[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 104 (Thursday, June 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4350]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3063. Mr. SHELBY (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Moran, 
Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Tester, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. 
Murray, and Mr. Sanders) 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 division C, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. COMPLETE THE VA MISSION FUNDING.

       Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(G) Complete the va mission funding.--(i) If, for fiscal 
     years 2019 through 2021, appropriations for discretionary 
     accounts are enacted that Congress designates as being for VA 
     MISSION funding in statute, the adjustment for a fiscal year 
     shall be the total of such appropriations for the fiscal year 
     in discretionary accounts designated as being for VA MISSION 
     funding, but not to exceed the total of--

       ``(I) for fiscal year 2019, $1,600,000,000;
       ``(II) for fiscal year 2020, $8,670,000,000; and
       ``(III) for fiscal year 2021, $9,500,000,000.

       ``(ii) For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term `VA 
     MISSION funding' means activities funded by the following 
     budget accounts--

       ``(I) Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services 
     (036-0160-0-1-703)
       ``(II) Veterans Health Administration, Medical Community 
     Care (036-0140-0-1-703)
       ``(III) any budget account that is established in the 
     Treasury of the United States to implement the VA MISSION Act 
     of 2018 (Public Law 115-182).''.

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