[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2818]
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SA 5050. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Romney) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health
care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
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At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON PROVISION OF COMPENSATION.
It is the sense of the Senate that, for the purposes of
section 1110 of title 38, United States Code, and subject to
section 1113 of such title, for disabilities where there is
affirmative evidence to establish that a personal injury
suffered or disease contracted in line of duty for which
there is a recognized cause, or for aggravation of a
preexisting disease contracted in line of duty for which
there is a recognized cause, in the active military, naval,
air, or space service, during a period of war, the United
States will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was
discharged or released under conditions other than
dishonorable from the period of service in which said injury
or disease was incurred, or preexisting injury or disease was
aggravated, compensation, but no compensation shall be paid
if the disability is a result of the veteran's own willful
misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs.
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