[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6074. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran) 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:

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

     SEC. 1077. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO HONORING OUR PACT ACT OF 
                   2022.

       (a) Presumption of Service Connection for Certain Diseases 
     Associated With Exposure to Burn Pits and Other Toxins.--
     Section 1120(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, as added 
     by section 406(b) of the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 
     (Public Law 117-168; 136 Stat. 1784), is amended--
       (1) by striking subparagraph (G); and
       (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) through (K) as (G) 
     through (J), respectively.
       (b) Congressional Approval of Certain Medical Facility 
     Acquisitions.--Subparagraph (C) of section 703(c)(5) of the 
     Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168; 136 Stat. 
     1797) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(C) by striking `or a major medical facility lease (as 
     defined in subsection (a)(3)(B))';''.
       (c) Use of Competitive Procedures to Acquire Space for the 
     Purpose of Providing Health-care Resources to Veterans.--
     Subsection (h)(1) of section 8103 of title 38, United States 
     Code, as added by section 704 of the Honoring our PACT Act of 
     2022 (Public Law 117-168; 136 Stat. 1799), is amended by 
     striking ``section 2304 of title 10'' and inserting ``section 
     3301 of title 41''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
     Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168).
                                 ______