[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1796. Mr. ROUNDS 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10__. CONSISTENCY OF DEADLINES FOR FILING CLAIMS FOR 
                   REIMBURSEMENT OR PAYMENT FROM DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT 
                   FURNISHED TO VETERANS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     modify the regulations implementing sections 1725 and 1728 of 
     title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the deadline for 
     filing claims for reimbursement or payment for emergency 
     treatment covered by such sections--
       (1) provides the same period of time for the filing of a 
     claim covered under either section; and
       (2) is not earlier than the date that is two years after 
     the latest date on which such treatment was provided.
       (b) Emergency Treatment Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``emergency treatment'' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 1725(f) of title 38, United States Code.
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