[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5613]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6085. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
King, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Booker, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sanders, 
Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Collins, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
Heinrich, and Mr. Murphy) 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. LIMITATION ON COPAYMENTS FOR CONTRACEPTION FOR 
                   VETERANS.

       Section 1722A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``to pay'' and all that follows through the 
     period and inserting ``to pay--''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(A) an amount in excess of the cost to the Secretary for 
     medication described in paragraph (1); or
       ``(B) an amount for any contraceptive item for which 
     coverage under health insurance coverage is required without 
     the imposition of any cost-sharing requirement pursuant to 
     section 2713(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300gg-13(a)(4)).''.
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