[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2884]
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  SA 3940. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, 
Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end of title II of division B, add the following:
       Sec. 251. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall use 
     amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 
     title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time 
     employment equivalents within any program of rehabilitation 
     conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, 
     does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employment 
     equivalent.
       (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
     on the programs of rehabilitation conducted under chapter 31 
     of title 38, United States Code, including an assessment of 
     the veteran-to-staff ratio for each such program.
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