[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5473-S5474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5963. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Cramer) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


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        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1077. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPITAL CARE, 
                   MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURSING HOME CARE FROM 
                   THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO INCLUDE 
                   VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.

       Section 1710(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``of the Mexican border period or of 
     World War I;'' and inserting ``of--
       ``(i) the Mexican border period;
       ``(ii) World War I; or
       ``(iii) World War II;''.
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