[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3919]
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  SA 2895. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019 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 B of title XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 3119. EXTENDING THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EEOICPA 
                   OMBUDSMAN.

       Section 3686 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
     Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7385s-15(h)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (h), by striking ``October 28, 2019'' and 
     inserting ``October 28, 2024''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
       ``(2) Treatment as discretionary spending.--
       ``(A) In general.--Amounts appropriated to carry out this 
     section--
       ``(i) shall not be appropriated to the account established 
     under subsection (a) of section 151 of title I of division B 
     of Appendix D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (Public Law 106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-251); and
       ``(ii) shall not be subject to subsection (b) of that 
     section.
       ``(B) Restriction.--No amounts appropriated under section 
     3684 shall be made available to carry out this section.''.
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