[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1817-S1818]
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SA 519. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Daines) 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
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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:
SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPAND BENEFITS
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO
SAILORS EXPOSED TO AGENT ORANGE.
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 benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs
for exposure to Agent Orange, which may include legislation
that expands presumptive coverage to Vietnam War veterans who
were exposed to Agent Orange while serving in bays, harbors,
or territorial seas, 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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