[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1800-S1801]
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SA 402. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
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SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING
INFORMATION SHARING BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WITH RESPECT
TO INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO SUBSTANDARD
HEALTH CARE, DELAYED AND DENIED HEALTH CARE,
PATIENT DEATHS, OTHER FINDINGS THAT DIRECTLY
RELATE TO PATIENT CARE, AND OTHER MANAGEMENT
ISSUES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to improving information sharing by the Inspector
General of the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to
investigations relating to substandard health care, delayed
and denied health care, patient deaths, other findings that
directly relate to patient care, and other management issues
of the Department by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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