[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1208. Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1116 proposed by Mr. 
Enzi to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 71, establishing the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2019 through 2027; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PREVENTING VETERAN SUICIDE.

       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, 
     and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between 
     the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to 
     preventing veteran suicide, which may include improving 
     mental health programs and outreach efforts of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs, hiring more mental health care 
     professionals for the Department, or ensuring quality and 
     timely access to mental health care for all veterans 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 2018 
     through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 
     through 2027.
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