#aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #dijh  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to prohibit 
the collection of a health care         
copayment by the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs from a veteran who is a member
 of an ,indian tribe4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,native  
,american ,veteran ,parity in ,access to
 ,care ,today ,act or ,native ,american 
,,pact ,act 4  #b4 ,prohibition on      
collection of a health care copayment by
 the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
from a veteran who is a member of an    
,indian tribe  7a7 ,in general ,section 
#agcj;,a of title #ch1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in the        
heading1 by striking catastrophically   
disabled and inserting certain2  7#b7 by
 inserting 7a7 ,prohibition4-- before   
,notwithstanding2  7#c7 by striking a   
veteran who is catastrophically         
disabled1 as defined by the ,secretary1 
and inserting a covered veteran2 and    
7#d7 by adding at the end the following 

new subsection3  7b7 ,covered veteran   
defined ,in this section1 the term      
covered veteran means a veteran who--   
7#a7 is catastrophically disabled1 as   
defined by the ,secretary2 or  7#b7 is  
an ,indian or urban ,indian1 as those   
terms are defined in section #d of the  
,indian ,health ,care ,improvement ,act 
7,public ,law #id-dcg2 #be ,u4,s4,c4    
#afjc74  4  7b7 ,technical amendment    
,the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter #ag of such title is amended 
by striking the item relating to section
 #agcj;,a and inserting the following3  
#agcj;,a4 ,prohibition on collection of 
copayments from certain veterans4  4    
7c7 ,delayed effective date ,the        
amendments made by this section shall   
take effect on the day that is one year 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  ,passed the ,house of            
,representatives ,september #bb1        
#bjbj4;,clerk4