[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1803]
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SA 417. Mrs. CAPITO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her 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 appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ENCOURAGING THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
TO ADVISE ALL VETERANS OF THEIR POTENTIAL
ELIGIBILITY FOR PRIVATE HEALTH CARE BENEFITS
PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
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 encouraging the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to
advise all veterans of their potential eligibility for
private health care benefits provided by the Department of
Veterans Affairs, by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
raise new revenue and 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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