,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #edf #aaith  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #cgbf
 ,report ,no4 #aai-fcj ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,june   
#d1 #bjbe,mrs4 ,miller-,meeks 7for      
herself and ,mrs4 ,dingell7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,april #cj1 #bjbf;,additional         
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,vindman and ,mr4 ,neguse
  ,april #cj1 #bjbf,reported with       
amendments1 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be           
printed,strike out all after the        
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic,for text of introduced
 bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on
 ,june #d1 #bjbe  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
direct the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs to make temporary lodging      
facilities of the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs available for certain
 ,,tricare beneficiaries on a           

space-available basis1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fisher ,house      
,availability ,act of #bjbf4  #b4       
,availability of ,department of         
,veterans ,affairs temporary lodging to 
certain individuals ,section #agjh of   
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by    
striking in connection with and all that
 follows through the period at the end  
and inserting in accordance with this   
section42  7#b7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7
 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7i7 by inserting   
described in paragraph 7#a7 after family
 of a veteran2 and  7ii7 by inserting   
such after accompany2 and  7,b7 by      
adding at the end the following new     
paragraphs3  7#c7 ,on a space-available 
basis1 a covered beneficiary who must   
travel a significant distance to receive
 care or services at a ,department or   
non-,department facility4  7#d7 ,on a   
space-available basis1 a member of the  
family of a covered beneficiary         

described in paragraph 7#c7 and others  
who accompany such a covered beneficiary
 who is receiving care or services and  
provide the equivalent of familial      
support for such beneficiary when the   
covered beneficiary or the family member
 is traveling to receive care or        
services at a ,department or            
non-,department facility4  7#e7 ,on a   
space-available basis1 a veteran and a  
member of the family of a veteran and   
others who must travel a significant    
distance for a member of the veteran's  
family to receive care or services at a 
,department or non-,department facility4
  7#f7 ,on a space available basis1 a   
covered beneficiary and a member of the 
family of a covered beneficiary and     
others who must travel a significant    
distance for a member of the covered    
beneficiary's family to receive care or 
services at a ,department or            
non-,department facility4  2  7#c7 by   
striking subsection 7c7 and             
redesignating subsections 7d7 and 7e7 as

 subsections 7c7 and 7d71 respectively2 
7#d7 in subsection 7d71 as so           
redesignated-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#b71  
by striking subsection 7d7 and inserting
 subsection 7c72  7,b7 in paragraph     
7#c71 by striking under subsection      
7b77#b7 and inserting or a covered      
beneficiary under subsection 7b72  7,c7 
in paragraph 7#d71 by striking and after
 the semicolon2  7,d7 by redesignating  
paragraph 7#e7 as paragraph 7#f72 and   
7,e7 by inserting after paragraph 7#d7  
the following new paragraph 7#e73  7#e7 
establishing criteria for providing     
access to temporary lodging facilities  
on a space-available basis under        
paragraphs 7#c7 through 7#f7 of         
subsection 7b72 and  2 and  7#e7 by     
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7e7 ,in this section3 7#a7 
,the term covered beneficiary means a   
member of the uniformed services        
performing active duty4  7#b7 ,the term 
,fisher house means a housing facility  
that-- 7,a7 is located at1 or in        

proximity to1 a ,department medical     
facility2  7,b7 is available for        
residential use on a temporary basis by 
patients of that facility and others    
described in subsection 7b72 and  7,c7  
is constructed by1 and donated to the   
,secretary by1 the ,zachary and         
,elizabeth ,m4 ,fisher ,armed ,services 
,foundation or the ,fisher ,house       
,foundation1 ,inc4  4  #c4 ,extension of
 certain limits on payments of pension  
,section #eejc7;d77#g7 of title #ch1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking ,january #ca1 #bjcc and        
inserting ,july #ca1 #bjcc4 ,amend the  
title so as to read3 ,a bill to amend   
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
direct the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs to make temporary lodging      
facilities of the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs available for certain
 individuals on a space available basis1
 and for other purposes44 ,april #cj1   
#bjbf,reported with amendments1         
committed to the ,committee of the      

,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed