,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #diji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ah1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,tester 7for himself and ,mr4 
,moran7 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 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 the ,native       
,american ,veteran ,,pact ,act4  #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 ,indian
 7as those terms are defined in section 
#d of the ,indian ,health ,care         
,improvement ,act 7#be ,u4,s4,c4        
#afjc774  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
 #agcj;,a and inserting the following   
new item3  #agcj;,a4 ,prohibition on    
collection of copayments from certain   
veterans4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the  
amendments made by this section shall   
take effect on the date that is one year

 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act4