[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3960]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2071. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4381, to protect an individual's ability to 
access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a 
health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, 
contraception, and information related to contraception; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ACCURATE VITAL STATISTICS DATA FOR ACCESS TO CARE.

       (a) In General.-- Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this section 
     as the ``Director''), in consultation with the heads of 
     relevant Federal departments and agencies, State, local, 
     Tribal and territorial health officials, and relevant 
     stakeholders, shall update--
       (1) the United States Standard Certificate of Live Birth to 
     include attempted abortion as a method of delivery; and
       (2) abortion surveillance data collection tools to include 
     data on attempted abortions that resulted in a live birth.
       (b) Guidance.--The Director shall develop and issue 
     guidance and training materials to facilitate adoption of the 
     updates under subsection (a) by State, local, Tribal, and 
     territorial health officials and relevant health care 
     entities.
       (c) Referral.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     in consultation with the Director, shall develop a program 
     for abortion survivors identified by States and territories 
     through vital statistics and data collection tools described 
     in subsection (a) to enable such States and territories to 
     connect such survivors with applicable Federal programs 
     related to the provision of health care and social services 
     for vulnerable newborn and infant children.
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  SA 2072. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for Mr. Tillis) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 3237, to amend the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 to ensure 
claimants are adequately informed regarding filing a Federal cause of 
action; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Patriot Bill of Rights''.

     SEC. 2. INFORMATION REGARDING VETERANS' BENEFITS TO VETERANS 
                   BRINGING FEDERAL CAUSE OF ACTION RELATING TO 
                   WATER AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA.

       (a) In General.--The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (28 
     U.S.C. 2671 note prec.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(k) Acknowledgments.--
       ``(1) Guidance and advice services.--A veteran, or the 
     legal representative of a veteran, bringing a cause of action 
     under subsection (b) shall sign a written acknowledgment, 
     provided by the attorney, indicating that the veteran or 
     legal representative bringing the action understands that the 
     veteran or legal representative may seek guidance and advice 
     on any disability awards, payments, or benefits, in addition 
     to and separate from rights provided under this Act, to which 
     the veteran may be entitled under any program of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, free of charge from--
       ``(A) organizations recognized under section 5902 of title 
     38, United States Code;
       ``(B) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
       ``(C) the congressional representatives of the individual 
     or legal representative.
       ``(2) Application to pending matters.--For any cause of 
     action brought under subsection (b) that is pending on the 
     date of enactment of this subsection, not later than 90 days 
     after such date of enactment, the veteran bringing the 
     action, the legal representative of the veteran, or the 
     attorney for the veteran or legal representative, as 
     applicable, shall file the acknowledgments described in 
     paragraph (1).''.
       (b) Severability.--If any provision of the amendment made 
     by subsection (a), or the application of such a provision to 
     any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, 
     the remaining provisions of the amendment made by subsection 
     (a), the other provisions of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 
     2022 (28 U.S.C. 2671 note prec.), and the application of the 
     provision of the amendment made by subsection (a) held to be 
     unconstitutional to any other person or circumstance shall 
     not be affected thereby.

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