[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3949. Mr. HELLER 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.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used to pay bonuses to employees within the Veterans 
     Health Administration until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     certifies to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives that individuals eligible for health care 
     from the Department of Veterans Affairs are allowed to choose 
     the medical facility of the Department at which to receive 
     care.
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