[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S293]
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SA 176. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 3, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2018 through 2026; as follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENHANCING
VETERANS HEALTH CARE, HOUSING, AND THE
WORKFORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to improving veterans' housing and health care for
veterans and their dependents, which may include repealing
Obamacare, facilitating medical facility leases, reforming
veterans housing programs, and prohibiting the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs from employing individuals who have been
convicted of a felony and medical personnel who have ever had
their medical licenses or credentials revoked or suspended,
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2017 through 2021 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2017 through 2026.
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