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ID SCR123
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/17/2020
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Idaho is home to more than 122,000 veterans and the state is obligated under 38 CFR to maintain state veterans homes and cemeteries.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Cemetery Grants Program pays 100% of architectural and engineering costs for state veterans cemetery expansion, with the state required to provide 10% matching funds that will be reimbursed after grant award.
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The Boise Veterans Cemetery requires expansion to meet future needs of southwestern Idaho veterans and their families.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs State Veterans Home Construction Grant Program pays up to 65% of construction and renovation costs for state nursing home facilities, requiring the state to provide 35% matching funds.
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The legislature endorses the Idaho Division of Veterans Services requesting federal grants to expand the Boise Veterans Cemetery and fund life safety renovation projects at the State Veterans Homes in Lewiston and Pocatello.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and endorsing the need for the Idaho Division of Veterans Services to request federal grants to expand the Boise Veterans Cemetery and to fund the renovation of safety projects at the State Veterans Homes in Lewiston and Pocatello.
VETERANS
Last Action
Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Secretary of State
3/17/2020