1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017 . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs relies on agreements with the Indian Health Service and tribal health organizations to serve native and non-native veteran populations in certain areas, especially rural areas of the United States, due to limited infrastructure or personnel of the Department in those areas; (2) the Department should support the practice of rural health care in the United States because such care is crucial to fulfilling the mission of the Department to provide the highest quality care for veterans