[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3270]
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  SA 1785. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON 
                   HANDLING BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF 
                   DISABILITY-RELATED BENEFITS CLAIMS BY VETERANS 
                   WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES WHO WERE EXPOSED TO A 
                   HERBICIDE AGENT.

       The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
     to Congress a report evaluating how the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs has handled claims for disability-related 
     benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs of veterans with type 1 diabetes who have been 
     exposed to a herbicide agent (as defined in section 
     1116(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code).
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