,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #decb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bf1      
#bjai,mr4 ,o',halleran 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,cole1 and ,mr4 ,gallego7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to authorize the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs to make certain grants to     
assist nursing homes for veterans       
located on tribal lands4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,nursing ,home ,care for ,native        
,american ,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,grants  
for ,state homes located on tribal lands
  7a7 ,state home defined ,section      
#aja7ai7 of title #ch1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended by inserting or       
,indian tribe 7as defined in section #d 
of the ,indian ,self-,determination and 
,education ,assistance ,act 7#be        
,u4,s4,c4 #ecjd77 after 7other than a   
possession74  7b7 ,payments to ,state   

homes ,section #agda of title #ch1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7h7 ,in this subchapter1   
the term ,state means each of the       
several ,states and each ,indian tribe  
7as defined in section #d of the ,indian
 ,self-,determination and ,education    
,assistance ,act 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #ecjd774
  4  7c7 ,state home construction  7#a7 
,in general ,section #haca7b7 of title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by inserting includes each ,indian tribe
 7as defined in section #d of the       
,indian ,self-,determination and        
,education ,assistance ,act 7#be        
,u4,s4,c4 #ecjd77 but before does not4  
7#b7 ,conforming amendment ,section     
#hacb of such title is amended by       
striking several4  7d7 ,additional      
legislative or administrative action    
7#a7 ,consultation with ,indian tribes  
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  

consult with ,indian tribes to determine
 if any legislative or administrative   
action is necessary to modify the ,state
 home program to function efficiently in
 support of ,state homes operated by    
,indian tribes pursuant to the          
amendments made by this section4  7#b7  
,report to ,congress ,not later than #ij
 days after completing consultations    
under paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary    
shall submit to the appropriate         
committees of ,congress a report        
recommending legislative action that the
 ,secretary considers appropriate to    
modify the ,state home program described
 in such paragraph in light of those    
consultations4  7#c7 ,modifications ,not
 later than #ahj days after completing  
consultations under paragraph 7#a71 the 
,secretary shall make any modifications 
to regulations implementing the ,state  
home program1 for which legislative     
action is not necessary1 as the         
,secretary considers appropriate in     
light of those consultations4  7e7      

,technical support and assistance ,the  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
provide technical support and assistance
 to ,indian tribes in carrying out the  
,state home program at ,state homes     
operated by ,indian tribes pursuant to  
the amendments made by this section4    
7f7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
,the term appropriate committees of     
,congress means--  7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,veterans' ,affairs and the          
,committee on ,indian ,affairs of the   
,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee on    
,veterans' ,affairs and the             
,subcommittee for ,indigenous ,peoples  
of the ,united ,states of the ,committee
 on ,natural ,resources of the ,house of
 ,representatives4  7#b7 ,indian tribe  
,the term ,indian tribe has the meaning 
given that term in section #d of the    
,indian ,self-,determination and        
,education ,assistance ,act 7#be        
,u4,s4,c4 #ecjd74  7#c7 ,state home ,the
 term ,state home has the meaning given 

that term in section #aja7ai7 of title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#d7 ,state
 home program ,the term ,state home     
program means the program of the        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs for   
which payments are made under subchapter
 ,v of chapter #ag of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 and assistance is       
provided under subchapter ,,iii of      
chapter #ha of such title4