To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide grants to veterans service organizations for upgrading local chapter facilities, including technology at such facilities, in rural areas, and for other purposes.
United States115th CongressHR-3165House of Representatives
Updated: Jul 6, 2017
Summary
Renovate and Enhance Veterans Meeting Halls and Posts Act of 2017 or the REVAMP Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to award grants to veterans service organizations in rural areas to: (1) repair or rehabilitate a facility in a rural area, and (2) acquire or upgrade computers and technology for such a facility. An organization may not receive a grant in any fiscal year in an amount exceeding the lesser of: (1) the aggregate cost of such proposed activities and uses, or (2) $75,000. An organization that receives such a grant for a fiscal year shall be ineligible for any such grant for the next five fiscal years. Grants awarded under this bill may not be used for the construction or acquisition of new facilities.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
House of Representatives
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
House of Representatives
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