[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2891-S2892]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3969. 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.

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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'', up to 
     $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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