[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2891]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3965. Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Lankford) 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.  From the amount made available in this title 
     under the heading ``Medical Support and Compliance'', not 
     less than $18,000,000 shall be made available to Directors of 
     Veterans Integrated Service Networks to contract with 
     appropriate non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities to 
     assess, evaluate, and improve the health care delivery by and 
     business operations of medical centers of the Department 
     under the jurisdiction of each such Director.
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