[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 103 (Wednesday, June 20, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4287-S4288]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3013. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Jones) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of title II of division C, add the following:

     SEC. 2__. PUBLICATION OF QUALITY RATING OF NURSING HOMES OF 
                   THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
     annually thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress and publish 
     in the Federal Register and on a publicly available Internet 
     website of the Department of Veterans Affairs the rating 
     assigned by the Department to each nursing home of the 
     Department with respect to quality of care, including all 
     internal metrics and criteria used in determining such 
     rating.
       (b) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and

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       (2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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