[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4121. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED TO 
                   NEWBORN CHILDREN BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
                   AFFAIRS.

       Section 1786 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), by striking ``seven days'' and inserting ``14 days''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Annual Report.--Not later than 31 days after the end 
     of each fiscal year, the Secretary 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 health care services provided 
     under subsection (a) during such fiscal year, including the 
     number of newborn children who received such services during 
     such fiscal year.''.
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