[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1937]
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SA 841. Mr. UDALL 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 PROVISION
OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS WHO
SERVED IN THE RESERVES IN AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ.
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 the Veterans Benefits Administration, for the
purpose of providing educational assistance that is on par
with active duty veterans for veterans who served in a
reserve component of the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring
Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, or any
other contingency operation (as defined in section 101 of
title 10, United States Code), who did not serve an aggregate
of at least 24 months on active duty in the Armed Forces
(excluding service in entry level and skill training), and
who are currently not entitled to full educational assistance
under section 3311 of title 38, United States Code, 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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