To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a lease for a Vet Center in Mankato, Minnesota.

This bill would authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a lease for a Vet Center in Mankato, Minnesota. It sets a funding cap of $1,400,000 to be used in fiscal years 2025 and 2026 to secure the lease, with the obligation or expenditure contingent on the availability of appropriations. Vet Centers are established under 38 U.S.C. 1712A, and the lease would enable a community-based VA facility to provide readjustment counseling and related services to veterans in the Mankato area. In short, the bill aims to expand access to Vet Center services in southern Minnesota by allowing a leased space, funded within a two-year appropriations window, subject to overall funding availability.