[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2869]
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  SA 5066. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Moran) 
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:

        At the end of title I, add the following:

                 Subtitle C--Other Health Care Matters

     SEC. 121. INCREASED PER DIEM RATES FOR STATE HOMES OUTSIDE 
                   THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES.

       (a) In General.--Section 1741(a) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``paragraph (3) and'' 
     before ``section 1745 of this title''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) The Secretary shall pay to a State a per diem rate 
     that is more than the rate specified under paragraph (1) or 
     determined under paragraph (2) in the case of a State located 
     outside the contiguous United States based on the 
     reevaluation of such rates conducted under section 121(b) of 
     the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise 
     to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022.''.
       (b) Reevaluation of Per Diem Rates.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
     reevaluating the per diem rates paid under section 1741(a) of 
     title 38, United States Code, to States located outside the 
     contiguous United States.
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Subcommittee 
     on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs, and Related 
     Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
     and
       (B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Subcommittee 
     on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs, and Related 
     Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
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