[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 127 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2445. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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. ___. PERMANENT REAUTHORIZATION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY 
                   OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS 
                   PROVIDING THAT A PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE 
                   CONNECTION IS WARRANTED FOR A DISEASE 
                   ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO A HERBICIDE AGENT.

       (a) In General.--Section 1116 of title 38, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking subsection (e).
       (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) of this section and 
     subsections (b) through (d) of section 1116 of such title 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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