1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act . 2. Establishment of grant program To improve monitoring of mental health and substance abuse treatment programs of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Establishment The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a grant program to improve the monitoring of mental health and substance abuse treatment programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (b) Grants (1) Main grant (A) Award In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall award a grant to four protection and advocacy systems under which each protection and advocacy system shall carry out a demonstration project to investigate and monitor the care and treatment of veterans provided pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for mental illness or substance abuse issues at medical facilities of the Department. (B) Minimum amount Each grant awarded under subparagraph (A) to a protection and advocacy system shall be an amount that is not less than $105,000 during each year that the protection and advocacy system carries out a demonstration project described in such subparagraph under the grant program. (2) Collaboration grant (A) Award During each year in which a protection and advocacy system carries out a demonstration project under subparagraph (A) of such paragraph, the Secretary shall award a joint grant to a national organization with extensive knowledge of the protection and advocacy system and a veterans service organization in the amount of $80,000. (B) Collaboration Each national organization and veterans service organization that is awarded a joint grant under subparagraph (A) shall use the grant to facilitate the collaboration between the national organization and the veterans service organization to— (i) coordinate training and technical assistance for the protection and advocacy systems