Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Priority Access to Reliable Care Act of 2017” or the “Veterans PARC Act of 2017”.
Veterans Priority Access to Reliable Care Act of 2017
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport an individual employed at a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs between a parking facility and the medical facility.
Sec. 2 Transportation of an individual employed at a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs between a parking facility and the medical facility
Section 8109(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (2), by striking “and”;
in paragraph (3) by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(4) notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, may use a passenger carrier (as that term is defined in section 1344 of title 31) to transport such an employee between a parking facility and the medical facility of the Department at which the employee works.”