[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1819]
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  SA 528. Mr. CASSIDY 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO UPGRADING 
                   DATA COLLECTION AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
                   CONDUCTED ON HEALTH CARE SERVICES DELIVERED AT 
                   THE FACILITIES OF THE VETERANS HEALTH 
                   ADMINISTRATION.

       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 upgrading data collection and statistical 
     analysis conducted on health care services delivered at the 
     facilities of the Veterans Health Administration in order to 
     increase the desired health outcomes that are consistent with 
     current professional knowledge and facilitate comparisons 
     with other health care delivery systems, 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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