[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2398]
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  SA 225. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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. 1083. TERMINATION OF POLICIES ALLOWING TRAVEL AND 
                   TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES AND NONCHARGEABLE 
                   LEAVE FOR TRAVEL TO ACCESS ABORTION SERVICES.

       Not later than 7 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall terminate the 
     policies, pursuant to the Department of Defense memorandum 
     entitled ``Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care'', and 
     dated October 20, 2022, authorizing--
       (1) the provision of travel and transportation allowances 
     for a member of the Armed Forces to travel to access abortion 
     services or for a dependant of the member to access to such 
     services; and
       (2) a member to take leave that is not chargeable against 
     the member's leave account for such travel.

     SEC. 1084. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS TO SUPPORT INITIATIVES 
                   FOR MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES FOR VETERANS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs $10,000,000 for the Office of Women's Health 
     of the Department of Veterans Affairs under section 7310 of 
     title 38, United States Code, to be used by the Secretary to 
     expand access of women veterans to--
       (1) mobile mammography initiatives;
       (2) advanced mammography equipment; and
       (3) outreach activities to publicize those initiatives and 
     equipment.
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