[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2886-S2887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3952. Mr. BENNET 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

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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. MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE FOR DISABLED VETERANS 
                   COMPETING ON OLYMPIC TEAMS.

       Section 322(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``allowance to a veteran'' and inserting 
     the following: ``allowance to--
       ``(A) a veteran'';
       (2) in subparagraph (A), as designated by paragraph (1), by 
     striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) a veteran with a disability, as determined by the 
     Secretary, who is selected by the United States Olympic 
     Committee for the United States Olympic Team for any month in 
     which the veteran is competing in any event sanctioned by the 
     National Governing Bodies of the United States Olympic 
     Sports.''.
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