[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 2, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3517]
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  SA 1466. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 submitted by Mr. McCAIN and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 
for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military 
construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 721. ESTABLISHMENT OF STRATEGIC UNIFORM DRUG FORMULARY 
                   FOR THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDERGOING 
                   SEPARATION FROM THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly make available to 
     individuals undergoing the transition from the receipt of 
     health care services through the Department of Defense to the 
     receipt of such services through the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs certain drugs, particularly pain and psychiatric 
     drugs, that are critical to the Department of Defense and the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs for the appropriate and 
     effective provision of health care services to such 
     individuals.
       (b) Strategic Uniform Formulary.--In carrying out 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall jointly establish, and periodically 
     update, a strategic uniform formulary for the Department of 
     Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs that includes 
     certain drugs, particularly pain and psychiatric drugs, that 
     the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs jointly determine are critical to the Department of 
     Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for the 
     appropriate and effective provision of health care services 
     to individuals described in such subsection.
       (c) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
     establishment of the strategic uniform formulary under 
     subsection (b).
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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