Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Waiving Arbitrary and Inconsistent Veteran home Requirements Act” or the “WAIVER Act”.
Waiving Arbitrary and Inconsistent Veteran home Requirements Act
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive certain domestic content procurement preferences with respect to certain State home projects, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Waiver of domestic procurement preference with respect to certain State veterans home projects
In general— The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall waive under subsection (b) of section 70914 of the Build America, Buy America Act (subtitle A of title IX of division G of Public Law 117–58) the domestic content procurement preference under such section with respect to a project for the construction of State home facilities with respect to which the application under section 8135 of title 38, United States Code, for such project was submitted on or before April 15, 2022, and included in the “VA State Home Construction Grants Priority List FY 2023”, dated June 1, 2023.
State home defined— In this section, the term State home has the meaning given that term in section 101(19) of title 38, United States Code.