[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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