[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 3950. 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 
     Benefits Administration who perform work related to the 
     processing of disability claims under the laws administered 
     by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs until the nationwide 
     backlog of such claims is at 10 percent or less of the 
     pending workload for the Veterans Benefits Administration.
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