[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 103 (Wednesday, June 20, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3032. Mr. NELSON 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 appropriate place in title II of division C, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON CONVERSION OF FUNDS FOR PROGRAM TO 
                   IMPROVE RETENTION OF HOUSING BY FORMERLY 
                   HOMELESS VETERANS AND VETERANS AT RISK OF 
                   BECOMING HOMELESS.

       The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not convert any of 
     the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in a 
     fiscal year to carry out section 2013 of title 38, United 
     States Code, from a specific purpose program to a general 
     purpose program unless the Secretary included a proposal to 
     do so in the budget justification materials submitted to 
     Congress in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     budget for such fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of 
     the President for such fiscal year under section 1105(a) of 
     title 31, United States Code).
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