[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1811]
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  SA 474. Mr. SANDERS 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; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT AND 
                   STRENGTHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, 
                   HIRE MORE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FOR THE 
                   DEPARTMENT, AND ENSURE QUALITY AND TIMELY 
                   ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR ALL VETERANS.

       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 funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     which may include legislation that strengthens quality and 
     timely access to health care by hiring more health care 
     professionals at facilities of the Department and making 
     necessary improvements to infrastructure 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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