[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2901-S2902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3998. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran) 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. COVERAGE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
                   BENEFICIARY TRAVEL PROGRAM OF TRAVEL IN 
                   CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN SPECIAL DISABILITIES 
                   REHABILITATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 111(b)(1) of title 38, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(G) A veteran with vision impairment, a veteran with a 
     spinal cord injury or disorder, or a veteran with double or 
     multiple amputations whose travel is in connection with care 
     provided through a special disabilities rehabilitation 
     program of the Department (including programs provided by 
     spinal cord injury centers, blind rehabilitation centers, and 
     prosthetics rehabilitation centers) if such care is 
     provided--
       ``(i) on an in-patient basis; or
       ``(ii) during a period in which the Secretary provides the 
     veteran with temporary lodging at a facility of the 
     Department to make such care more accessible to the 
     veteran.''.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the beneficiary travel program 
     under section 111 of title 38, United States Code, as amended 
     by subsection (a), that includes the following:
       (1) The cost of the program.
       (2) The number of veterans served by the program.
       (3) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal year 
     that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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