I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4908 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 29, 2019 Mr. Gallego (for himself, Mr. Cook , Ms. Haaland , Mr. Cole , Mr. Khanna , and Mr. Grijalva ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of a health care copayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from a veteran who is a member of an Indian tribe.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Native American Veteran Parity in Access to Care Today Act or Native American PACT Act . 2. Prohibition on collection of a health care copayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from a veteran who is a member of an Indian tribe (a) In general Section 1730A of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking catastrophically disabled and inserting certain ; (2) by inserting (a) Prohibition.— before Notwithstanding ; (3) by striking a veteran who is catastrophically disabled, as defined by the Secretary, and inserting a covered veteran ; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Covered veteran defined In this section, the term covered veteran means a veteran who— (1) is catastrophically disabled, as defined by the Secretary; or (2) is an Indian or urban Indian, as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( Public Law 94–437 ; 25 U.S.C. 1603 ). . (b) Technical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 1730A and inserting the following: 1730A. Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans. .