Veterans First Act of 2025

Veterans First Act of 2025

This bill rescinds $2 billion of the unobligated funds that were provided to the U.S. Agency for International Development. It also provides $2 billion in appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for grants to assist states to acquire or construct state nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in state homes for furnishing care to veterans, 

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2083 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2083

   To rescind an amount appropriated to the United States Agency for 
International Development and appropriate such amount to the Department 
 of Veterans Affairs for the construction of State homes for veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2025

Mr. Taylor (for himself, Mr. Hunt, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Wied, Mr. Onder, and 
Mr. Harrigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To rescind an amount appropriated to the United States Agency for 
International Development and appropriate such amount to the Department 
 of Veterans Affairs for the construction of State homes for veterans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans First Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE HOMES FOR 
              VETERANS.

    (a) Rescission.--From the unobligated balance of amounts made 
available to the United States Agency for International Development, 
$2,000,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded.
    (b) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs $2,000,000,000 for grants to assist States to acquire 
or construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to 
remodel, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans 
as authorized by sections 8131 through 8138 of title 38, United States 
Code, to remain available until expended.
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