[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2735-S2736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 635. Mr. KING (for himself and Ms. Collins) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him 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. PUBLICATION OF RULE FOR WAIVER ON LIMITATION OF 
                   PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES FOR DOMICILIARY CARE 
                   PROVIDED TO VETERANS.

       (a) Proposed Rule.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register a 
     proposed rule implementing the requirement under section 
     3007(a) of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans 
     Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 
     116-315; 38 U.S.C. 1741 note).
       (b) Final Rule.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     publication of the initial rule required under subsection 
     (a), or the date that is 260 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, whichever occurs first, the Secretary 
     shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register a final 
     rule implementing the requirement specified in such 
     subsection.
       (c) Retroactive Payments.--In prescribing the proposed rule 
     under subsection

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     (a) and the final rule under subsection (b), the Secretary 
     shall ensure that the authority of the Secretary to provide 
     payments to State homes (as defined in section 101(19) of 
     title 38, United States Code) pursuant to any such rule is 
     retroactive to January 5, 2021.
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