[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2845]
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  SA 708. Mr. BRAUN 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. EXTENSION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HIGH 
                   TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM.

       (a) Extension.--Section 116(h) of the Harry W. Colmery 
     Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (38 U.S.C. 3001 
     note) is amended by striking ``the date that is 5 years after 
     the date on which the Secretary first enters into a contract 
     under this section'' and inserting ``December 31, 2023''.
       (b) Recission of Certain Amounts Appropriated by American 
     Rescue Plan Act of 2021.--Of the amounts appropriated by 
     section 523(a) of division N of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) to the account 
     described in such section that remain unobligated on the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, $4,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
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