,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #baai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ac1 
#bjag,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,reed1  
,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 and ,mrs4     
,murray7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to prohibit smoking in   
any facility of the ,veterans ,health   
,administration1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,prohibition on smoking in        
facilities of the ,veterans ,health     
,administration  7a7 ,prohibition       
,section #agae of title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended to read as    
follows3  #agae4 ,prohibition on smoking
 in facilities of the ,veterans ,health 
,administration  7a7 ,prohibition  7#a7 
7,a7 ,except as provided in subparagraph
 7,b71 no person may smoke indoors in   
any facility of the ,veterans ,health   
,administration4  7,b7 ,in the case of a

 facility of the ,veterans ,health      
,administration that is a community     
living center1 no person may smoke      
indoors in such facility on or after    
,december #ca1 #bjah4  7#b7 ,no person  
may smoke outdoors in any facility of   
the ,veterans ,health ,administration on
 or after ,october #a1 #bjba4  7b7      
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term community living center means a   
facility of the ,department that        
provides nursing home care4  7#b7 ,the  
term facility of the ,veterans ,health  
,administration means any land or       
building 7including any medical center1 
nursing home1 domiciliary facility1     
outpatient clinic1 or center that       
provides readjustment counseling7 that  
is--  7,a7 under the jurisdiction of the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs2     
7,b7 under the control of the ,veterans 
,health ,administration2 and  7,c7 not  
under the control of the ,general       
,services ,administration4  7#c7 ,the   
term smoke includes the smoking of      

cigarettes 7including e-cigarettes or   
electronic cigarettes71 cigars1 pipes1  
and any other combustion of tobacco4  4 
7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
sections at the beginning of chapter #ag
 of such title is amended by striking   
the item relating to section #agae and  
inserting the following new item3       
#agae4 ,prohibition on smoking in       
facilities of the ,veterans ,health     
,administration4  4  7c7 ,conforming    
amendment ,section #ebf of the ,veterans
 ,health ,care ,act of #aiib 7,public   
,law #ajb-ehe2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #agae note7
 is hereby repealed4  7d7 ,effective    
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall take effect on the date   
that is #ij days after the date of the  
enactment of this ,act4