[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S393]
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  SA 454. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2022 through 2030; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   ESTABLISHING A MECHANISM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS TO USE TO ENSURE THAT VETERANS 
                   WITH ADVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES RELATED TO TOXIC 
                   EXPOSURES ENCOUNTERED DURING SERVICE IN THE 
                   ARMED FORCES HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND 
                   BENEFITS.

       The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 
     may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, 
     and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between 
     the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to 
     establishing an enduring mechanism for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to use to identify, research, and employ 
     evidence-based decision making to ensure that veterans from 
     past, present, and future eras with adverse health outcomes 
     related to toxic exposures encountered during service in the 
     Armed Forces have access to health care and benefits by the 
     amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2021 
     through 2025 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2021 
     through 2030.
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