,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #caai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #f1  
#bjbe,mr4 ,moran 7for himself and ,mr4  
,blumenthal7 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 direct the    
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to make
 temporary lodging facilities of the    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
available for members of the ,armed     
,forces1 other individuals on active    
duty1 and family members of such        
individuals on a space-available basis1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,fisher ,house ,availability ,act of    
#bjbe4  #b4 ,expansion of availability  
of ,department of ,veterans ,affairs    
temporary lodging to certain individuals
 ,section #agjh of title #ch1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
amending subsection 7a7 to read as      

follows3  7a7 ,the ,secretary may       
furnish persons described in subsection 
7b7 with temporary lodging in a ,fisher 
house or other appropriate facility in  
accordance with this section4  2  7#b7  
in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 by amending    
paragraph 7#b7 to read as follows3  7#b7
 ,a member of the family of a veteran   
described in paragraph 7#a7 and others  
who accompany such veteran and provide  
the equivalent of familial support for  
such veteran4  2 and  7,b7 by adding at 
the end the following new paragraphs3   
7#c7 ,on a space-available basis-- 7,a7 
an eligible individual who must travel a
 significant distance to receive care or
 services at a ,department facility or  
non-,department facility2 and  7,b7 a   
member of the family of an eligible     
individual described in subparagraph    
7,a7 and others who accompany such      
eligible individual and provide the     
equivalent of familial support for such 
eligible individual during the receipt  
of care or services described in such   

subparagraph4  7#d7 ,on a               
space-available basis-- 7,a7 a member of
 the family of a veteran who must travel
 a significant distance for such family 
member to receive care or services at a 
,department facility or non-,department 
facility2 and  7,b7 the veteran and     
others who accompany such family member 
and provide the equivalent of familial  
support for such family member during   
the receipt of care or services         
described in such subparagraph4  7#e7   
,on a space-available basis-- 7,a7 a    
member of the family of an eligible     
individual who must travel a significant
 distance for such family member to     
receive care or services at a           
,department facility or non-,department 
facility2 and  7,b7 the eligible        
individual and others who accompany such
 family member and provide the          
equivalent of familial support for such 
family member during the receipt of care
 or services described in such          
subparagraph4  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 a veteran under subsection     
7b77#b7 and inserting an individual     
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#e7 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 eligible individual means a   
member of the ,armed ,forces1 regardless
 of duty status1 or any individual on   

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