Support for Veterans' Facilities Bill

Official: CHIP IN for Veterans Act of 2025

IntroducedJanuary 7, 2025

Why This Matters

This bill makes a program that helps veterans by allowing donations for their facilities permanent and expands what can be donated.

If you want to help veterans, this bill makes it easier to donate to their facilities.

Affects: Veterans and organizations that want to support veterans' facilities through donations.

Summary

Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act or the CHIP IN for Veterans Act This bill makes permanent, starting December 16, 2026, the pilot program under which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may accept donations of property or facilities from certain nonfederal entities (e. g., state authorities or private entities). The bill also removes the limit on the number of donations that the VA may accept under the program.

What changes is this bill making?

1. This bill makes a program that accepts donations for veterans' facilities permanent. 2. It allows the Department of Veterans Affairs to accept donations for minor construction and maintenance projects. 3. The bill extends the program's deadline from December 2026 to December 2031. 4. It simplifies the language around donations to make it easier to understand and implement.

Who is affected?

Veterans and organizations that want to support veterans' facilities through donations.