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HR 217 Passed a chamber

Expands the Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program for accepting donated facilities so it also covers minor construction and nonrecurring maintenance projects, and extends the program through December 16, 2031.

Official title: CHIP IN for Veterans Act of 2025

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 07-JAN-2025
Referred 07-JAN-2025
Reported 17-MAY-2025
On the calendar 17-MAY-2025
Passed 19-MAY-2025
Senate
Received 20-MAY-2025
Key points
  • Allows the VA to accept donations of minor construction or nonrecurring maintenance projects, not only donated real property and improvements.
  • Amends the Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 to make conforming changes to its donation, design, and alteration provisions.
  • Extends the pilot program's end date from December 16, 2026 to December 16, 2031.
  • Sets the short title as the CHIP IN for Veterans Act of 2025.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (07-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 19-MAY-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (3) Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor Don Bacon (R-NE) Cosponsors · 6
■ 4 D■ 2 R