehabilitation of     
their facilities4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,renovate
 and ,enhance ,veterans' ,meeting ,halls
 and ,posts ,act of #bjac or the        
,,revamp ,act of #bjac4  #b4            
,competitive grants to veterans service 
organizations for facility              
rehabilitation  7a7 ,grants ,section    
#ajg of the ,housing and ,community     
,development ,act of #aigd 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #ecjg7 is amended by adding at

 the end the following new subsection3  
7g7 ,competitive grants to veterans     
service organizations for facility      
rehabilitation  7#a7 ,authority ,using  
the amounts made available under section
 #ajf7;a77#d7 in each fiscal year for   
grants under this subsection1 the       
,secretary shall make grants1 on a      
competitive basis1 to eligible veterans 
service organizations for use for       
repairs and rehabilitation of existing  
facilities of such organizations4  7#b7 
,eligible veterans service organizations
 ,for purposes of this subsection1 the  
term eligible veterans service          
organization means--  7,a7 an entity    
that is exempt from taxation pursuant to
 section #eja7;c77#ai7 of the ,internal 
,revenue ,code of #aihf 7#bf ,u4,s4,c4  
#eja7;c77#ai77 and is organized on a    
local or area basis2 and  7,b7 a local  
or area chapter1 post1 or other unit of 
a national1 regional1 ,statewide1 or    
other larger entity of which local or   
area chapters1 posts1 or units are      

members1 that is exempt from taxation   
pursuant to section #eja7;c77#ai7 of the
 ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf 7#bf 
,u4,s4,c4 #eja7;c77#ai774  ,such term   
does not include any such national1     
regional1 ,statewide1 or other larger   
entity4  7#c7 ,limitations  7,a7 ,amount
 ,no eligible veterans service          
organization may receive grant amounts  
under this subsection1 from the amounts 
made available for any single fiscal    
year1 in an amount exceeding the lesser 
of--  7i7 the cost of the proposed      
repair or rehabilitation2 or  7ii7      
#bjj1jjj4  7,b7 ,timing ,any eligible   
veterans service organization that      
receives grant amounts under this       
subsection from amounts made available  
for a fiscal year shall be ineligible   
for any grant from any amounts made     
available for such grants for any of the
 succeeding #e fiscal years4  7#d7      
,applications ,applications for         
assistance under this subsection may be 
submitted only by eligible veterans     

service organizations1 and shall be in  
such form and in accordance with such   
procedures as the ,secretary shall      
establish4 ,such applications shall     
include a plan for the proposed repair  
or rehabilitation activities to be      
conducted using grant amounts under this
 subsection4  7#e7 ,selection2 criteria 
,the ,secretary shall select            
applications to receive grants under    
this subsection pursuant to a           
competition and based on criteria for   
such selection1 which shall include--   
7,a7 the extent of need for such        
assistance2  7,b7 the quality of the    
plan proposed for repair or             
rehabilitation of the facility involved2
  7,c7 the capacity or potential        
capacity of the applicant to            
successfully carry out the plan2 and    
7,d7 such other factors as the          
,secretary determines to be appropriate4
  7#f7 ,prohibition of construction or  
acquisition ,no amounts from a grant    
under this subsection may be used for   

the construction or acquisition of a new
 facility4  4  7b7 ,funding ,subsection 
7a7 of section #ajf of the ,housing and 
,community ,development ,act of #aigd   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ecjf7;a77 is amended--  
7#a7 in paragraph 7#d71 by striking and 
7#c7 and inserting 7#c71 and 7#d72  7#b7
 by redesignating paragraph 7#d7 as     
paragraph 7#e72 and  7#c7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#c7 the following new  
paragraph3  7#d7 ,for each fiscal year1 
after reserving amounts under paragraphs
 7#a7 and 7#b7 and allocating amounts   
under paragraph 7#c71 the ,secretary    
shall allocate #ej1jjj1jjj 7subject to  
sufficient amounts remaining after such 
reservations and allocation7 for grants 
under section #ajg7;g74  4  7c7         
,regulations ,the ,secretary of ,housing
 and ,urban ,development shall issue any
 regulations necessary to carry out     
sections #ajf7;a77#d7 and #ajg7;g7 of   
the ,housing and ,community ,development
 ,act of #aigd1 as added by the         
amendments made by this section1 not    

later than the expiration of the        
#ij-;day period beginning on the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4