[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2944-S2945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5095. 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 120, line 7, and insert the following:

[[Page S2945]]

       ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) There is 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Fund for fiscal year 
     2023 and each subsequent fiscal year 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.
       ``(d) Budget Scorekeeping.--(1) Immediately upon enactment 
     of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our 
     Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, expenses 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Fund in subsection (c) 
     shall be estimated for fiscal year 2023 through fiscal year 
     2031 and treated as budget authority that is considered to be 
     direct spending--
       ``(A) in the baseline for purposes of section 257 of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
     U.S.C. 907);
       ``(B) by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
     Senate and the Chair of the Committee on the Budget of the 
     House of Representatives, as appropriate, for purposes of 
     budget enforcement in the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives;
       ``(C) under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
     621 et seq.), including in the reports required by section 
     308(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 639); and
       ``(D) for purposes of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
     2010 (2 U.S.C. 931 et seq.).
       ``(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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