[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 206 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7231-S7232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 AUTHORIZING 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

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration 
of S. 2096 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A 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.


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  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Boozman substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to 
and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1272), in the nature of a substitute, was agreed 
to as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

        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.''.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I know of no further debate on the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the bill having 
been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (S. 2096), as amended, was passed, as follows:

                                S. 2096

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     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.''.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the motion 
to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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