[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4035. Mr. PAUL 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:


                  extension of veterans choice program

       Sec. 251.  (a) In General.--The Veterans Access, Choice, 
     and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-146; 38 U.S.C. 
     1701 note) is amended--
       (1) in section 101(p)(2), by striking ``3 years'' and 
     inserting ``6 years''; and
       (2) in section 802(d)(1), by striking ``$10,000,000,000'' 
     and inserting ``$17,500,000,000''.
       (b) Rescission of Certain Unobligated Balances.--All of the 
     unobligated balances of the amounts appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2016 under the headings ``OPERATING EXPENSES'' and 
     ``MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE'' in titles II and V of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2016 (division K of Public Law 114-113), 
     including funds designated by Congress for Overseas 
     Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(ii)) are 
     rescinded.
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