[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2323 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2323

Making continuing appropriations for veterans benefits and services in 
      the event of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 18, 2018

  Mr. Heller introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
Making continuing appropriations for veterans benefits and services in 
      the event of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR VETERANS BENEFITS AND 
              SERVICES.

    There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2018, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during 
which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2018 are not 
in effect, such sums as are necessary to administer and provide 
benefits and services to veterans, dependents, and survivors provided 
under chapters 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 23, 30, 31, 33, 35, and 39 of title 
38, United States Code.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION.

    Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted 
pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the 
following first occurs:
            (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a 
        continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are 
        made available in section 1.
            (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or 
        continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any 
        appropriation for such purpose.
            (3) January 1, 2019.
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