[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 69 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S5575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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        NATIONAL TOBACCO POLICY AND YOUTH SMOKING REDUCTION ACT

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                 McCAIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2446

  Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bond, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
Rockefeller, Mr. Specter, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. 
Leahy, Mr. Coverdell, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Biden, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mr. Hutchinson, and Mr. Sessions) proposed an amendment to 
the bill (S. 1415) to reform and restructure the processes by which 
tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to 
prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, to redress the adverse 
health effects of tobacco use, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 403, beginning with line 3, strike through line 19 
     on page 407, and insert the following:

     SEC. 1301. VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION TOBACCO-RELATED 
                   HEALTHCARE AND COMPENSATION PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Veterans' 
     Administration shall use amounts under subsection (b) to 
     carry out tobacco-related healthcare activities under chapter 
     17 of title 38, United States Code, and to provide other 
     appropriate assistance for tobacco-related veterans' health 
     care illnesses and disability under such title.
       (b) Fundings.--From amounts in the trust fund established 
     under section 40b not less than $600,000,000 per year are to 
     be used to carry out Veterans' Administration tobacco-related 
     healthcare activities under subsection (a) to the extent and 
     only in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations 
     Acts, to remain available until expended.
       (c) Public Health Service Act Amendments.--Section 1981C of 
     the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 261 of 
     this Act) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``veterans,'' after ``uninsured 
     individuals,'' in subsection (a)(1)(D); and
       (2) by inserting ``veterans,'' in subsection (b)(1)(h) 
     after ``low-income,''.

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