[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 100 (Monday, June 13, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2913]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5079. Mr. MORAN 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:

        Beginning on page 118, strike line 9 and all that follows 
     through page 119, line 2, and insert the following:
       ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) There is 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Fund for fiscal year 
     2023 through fiscal year 2031 such sums as are necessary, 
     pursuant to the limitation in paragraph (2), to increase 
     funding, over the fiscal year 2021 level, for investment in--
       ``(A) the delivery of veterans' health care associated with 
     exposure to environmental hazards in the active military, 
     naval, air, or space service in programs administered by the 
     Under Secretary for Health;
       ``(B) any expenses incident to the delivery of veterans' 
     health care and benefits associated with exposure to 
     environmental hazards in the active military, naval, air, or 
     space service, including administrative expenses, such as 
     information technology and claims processing and appeals, and 
     excluding leases as authorized or approved under section 8104 
     of this title; and
       ``(C) medical and other research relating to exposure to 
     environmental hazards.
       ``(2) Limitation.--For the period of fiscal years 2023 
     through 2031, amounts authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Fund may not exceed a cumulative total of 
     $116,800,000,000.''.
       On page 119, line 8, strike ``and each subsequent fiscal 
     year'' and insert ``through fiscal year 2031''.
       On page 120, strike lines 1 through 7 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), amounts 
     appropriated to the Fund for fiscal years 2023 through 2031 
     pursuant to this section shall be counted as direct spending 
     under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
     1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) and any other Act.
       ``(B) Any amounts appropriated to the Fund in excess of the 
     amount specified under subsection (c)(2) shall be scored as 
     discretionary budget authority and outlays for any estimate 
     of an appropriations Act.''.
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