HB 2439 — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' organizations, further providing for grants to veterans' service officer programs.

PRINTER'S NO.     3245

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2439
                                               Session of
                                                 2026

     INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, McNEILL, SOLOMON, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS,
        KHAN, PROBST, NEILSON, MERSKI, BOROWSKI, DOUGHERTY, CEPEDA-
        FREYTIZ AND KENYATTA, APRIL 21, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
        PREPAREDNESS, APRIL 21, 2026


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' organizations, further
 3      providing for grants to veterans' service officer programs.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.    Section 9304(f) and (h) of Title 51 of the
 7   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
 8   § 9304.    Grants to veterans' service officer programs.
 9      * * *
10      (f)    Amount of grants.--The department shall determine the
11   annual allocation to each of the designated veterans' service
12   organizations based on the spending plan submitted under
13   subsection (e) for the upcoming [fiscal] calendar year and on
14   actual recoveries from the previous [fiscal] calendar year. If
15   the total appropriation totals less than the collective spending
16   plans, the department shall prorate the allocations among
17   eligible organizations based on the spending plan and past
 1   performance.
 2      * * *
 3      (h)   Reporting requirements.--On or before [October] March 1
 4   of each year, designated veterans' service organizations
 5   participating in the program established by this section shall
 6   file a written report with the Adjutant General and the Deputy
 7   Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs and send copies to the
 8   chairman and minority chairman of the Veterans Affairs and
 9   Emergency Preparedness Committee of the Senate and the chairman
10   and minority chairman of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency
11   Preparedness Committee of the House of Representatives and State
12   Veterans' Commission. The report shall contain the following
13   information:
14            (1)   A description of all veterans' service officer
15      activities, an accounting of recoveries and a listing of
16      volunteer hours for the preceding [Commonwealth fiscal]
17      calendar year.
18            (2)   A proposed budget and spending plan for the
19      [Commonwealth fiscal] calendar year beginning on July 1 of
20      the year following the filing of the report.
21            (3)   An accounting of its expenditures from grants
22      awarded under this program, audited by a certified public
23      accountant for the preceding [Commonwealth fiscal] calendar
24      year.
25      * * *
26      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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