[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 206 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S7219]
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  SA 1272. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Boozman) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 2096, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize 
States and tribal organizations that receive grants from the National 
Cemetery Administration for establishment, expansion, or improvement of 
a veterans' cemeteries to use amounts of such grants for State and 
tribal organization cemetery personnel to train at the training center 
of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. TRAINING OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERY PERSONNEL BY 
                   NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION.

       Section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by striking ``and (ii) the cost'' and inserting ``(ii) 
     the cost''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``; and (iii) training costs, including 
     travel expenses, associated with attendance at training 
     provided by the National Cemetery Administration'' before the 
     semicolon; and
       (B) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) by striking ``and (ii) the cost'' and inserting ``(ii) 
     the cost''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``; and (iii) training costs, including 
     travel expenses, associated with attendance at training 
     provided by the National Cemetery Administration'' before the 
     period;
       (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as 
     subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsection (c):
       ``(c) A grant under this section for a purpose described in 
     subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) may be used, 
     solely or in part, for training costs, including travel 
     expenses, associated with attendance at training provided by 
     the National Cemetery Administration.''.
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