,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1 #bjbe
 ,mrs4 ,fischer 7for herself and ,mr4   
,ricketts7 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 make permanent
 the pilot program authorized by the    
,communities ,helping ,invest through   
,property and ,improvements ,needed for 
,veterans ,act of #bjaf1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4  ,short title  ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,communities       
,helping ,invest through ,property and  
,improvements ,needed for ,veterans ,act
 of #bjbe or the ,,chip ,,in for        
,veterans ,act of #bjbe4  #b4           
,expanding and extending a pilot program
 on acceptance by the ,department of    
,veterans ,affairs of donated facilities
 and related improvements  7a7          
,expansion  7#a7  ,in general           
,subsection 7a77#a7 of section #b of the

 ,communities ,helping ,invest through  
,property and ,improvements ,needed for 
,veterans ,act of #bjaf 7,public ,law   
#aad-bid2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #hajc note7 is  
amended--  7,a7 in the matter preceding 
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking property2
 and  7,b7 by adding at the end the     
following new subparagraph3  7,c7 ,a    
minor construction or nonrecurring      
maintenance project of the ,department4 
4  7#b7  ,conforming amendments  ,such  
section is further amended--  7,a7 in   
subsection 7b7-- 7i7 in the heading1 by 
striking of property2  7ii7 in the      
matter preceding paragraph 7#a71 by     
striking the donation of a property and 
inserting a donation2  7iii7 in         
paragraph 7#a71 by inserting or project 
after property each place it appears2   
and  7iv7 in paragraph 7#b71 by         
inserting project1 after improvements12 
7,b7 in subsection 7c7-- 7i7 in         
paragraph 7#a7--  7,i7 in the matter    
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by striking
 real property and improvements donated 

under the pilot program and inserting a 
donation2  7,,ii7 in subparagraph 7,a71 
by striking 2 or and inserting a        
semicolon2  7,,iii7 in subparagraph     
7,b77ii71 by striking the period at the 
end and inserting 2 or2 and  7,,iv7 by  
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,c7 the performance of a
 minor construction or nonrecurring     
maintenance project of the ,department4 
2  7ii7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,i7 in     
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking          
construction of the facility and        
inserting donation2  7,,ii7 in          
subparagraph 7,b71 by inserting         
maintaining1 after altering12 and       
7,,iii7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by        
striking construction of the facility   
and inserting donation2  7,c7 in        
subsection 7e77#a7-- 7i7 in subparagraph
 7,a7--  7,i7 by inserting alter1       
maintain1 after design12  7,,ii7 by     
striking real property and improvements 
donated and inserting a donation2 and   
7,,iii7 by striking of the real property

 and improvements2 and  7ii7 in         
subparagraph 7,b7-- 7,i7 in the matter  
preceding clause 7i71 by inserting      
alter1 maintain1 after design12 and     
7,,ii7 in clause 7ii77,i71 by striking  
construction and donation of the real   
property and improvements and inserting 
donation2 and  7,d7 in subsection 7g7-- 
7i7 in paragraph 7#a7--  7,i7 by        
striking real property and improvements 
donated and inserting donations2 and    
7,,ii7 by striking that property and    
inserting that donation2 and  7ii7 in   
paragraph 7#b7-- 7,i7 by striking of    
real property and improvements          
conducted2 and  7,,ii7 by striking that 
property and inserting those donations4 
7b7  ,extension  ,such section is       
further amended1 in subsection 7i71 by  
striking ,december #af1 #bjbf and       
inserting ,december #af1 #bjca4