[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4633-S4634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1272. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) 
to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2024, and for other

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purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. STUDY ON MODIFICATION OF PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     conduct a study on--
       (1) the feasibility of adjusting criteria for priority for 
     payments for State homes in a manner that would--
       (A) eliminate priority of payments for limited or high-need 
     States; and
       (B) prioritize payments for limited or high-need regions;
       (2) the feasibility of increasing the State cost-sharing 
     requirement for each State home project that is a new 
     construction project that seeks to receive higher priority to 
     receive payment from the Department; and
       (3) the relevance of the allocation criteria of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs in place as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act for payments to State homes and the 
     feasibility of updating such criteria based on the findings 
     of such study.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
     a report on the study conducted under subsection (a).
       (c) State Home Defined.--In this section, the term ``State 
     home'' has the meaning given that term in section 101(19) of 
     title 38, United States Code.
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