[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3940]
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  SA 1892. Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. CLARIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE FOR 
                   VETERANS WHO SERVED IN VICINITY OF REPUBLIC OF 
                   VIETNAM.

       (a) Compensation.--Subsections (a)(1) and (f) of section 
     1116 of title 38, United States Code, are amended by 
     inserting ``(including the territorial seas of such 
     Republic)'' after ``served in the Republic of Vietnam'' each 
     place it appears.
       (b) Health Care.--Section 1710(e)(4) of such title is 
     amended by inserting ``(including the territorial seas of 
     such Republic)'' after ``served on active duty in the 
     Republic of Vietnam''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) 
     and (b) shall take effect as of September 25, 1985.
       (d) Offset.--Increased Government expenditures resulting 
     from enactment of this section shall be paid from savings 
     achieved by section 605 of this Act.
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