[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 18 (Thursday, January 25, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S525-S526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         VETERAN PARTNERS' EFFORTS TO ENHANCE REINTEGRATION ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration 
of S. 1873 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1873) to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to carry out a program to establish peer specialists 
     in patient aligned care teams at medical centers of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I further ask unanimous consent that the Blunt 
amendment, which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1920) was agreed to, as follows:

   (Purpose: To modify the timeline for establishment of the program)

       On page 2, strike lines 15 through 18 and insert the 
     following:
       (1) Not later than December 31, 2018, at not fewer than 25 
     medical centers of the Department.
       (2) Not later than December 31, 2019, at not fewer than 50 
     medical centers of the Department.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill, 
as amended, be considered read a third time and the Senate proceed to 
vote on passage of the bill, as amended.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
  If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, 
Shall it pass?

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  The bill (S. 1873), as amended, was passed.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I finally ask unanimous consent that 
the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table 
with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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